Instructors may allow students to add comments to a Lessons page. The comments can either be anonymous or have the student’s name attached. The comments can be graded and either required or optional.
Note: Students have 30 minutes to edit or delete their comments. Instructors can edit or delete a student comment at any time.
Go to Lessons.
If you titled your page something other than Lessons, select the title of the page as it appears in your Tool Menu.
Select Add Content.
Select Add Content from the Actions Menu.
Select Add Comments Tool.
Under the Advanced Content Items heading, select Add Comments Tool.
View Comments tool on page.
The comments tool appears on the page. Students may select Add Comment to add a comment using the Rich Text Editor.
Select Edit. (Optional)
Select the pencil (Edit) icon that appears when you hover your cursor over the item to view or modify the comment properties.
Edit the comments tool properties as needed.
- To make comments anonymous, check the box next to Keep Comments Anonymous.
- Check the box next to Create Gradebook items for these, if you would like to grade the comments, and enter a maximum point value.
- If you would like to restrict this item based on a prerequisite, check the box for Don't release item until all prerequisites are completed.
- If students are required to add comments before moving on to a different Lessons item, check the box next to Require This Item.
- If you would like to set a condition as a prerequisite for the item, use the Condition and Conjunction dropdown menus to configure prerequisites.
- If the site contains groups, specify which groups should see the item.
- Select Update Item to save any changes.
Note: Students CAN read other students' comments in this tool.
View of comments.
If the comments are graded, you may enter grades directly on the comment page, or select the grading pane icon to enter scores there.