My team would like to request that Buzz consider creating a "thread" in the feedback area on assignments. We would like students to be able to respond to questions/comments in this area. It would also be helpful to be able to add a new set of feedback when students resubmit their work, rather than having to add it in the same box.
YES! This would be AMAZING! On the assignments AND the assessments feedback PLEASE! And while you're there PLEASE ADD A NOTIFICATION TO THE HOMEPAGE THAT THEY HAVE AN ASSIGNMENT/ASSESSMENT WITH FEEDBACK! PLEASE! PLEASE PLEASSEEEEEEE!!!!!
Access to teacher feedback in BUZZ is clunky and laborious for students. It's one of my biggest complaints in this LMS. It absolutely baffles me that Agilix has not been responsive to these requests! Feedback in an online course is CRUCIAL for student success. It is SO important that feedback be visible and easy to access.
Here are my suggestions:
1) Add a notification column (or tab) on the landing page for recent assignments graded and feedback received. Right now students must go several clicks in to access teacher feedback. Most students are unaware that they even have feedback unless they specifically go looking for it. If a preview of feedback was listed in a notifications column and students had the ability to click on the preview to "jump" to that activity and feedback, that would be ideal!
2) Add a "feedback thread" (as mentioned above by Julianne). Add the ability for students to reply to teacher comments within Buzz and not have to use an external email (which students rarely do). Of course this would mean that teachers would also need the ability to see notifications when replies are submitted. The ability to create this kind of back-and-forth dialogue within the platform and within a specific activity would be fantastic.
3) Add variable feedback features like a quick click to add a time/date stamp when feedback is left. Being able to notify students that feedback was left for them in a timely manner would help a lot. This would be especially helpful if there were a feedback thread, so students could see a timestamp for each feedback piece.
4) Add the ability for teachers to connect feedback to a specific portion of a student answer or assignment submission, kind of like the comment feature in Google Docs.
Hey everyone, I am happy to announce that coming this Summer, a new messaging and feedback experience is coming to Buzz. We have been working on this for a long time and are excited for you to get your hands on it.
For simplicity in regards to this particular post, it will include the ability for teachers and students to add messages directly to a grade. So instead of the old "feedback" where a teacher could post a single response, teachers and students can have a full discussion about the student's performance for the activity. This is to truly help provide better feedback and help the student close any discovered learning gaps.
In addition, new feedback messages will trigger an alert in the student's new Inbox, never letting feedback go unnoticed or unread!
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Thanks for considering it!
Our teachers have often expressed the same desires, Julianne!!
Thanks for mentioning that! I do some work in Canvas as well and I like their feature for that.
YES! This would be AMAZING! On the assignments AND the assessments feedback PLEASE! And while you're there PLEASE ADD A NOTIFICATION TO THE HOMEPAGE THAT THEY HAVE AN ASSIGNMENT/ASSESSMENT WITH FEEDBACK! PLEASE! PLEASE PLEASSEEEEEEE!!!!!
I've said it before, I'll say it again. (Brad Marshall)
Access to teacher feedback in BUZZ is clunky and laborious for students. It's one of my biggest complaints in this LMS. It absolutely baffles me that Agilix has not been responsive to these requests! Feedback in an online course is CRUCIAL for student success. It is SO important that feedback be visible and easy to access.
Here are my suggestions:
1) Add a notification column (or tab) on the landing page for recent assignments graded and feedback received. Right now students must go several clicks in to access teacher feedback. Most students are unaware that they even have feedback unless they specifically go looking for it. If a preview of feedback was listed in a notifications column and students had the ability to click on the preview to "jump" to that activity and feedback, that would be ideal!
2) Add a "feedback thread" (as mentioned above by Julianne). Add the ability for students to reply to teacher comments within Buzz and not have to use an external email (which students rarely do). Of course this would mean that teachers would also need the ability to see notifications when replies are submitted. The ability to create this kind of back-and-forth dialogue within the platform and within a specific activity would be fantastic.
3) Add variable feedback features like a quick click to add a time/date stamp when feedback is left. Being able to notify students that feedback was left for them in a timely manner would help a lot. This would be especially helpful if there were a feedback thread, so students could see a timestamp for each feedback piece.
4) Add the ability for teachers to connect feedback to a specific portion of a student answer or assignment submission, kind of like the comment feature in Google Docs.
I agree with what Abby and Nicole have said. Better ways to view and respond to feedback would help students so much.
Thank you all for giving this some traction! It feels so important to the educational environment.
Hey everyone, I am happy to announce that coming this Summer, a new messaging and feedback experience is coming to Buzz. We have been working on this for a long time and are excited for you to get your hands on it.
For simplicity in regards to this particular post, it will include the ability for teachers and students to add messages directly to a grade. So instead of the old "feedback" where a teacher could post a single response, teachers and students can have a full discussion about the student's performance for the activity. This is to truly help provide better feedback and help the student close any discovered learning gaps.
In addition, new feedback messages will trigger an alert in the student's new Inbox, never letting feedback go unnoticed or unread!