When students submit a written sample, how do I return it to them with my edits?

[rquinn1]

I've been using the free Canvas (canvas.instructure.com) for many years, but never to help students improve their writing.

My student submitted a writing sample, and these are the edits that I made in Canvas:

My student cannot see these edits. How do I return the comments (other than, say, emailing a screenshot).

Thanks!

-Bob

[NoahBoswell]

Hi @rquinn1 ,

May I just ask for some clarification -- how are your students submitting their written samples to you?

[rquinn1]

I think they are submitting them as Google docs. Canvas appears to be saving the file as a .docx file. Does that matter? If so, what is the best way for them to submit it for me to be able to return feedback?

Thanks for the quick response.

-Bob

[NoahBoswell]

Hi @rquinn1 ,

If they're submitting them as Google Docs, I'd recommend submitting feedback inside of Google Docs, or whichever platform they're using, if possible. 

You can also utilize the submission comments feature and provide feedback to them that way as well, however I personally don't believe that would work as well as submitting feedback within the document specifically.

[chriscas · Accepted solution]

Hi @rquinn1,

Could you verify if your students are following the steps in the How do I view annotation feedback comments from my... - Instructure Community - 523 guide to see your annotated feedback?  They certainly should be able to see the annotations you have made if they look in the right place.  If your annotations are totally invisible to them (after the grades are posted, I believe that's a requirement), that would sound liek a bug to me. My guess is the students might just not be looking in the right spot to see your annotations.

-Chris

[rquinn1]

Those instructions did the trick, thanks @chriscas! The students had to open it up & choose "view feedback."