As students complete Checkpoints, they will submit them for feedback. This article will cover how to provide feedback on Checkpoints.
- How can I view my students’ work before they submit it?
- How do I give feedback on Checkpoints?
- How do I leave feedback on Cognitive Skill rubrics?
- How do I ask students to make specific revisions?
How can I view my students' work before they submit it?
Teachers can monitor and access student work before students submit their work.
For Checkpoints, teachers can view student work under the Feedback tab. On the Feedback Overview page, student checkpoint work appears as circles to the right of their name. Final Products are indicated with stars. Clicking one of these icons will bring up that student's work.
To see the work status of students’ Checkpoint or Final Product before they submit their work, you can check under the Status column.
- Unopened: the student has not opened the Checkpoint or Final Product.
- Opened [time/date] ago: the student has opened the Checkpoint or Final Product.
- Updated [time/date] ago: the student has updated the Checkpoint or Final Product.
- Editing…: the student is currently editing the Checkpoint or Final Product
*The status will change from “Editing…” to “Updated” after a student has paused editing for longer than 5 minutes.
Viewing assigned Activities and Resources
Teachers can also see all activities and resources for a Checkpoint under the 
in the upper right after opening the Checkpoint document.
Teachers can drag Activities and Resources into Notebooks to provide a link to the relevant item, making it easier for students to find.
- After opening a student's Checkpoint document, click the assignment
icon in the upper right - A list of Activities and Resources assigned to the student under this Checkpoint will appear
- Click the Activity name to see the student's progress on the Activity
- Drag titles in order to link to them in Notebooks
Please note: teachers can only give comment feedback on Activity Notebooks. The feedback icons used for Checkpoints (Finish, Continue Working, etc...) are not available.
How do I give feedback on Checkpoints?
Providing Feedback on Individual Notebooks
- From the project Feedback tab, click on a Checkpoint.
- You’ll see 🔔 “Needs Feedback” for students who requested feedback.
- To start providing feedback, click on a student’s name.
- Select a colored icon: Finish (gray), Stop and Revise (red), Review Feedback (yellow), or Continue Working (green).
- You can additionally leave comments on student work using the Give Feedback On icon.
- The student will automatically receive your feedback. You’ll see a confirmation message: “Feedback sent to [the action you selected].”
- If multiple students requested feedback, you’ll automatically move onto the next student as soon as you select a feedback icon.
- At the top left, click the "back" arrow to return to the project page.
Providing Bulk Feedback
- To provide bulk feedback for a Checkpoint, click on the Checkpoint.
- Next, click “Bulk Feedback” on the right.
- Begin scoring students using the feedback icons. Students will automatically receive your feedback.
Currently, the ability to mark Notebooks as incomplete with the 'Finish' icon is only available for Checkpoints to alert students when they have not completed their work.
- Use of this icon will turn the project red if the student has not yet received any Final Product feedback.
For Final Products, we recommend using the Return for Revisions option, since it will mark the project as red on the student's Year page, alerting them to the fact that they need to show mastery for the associated cognitive skills to remain on track.
How do I leave feedback on Cognitive Skill rubrics?
You can highlight directly onto a student's rubric as a way to provide better feedback for Checkpoints and Final Products.
From a course:
- Click into a project where a student has requested feedback.
- Click the Checkpoint or Final Product where feedback has been requested.
- On the right-hand side, click the name of the student that requested feedback
- Click into the rubric.
- Click on the text or drag across to highlight it. Choose the color highlight you want to leave. Green stands for, "Strong evidence," and Yellow stands for, "Focus for next time".
All highlights will be seen by students when they receive their feedback. You can edit your highlights anytime by clicking back into the rubric and then either adding more highlights or removing highlights you made earlier.
How do I ask students to make specific revisions?
You can indicate that a part of your student's work needs revision when you create a comment in their Notebook.
From a student's Checkpoint or Final Product:
- Click Add Comment and select which Cognitive Skill your comment relates to.
- Add your notes.
- If your comment does not require revision, click "Ask to revise" and then choose No revision needed.
- Post your comment.
When the "Ask to Revise" option is checked, the comment will say "Revise" in blue on the teacher's side.
On the student's side, students will see a purple button that says, "I've Revised This!" They can click the button after having addressed your comment to let you know that they have revised their work.
If a student tries to submit a checkpoint or final product before they address your comments, they will see a reminder that they still need to make those changes.
After a student has marked their work as revised, they will no longer see the button. They will be able to undo if they pressed the button by accident.
On the teacher side, after a student has marked their work as revised, you will have the option to ask for another revision, which will begin the process again.