Introduction

In this article, we will walk you through how to set up Assignment Review from the perspective of a teacher.

If you’d like more information on how this tool works, you can check out other articles here:

• Assignment Review: For Teachers (Active Assignment)

• Assignment Review: Overview

• Assignment Review: For Students

   

Tool In Action

How this article is structured

This article walks you through the steps of an Assignment Review activity, following the same flow as the tool itself. It will describe the process of setting up the assignment. This refers to what you can configure before the assignment is published, such as instructions, settings, deadlines, grouping, and grading rules. Students cannot access the activity at this stage. You can still edit some settings after publishing; however, once students start making progress, certain options may be locked to protect their work and data. Wherever this applies, the article will clearly note it.

Note: When you open a published activity, you’ll land on the Active Assignment view by default. To return to the setup view after publishing, click Edit in the upper-left corner of the activity.
You can see the article about the Active Assignment view of this tool here.

Accessibility

We're devoted to making our tools as accessible as possible for all learners - to read more about accessibility in FeedbackFruits tools, check this article: Accessibility: Within FeedbackFruits Tools.

Step 1: Instructions

Here, you can write instructions for the students regarding this assignment. You can also add items, such as attaching a file or recording audio/video, by clicking Add items if needed.

Collaboration Options

Directly underneath the instructions, you can select options for student collaboration.

When selecting student collaboration options, there are several configurations to choose from. Please bear in mind that collaboration options need to be selected before students participate in the assignment - once a student makes progress, the configurations can't be updated.

Options for students hand in:

1. Individually

2. As a group

Options for Teacher reviews students:

1. Individually. Teacher review students individually. (Disabled if ‘as a group’ option for hand in is chosen).

2. As a group. Teacher reviews students as a group. (Disabled if ‘individually’ option for hand in is chosen).

3. Individually, shown as groups. Teacher reviews students individually, but the results will be presented as a group. (Disabled if ‘As a group’ option for hand in is chosen).

Step 2: Submissions

When creating your assignment, you can configure submission options for your students.

Required number of files to hand in: Set the amount of files that students are required to hand in. The submission requirement can be set at exactly, minimum or between your chosen amount. 

Scheduling deadlines: Set the hand-in deadline. Students have to upload their work before this deadline. After the deadline expires, students will no longer be able to submit their file and receive feedback. If no deadline is specified at this stage, students are free to utilize the submission section and receive feedback at their convenience.

If a deadline for submission has been set for the students, you have the option to allow for students to hand in after the submission deadline has passed. Simply enable this option (as shown on the screenshot below), and students will be able to hand in after the submission deadline as well. Keep in mind that enabling this option will not affect the student analytics - you will still be able to see if students have submitted on time or not.

File requirements: Check the box next to the file type you want your students to hand in. Students will not be able to upload file types to you deselect. For an overview of which formats are supported for each file type, click here.

Please note that embedded audio and video in documents and slideshows cannot be played in FeedbackFruits.

Plagiarism check: If your institution has opted into our Turnitin integration, you can select here whether the check should be toggled on or off. You can read more information here: Turnitin FAQ

Visibility: Choose whether you want the student's file to be visible to everyone or only to students who have submitted their work. Please note that these options become available only after the submission deadline has passed. As a teacher, you will always have access to all the work.

Guiding students (optional): If you have specific hand-in instructions for your students (such as the desired font, line spacing, naming the file, etc.) fill them in here. Example: Please name your student number in the file-name. Upload both your essay and the slides you will use when presenting about your essay.

Step 3: Give feedback on student work

In this step, you can specify criteria to help guide students as they give feedback. Click configure to edit, add, or delete criteria. Click here for a detailed guide on setting criteria.

You can also create reusable explanation cards, which will save you time when providing feedback to your students.

Visibility: Choose when the students can see their feedback. You can set this to immediately, after certain date, or never.

Step 4: Received Reviews

Setting up received reviews is straightforward since there are only two options for this step.

Feedback-on-feedback: you can toggle whether or not students rate their received feedback on a scale of 1 to 10, with optional written clarification.

Scheduling deadlines: Set the deadline for reviewing received feedback. Leave the deadline blank to allow reviewees to view and their feedback indefinitely, without being too late to review.

Step 5: Reflect on Activity (optional)

In step 5, The parameters for reflecting on the outcomes of the activity and their learning are set. You can set a deadline, specify the required length of the written reflection (including minimum and maximum word counts), and enable features like the Reflection Coach, which provides AI-powered, real-time feedback to help students improve their reflections. This option is available under the Guiding Students section.

However, please note that this step is optional. If you decide that student reflections are unnecessary, you can remove this step by clicking the X button in the top right corner.

Grading

After finishing setting up the core of the assignment, it is possible to add the configurable grading module. Click here to learn more about how this grading module works.

By clicking configure, you can customize your grading criteria and toggle certain parameters on or off depending on the needs of the particular assignment you're setting up: