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Feedback Request on Skills: For Teachers (Active Assignment)

Julia
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Introduction

In this article we will walk you through how to use Feedback Request on Work from the perspective of a teacher. If you'd like more information on how this tool works, you can check out other articles here:

Tool In Action

How this article is structured

This article walks you through the steps of an Feedback Request on Skills activity, following the same flow as the tool itself. It will describe the process of using the active assignment. This refers to what happens after the assignment is published and available to students. It covers monitoring student progress, viewing submissions, giving feedback, and reviewing outcomes.

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 Setting Up 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.

 

Overall Student Progress

The Overall Student Progress view appears at the top of the activity in the Active Assignment view. It provides a high-level overview of how students are progressing across all steps of the activity.

Fig. 1: Overall student progress

Please note that this section is not visible during activity setup. It only becomes available after the activity has been published and students begin participating.

From this overview, you can quickly see how far students have progressed through the activity workflow across steps such as:

  • Feedback request

  • Received feedback

This view helps you monitor overall completion status at a glance before reviewing step-specific analytics.

It is also possible to export all the student data into an Excel file. This file contains information concerning review ratings, review comments, and completion status. You can download this export by clicking on the EXPORT ANALYTICS button in the overall student progress window.

Step 1: Instructions

Here, you can view the instructions you wrote while setting up the assignment. You can edit them by clicking on the Edit button in the top right corner of the screen.

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Fig. 2: Instructions

Step 3: Feedback Request

In this step, you can check the status of the requested feedback per student. You can check who they sent it to, the status of the review as well as when the invitation was set. 

Fig. 3: Feedback request

 

Step 4: Received Reviews

In this step, you can view an overview of all reviews received. The reviews in this step display the feedback received by the student. It displays their overall progress, time spent reading, and number of replies made.

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Fig. 4: Received reviews

You can also access individual student feedback requests to see the feedback that has been provided by their reviewers. This allows you to monitor the quality and relevance of the feedback students are receiving, even from external reviewers. Here you can also review their submissions once again.

Fig. 5: Viewing feedback given to students

 

Grading (Optional)

In this step, you have to access a comprehensive overview detailing the grades of each student within the system.

If you have included grading in the settings, it will be visible after the last step. The image below shows what that will look like. By clicking on the arrow on the right or using the scroll bar at the bottom, you can view the rest of the grade sections (from left to right). On the far right there is also an optional grade adjustment. This allows you to add or subtract points for each student. Click on Fullscreen to get a better view.

Fig. 6: Grading

 

Good to Know

  • No submission step: This is the key difference from Feedback Request on Work. Students do not upload a deliverable. Reviewers provide feedback based on their direct observations of the student's skills.
  • Teacher stays in control of feedback quality: You define the skill criteria, rubric descriptions, and rating scales. Students and reviewers work within the framework you've established.
  • Inviting Reviewers inside the institution: Feedback Request can also be used within the institution. Students can invite reviewers, as long as they are not inside the LMS course where the activity is live.
  • External reviewers don't need an account: Reviewers receive an email invitation and can complete their review through a mobile-first, no-login interface. This is designed to maximize completion rates.
  • Ideal for competency-based feedback: This activity type is well suited for internship evaluations, clinical placements, practicum feedback, mentorship programs, and any context where skills are observed rather than documented.
  • Student criteria selection is optional: You can choose whether students pick their own skill criteria or receive feedback on all criteria. Enabling selection adds a metacognitive step to the activity.
  • Familiar configuration: If you've set up Peer Review or other FeedbackFruits tools before, the Feedback Request setup will feel very similar.

 

 

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