Feedback is a crucial element in the student’s learning process. Therefore Brightspace allows multiple areas to provide feedback on student’s submissions to assignments. These areas are:

• Assignment folder
• Gradebook
• Rubrics
• Providing feedback in bulk

To add feedback to an assignment

1. Click on Assignment from in the menu of you course
2. Select the Assignment to be evaluated.
3. In the Submission overview screen, select Evaluate for the submission you would like to evaluate.
4. Add your feedback to the ‘Feedback’ field in the bottom of the right-hand side of the screen
   
5. Select Publish to immediately share the feedback with the student or select Save Draft to publish the feedback later (this can be done in bulk).

1. Go to the Grades-menu of your course and find the assignment you would like to provide feedback to.
2. Click on the drop down arrow next to the Assignment’s name and select Grade All
   
3. Select the pencil icon on the right-hand side of the screen to enter feedback
   
4. The pop-up screen is divided in two sections
   • Feedback: Enter your feedback for the student here
   • Private comments: Text entered here is only visible with grading permissions for this course and is generally used for notes on agreements, etc.

   

5. Select Save to save your feedback and/or notes
6. The feedback is shared with students immediately

If you are not familiar with Rubrics, please refer to this page.

1. Go to the Submissions Overview screen of the assignment you wish to evaluate.
2. Click on the title of the submission you would like to evaluate.
3. In the evaluation panel, select the name of the Rubric you would like to use to evaluate the submission.
   
4. Select Level for the criteria and give if needed adjust the score.
   Although Rubrics here are used to score and provide feedback on the assignment simultaneously, it is possible to only add feedback here and score later.=
5. To add feedback, select the Add feedback-button and type your feedback.
   
6. When finished adding feedback, select the Close-button

Brightspace allows Instructors to process and evaluate assignments in bulk. This is a great time save when dealing with large cohorts. In short, this feature condenses all student’s submissions into a .ZIP file. Instructors open the file, add their feedback, save the file and upload the ZIP file back to Brightspace. The evaluated file will become an attachment to the student’s submission.

Steps involved:

1. Go to the Submissions overview screen of the Assignment you would like to evaluate.
2. Make sure the Users tab is selected.
3. Select all Submissions by checking the boxes under the Download-icon.
   All student’s submissions should now be selected.
4. Click on the Download-button. A new screen opens and the download is being prepared (this might take a while).
5. Click the link in this new screen to download the .ZIP-file
6. Extract the . ZIP-file to a location of your choice
7. Open the .ZIP-file and start evaluation
   Note: It is very important that no filenames or extension names are changed!
8. Once done with evaluating, make sure all changes are saved to the files and create a .ZIP-file of the folder.
9. In the Submissions Overview screen, select the Add Feedback Files button
10. Upload the .ZIP-file in which the evaluated submissions are saved.
11. Optionally select Overwrite Duplicate Files.

12. Select the Add button. Brightspace will now upload all evaluation files and them to each student’s submission as an attachment.
13. Select the button Add feedback files