This article talks about a BETA version of the tool. If you're not a part of an institution that participates in the testing, please refer to the other article.

Introduction

In this article, we'll walk you through how to set up Feedback Request on Work from the perspective of a teacher.

Feedback Request on Work allows students to submit their work, request feedback on specific criteria, and invite reviewers to provide feedback.

If you'd like more information on how this tool works, check out these articles:

• Feedback Request on Work: Overview

• Feedback Request on Work: For Students

• Feedback Request on Work: For Reviewers

Tool in Action

How this article is structured

Setting up an activity follows three stages, shown in the bar at the top of the activity whenever you're in edit mode:

1. Build activity — get an overview of your activity and add or remove steps.

2. Edit steps — configure each step individually.

3. Finalize activity — configure settings that apply across the activity, such as deadlines and grade weighting.

Everything below describes what you can configure before the activity is published. Students cannot access the activity at this stage. Some settings can still be changed after publishing, but certain options may become locked once students start making progress.

Accessibility

We're devoted to making our tools as accessible as possible for all learners. To read more, see Accessibility: Within FeedbackFruits Tools.

Stage 1 — Build activity

This is your starting point. Here you can see all the learning steps in the activity and adjust its structure before configuring each step.

A default Feedback Request on Work activity contains:

1. Read instructions

2. Hand in

3. Your feedback request

4. Read received feedback

Once your activity structure is ready, continue to Edit steps.

Stage 2 — Edit steps

Here you configure each learning step individually. A Student preview is shown alongside the settings so you can see how the activity will appear to students.

Step 1: Read instructions

Add the instructions students will see when they begin the activity. 

Type your instructions directly into the field on the right.

Step 2: Hand in

Configure how and what students submit.

Students hand in as

Choose whether students submit their work:

• An individual

• A group

Required files

Set how many files students are required to submit. You can choose:

• Minimum

• Between

• Exactly

Then select the required number of files.

Allowed file formats

Select which types of files students can submit:

• Document

• Video

• Website

• Image

• Audio

• Other

Submitter anonymity

Enable Submitter anonymity to make student contributions anonymous to other students. Teachers can still see who submitted the work.

Advanced settings

Click Advanced settings for additional options.

Plagiarism check

Enable Plagiarism check to have submitted documents checked using Turnitin.

Visibility of hand ins

Choose who can see students' submitted work.

Optional instructions for this step

Add additional instructions that apply specifically to the Hand in step.

Step 3: Your feedback request

In this step, configure the feedback criteria students can request feedback on and provide instructions for reviewers.

Feedback criteria students can choose from

Click Add criteria to create the criteria reviewers will use when giving feedback. Criteria can include:

• Rubrics

• Scales

• Comment-only criteria

Student criteria selection

Enable Student criteria selection to allow students to choose which criteria they would like feedback on. If this option is disabled, reviewers provide feedback on all criteria you have configured.

Teacher instructions for the reviewers

Add instructions that reviewers will see while reviewing the student's work.

Step 4: Read received feedback

Configure what students can do after receiving feedback from their reviewers.

Feedback on feedback

Enable Feedback on feedback to let students rate the usefulness of the feedback they receive on a scale from 1 to 10.

Stage 3 — Finalize activity

The final stage contains settings that apply across the activity, including deadlines and grade weighting.

Deadlines

Turn on Deadlines to add end dates to the applicable learning steps in your activity. Set the relevant end date next to each step. If no deadline is set, the step remains available without an end date.

Grade weighting

Turn on Grade weighting to assign percentages to the graded components of the activity. The available grading criteria are displayed next to the relevant learning steps. Assign the percentage you want each component to contribute to the overall grade.

The total grade weighting should add up to 100%.

Advanced grading settings

Click Advanced settings under Grade weighting to configure additional grading options.

You can choose the Grade type:

• Percentage

• Pass/fail

You can also configure:

• Require participation to receive a grade — only students who open the learning activity receive a grade.

• Schedule grade publish — automatically publish grades at a selected date.

• Auto-publish after completing graded steps — automatically publish an individual student's overall grade once they complete all graded learning steps.

Once everything is configured, click Done.

Good to know

Student criteria selection

When Student criteria selection is enabled, students can decide which criteria they would specifically like feedback on.

External reviewers

Reviewers do not need a FeedbackFruits account. They receive an invitation and can access the student's feedback request to provide their review.

Reviewers can see the submitted work

Because this activity is focused on requesting feedback on work, reviewers can see the student's submitted work alongside the feedback criteria while completing their review.