How can I review my students' homework?

Table of contents

1. Finding your students' homework
2. Reviewing and scoring homework
3. Your students' view
4. Tips, best practices and notifications 

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Finding your students' homework

1. Teacher Panel: Best overall option. Lists all homework ready for review in a single view
2. Class Management: Best for reviewing homework from a specific class
3. Student Profile: Best for reviewing homework from an individual student
   
   

Teacher Panel: Best overall option. Lists all homework ready for review in a single view

1. Hover over the teacher menu in the top left
2. Select 'teacher panel'
3. Click on the date in the submitted column to open the homework
4. Click here to follow the steps below to review the homework
   
   

Class Management: Best for reviewing homework from a specific class

1. Click 'student management' in the top left.
   1. If you also have the enterprise manager role, hover over management, then click 'students'
2. Locate the class you want to view and click 'enter class management' 
3. Look at the columns and locate the date/homework you want to review (you might need to scroll left)
4. Click the 'not reviewed' button to open the homework
5. Click here to follow the steps below to review the homework
   
   

Student Profile: Best for reviewing homework from an individual student

1. Click 'student management' in the top left.
   1. If you also have the enterprise manager role, hover over management, then click 'students'
2. Locate the student you want to view and click on them.
3. Scroll down and locate the homework you want to review. 
   1. Homework statuses: Submitted, Started, Assigned, Not Assigned
4. Click the blue eye icon in the far right actions column to open the homework.
   1. If a green clock appears to the right of the eye icon, it means the student has been assigned the same homework more than once. 
5. Click here to follow the steps below to review the homework

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Reviewing and scoring homework

You're now in a new window with the answer key on the left and your student's answers on the right.

There are three different types of homework questions:

1. Single-answer
   1. Scoring: Automatically scored. Teachers can adjust the score.
   2. Feedback: Teachers can add feedback.
2. Free-text
   1. Scoring: Automatically scored*. Teachers can adjust the score. 
   2. Feedback: Automatic feedback*. Teachers can adjust or remove the feedback.
3. Speaking
   
   1. Scoring: Scoring not available yet.
   2. Feedback: Teachers can add feedback.
      
      

Single-answer: Written responses with only one correct answer

1. Review the answers 
2. Click on the box to the right of the question to alter the score
3. Drag the pen/notepad to a specific question (or to the 'general feedback' area at the bottom) to leave feedback.
4. Click 'close the classroom'
   1. Click 'reviewed' to share the final score and feedback with your student.
   2. Click 'not reviewed' if you are not ready to share the results with your student. 

 

Free-text: Written responses with many possible answers

1. Review the answers 
2. Click on the box to the right of the question to alter the score
3. Hover over the feedback (robot) icon to review the feedback.
4. To adjust the feedback, click on the robot icon to open the feedback editor. Once done, click 'save'
5. Click 'close the classroom'
   1. Click 'reviewed' to share the final score and feedback with your student.
   2. Click 'not reviewed' if you are not ready to share the results with your student. 

 

Speaking: Spoken responses with many possible answers

1. Review the answers
2. Drag the pen/notepad to a specific question (or to the 'general feedback' area at the bottom) to leave feedback.
3. Click 'close the classroom'
   1. Click 'reviewed' to share the final score and feedback with your student.
   2. Click 'not reviewed' if you are not ready to share the results with your student. 

 

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Your students' view

After closing the classroom and marking the homework as reviewed, your student can access both the score and the feedback. 

Your students will see their homework scores in their Completed Work tab when they next log in

Note: For single-option answers, the answer key is automatically shared with the student after they complete the homework.  

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Tips, best practices and notifications

1. Tips for leaving feedback
2. Hiding the answer key
3. How we display the order of matching questions
4. Notifications
   
   

Tips for leaving feedback

1. Toggle: moves the editor box to the left or right of the screen.
2. 'Input student Answer': easily make edits, using different colors, italics, or bold text.

 

Hiding the answer key

To hide the answer key, click the double arrow icon in the top right-hand corner of the screen.

This is helpful if you want to review homework together with your student via screen sharing. Toggle the double arrows to return to the previous view.

 

How we display the order of matching questions

Matching questions are randomized for students. After submission, student answers are displayed in the same order as the answer key for ease of review. Incorrect answers are displayed in orange.

 

Notifications

To enable 'Homework Submission Notifications' in settings,  in the drop-down menu under your name in the top right corner, to receive email notifications when your students submit homework.

Example of the email that we send: