{"id":13284,"date":"2019-02-11T14:30:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T20:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=13284"},"modified":"2019-02-11T15:05:49","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T21:05:49","slug":"brightspace-tip-82-annotate-assignment-submissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-82-annotate-assignment-submissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightspace Tip #82: Annotate Assignment Submissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have early access to the new Annotations Toolbar for Assignments. You will see this new toolbar within the Assignments Evaluation Submission screen.<\/p>\n<p>Instructors can provide feedback directly in submitted assignments using the Annotations tool. Previously the only option for annotating assignments was by using the Assignment Grader app on your mobile device. <\/p>\n<p>Features available in the Annotations Toolbar are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Text Highlighting<\/li>\n<li>Freehand Drawing<\/li>\n<li>Text Annotation<\/li>\n<li>Note Annotation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13285\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13285\" style=\"width: 692px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/InstructorAnnotationsAssignments.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/InstructorAnnotationsAssignments.png?resize=625%2C348\" alt=\"Example of an assignment with annotations made by the instructor\" width=\"625\" height=\"348\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Example of an assignment with annotations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13286\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13286\" style=\"width: 698px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AnnotationsToolbar.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13286\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-82-annotate-assignment-submissions\/annotationstoolbar\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AnnotationsToolbar.png?fit=1164%2C577&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1164,577\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AnnotationsToolbar\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Annotations Toolbar&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AnnotationsToolbar.png?fit=300%2C149&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AnnotationsToolbar.png?fit=625%2C310&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AnnotationsToolbar.png?resize=625%2C310\" alt=\"Annotations Toolbar\" width=\"625\" height=\"310\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13286\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Annotations Toolbar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The ability to annotate on assignment submissions will assist instructors in providing valuable feedback to students. <\/p>\n<p>ICYMI, read my blog post on how you can <a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-79-simplify-assignment-collection\/\">simplify assignment collection<\/a> by using the Assignments tool.<\/p>\n<h3>Want More Information?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/InstructorAnnotationsforAssignments_Early-Access-Documentation.pdf\">Instructor Annotations for Brightspace Assignments (pdf)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/94qJh6AQ3ZI\">Using Annotations for Instructor Feedback (video)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-79-simplify-assignment-collection\/\">Simply Assignment Collection<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-8-assignments-tool-training-recap\/\">Assignments Tool Training Recap<\/a><br \/>\nView all the <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?s=Brightspace+%2Brecap\">Brightspace training recaps<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/community.brightspace.com\/s\/article\/All-Release-Notes\">Continuous Delivery release notes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/catwiki.xula.edu\/index.php\/Brightspace_Known_Issues\">Brightspace Known Issues<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-2-sandbox-courses\/\">Request a sandbox course<\/a><br \/>\nSign-up for <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/events\/\">Brightspace training sessions<\/a><br \/>\nYou can find <a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.brightspace.com\/EN\/-\/-\/-\/welcome_page.htm\">Brightspace help<\/a> at D2L's website.<br \/>\nJoin the <a href=\"https:\/\/community.brightspace.com\/\">Brightspace Community<\/a>.<br \/>\nTry these <a title=\"Brightspace How-to\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-documents\/\">Brightspace How-To documents<\/a>.<br \/>\nVisit our <a title=\"Brightspace FAQs\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-faq\/\">Brightspace FAQs<\/a> for additional Brightspace information<br \/>\nor <a title=\"Schedule 1-on-1\" href=\"http:\/\/jflorent.youcanbook.me\/\">schedule a one-on-one session<\/a>, <a title=\"Send email\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/mail\/?to=31\">email<\/a>, or <br \/>call Janice Florent: (504) 520-7418.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: Are you doing something innovative in Brightspace or perhaps you've discovered a handy tip? Share how you are using Brightspace in your teaching and learning in <a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-70-the-orange-room\/\">The Orange Room<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have early access to the new Annotations Toolbar for Assignments. You will see this new toolbar within the Assignments Evaluation Submission screen. Instructors can provide feedback directly in submitted assignments using the Annotations tool. Previously the only option for annotating assignments was by using the Assignment Grader app on your mobile device. Features available <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-82-annotate-assignment-submissions\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Brightspace Tip #82: Annotate Assignment Submissions\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[403],"tags":[28,402],"class_list":{"0":"post-13284","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-brightspace","7":"tag-assignments","8":"tag-brightspace","9":"h-entry","10":"hentry","11":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-3sg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15064,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-143-annotate-assignment-submissions\/","url_meta":{"origin":13284,"position":0},"title":"Brightspace Tip #143: Annotate Assignment Submissions","author":"Janice Florent","date":"March 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Instructors can provide feedback directly in submitted assignments using the Annotations tool. 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