Week 1 Discussion

Assignment Feedback

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Assignment Feedback Program Transcript [MUSIC PLAYING]

HILLARY WENTWORTH: Throughout your Walden course, your instructor will provide feedback on discussions, assignments, and possibly other graded items. To grow as a scholar, you should get into the habit of locating, reviewing, and acting on that feedback each week. This video shows you how to locate assignment feedback in particular.

From your course home page, click on My Grades on the left navigation menu. You will see a list of discussions, assignments, and other items on the next screen. If an item has been graded by your instructor, you will see an associated numerical grade. Click on the assignment title on the left to access all feedback associated with a graded assignment.

Instructors can provide written feedback in several different areas. The first is the Feedback to Learner box on the right. Here you may find a summary comment, a link, or further instructions.

The second area to look for feedback is within the assignment submission itself. Faculty can choose to comment using Blackboard's in-line grading tool, called Box, or using Microsoft Word. If your instructor has to use the in-line grading tool, you will see comment icons, highlighting, or drawing directly on the Blackboard screen. Click on each blue comment icon to reveal the comment text. You can minimize the left menu and the grading pane to make the assignment bigger.

If your instructor has used Microsoft Word to provide comments, you will see a link in the feedback box on the right side of your screen. Click on the link to download the assignment with comments. Your instructor may have written directly in the body of the paper, as at the top of this example, or added comments appearing in the margins. If you do not immediately see any corrections or comments, go to the Review tab and make sure that all markup is showing, rather than no markup or original. You can also use the Review tab to accept and reject the changes your instructor has made the draft and to delete comments. If the comments are appearing too small to read, go to the View tab and zoom in. The Academic Skill Center has additional tutorials on Microsoft Word to assist you in navigating a document.

The final place that your instructor can provide written feedback is in the rubric. Click on the rubric icon beside your grade to reveal your rubric scores, as well as more information on the grading criteria. You can also access the rubric from the main My Grades area.

Assignment Feedback

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If you have difficulty locating or understanding your instructor's feedback, contact them. Your instructor is here to support you in your scholarly development. Thank you, and good luck.

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