Annotations Assignments - Elementary View (Preschool - Grade 5)

    Annotations Assignment

    Instructors can create an assignment that allows students to annotate a file. This feature allows teachers to provide an attachment as part of the assignment without downloading or uploading it multiple times or assigning it individually to students. 

    This assignment type provides students with the following annotation options:

    • Add a text box
    • Add shapes, for example, circle, square, or rectangle
    • Highlight parts of the attachment 
    • Pen tool for drawing and writing


    Note: Type annotations, for example, underline, highlight, and squiggly will only work for text within an uploaded document. 
    ***Type annotations will not work on images, even if the image is of text. The preferable file type is PDF.


    Instructors:

    Creating an Annotations Assignment

    1. From your course, click Add Materials.
    2. Select Add Assignment. 
    3. Under Format Options, click Annotations Assignment. 
    4. Upload a file from your device. 
    Note: Accepted file types: Docx, HTML, JPG, PDF, PNG, PPTX, RTF, TXT, XLS, XLSX, and XML.
    5. Fill in the rest of the Create form.    6. Click Create.    

    Students:

    To watch a video on how annotations assignments work, please click this link: https://sau19.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/Annotations+Assignments+-+Preschool+to+Grade+5/1_5xotn6gk

    Student Annotations offer students a new assignment experience; however, the student display and available options can vary at the elementary and secondary grade levels.

    1. Click on the assignment and then click the assignment button next to my work.


    2. Click on Draw or Type.

     

    3. Annotate the file from the Doc Viewer using the annotation tools available in the editor. Changes are automatically saved. 

    4. When you are finished, click I'm Done.

    Optionally, to clear annotations, click Clear All. Then, click Clear All again to confirm.

    To go back without saving, click Back.


    Continue Assignment

    Students who have submitted their work can select the assignment again to review their submission. Students who have not submitted their assignment can resume working where they left off.

    1. Click into the assignment.  


    2. Click Continue.

    3. Continue annotating the assignment. 

    Click Previous Submission to revert to a previous submission of the assignment.

    Click Open Submission to confirm the reversal. Click Stay Here to keep annotating the current version.


    Resubmit Assignment Corrections

    A student can return to an assignment if an instructor wants the student to try the assignment again.

    1. Click on the assignment.

    2. Click Try Again. 

    3. Continue annotating the assignment. Previous annotations will still display.

    Reviewing or Grading an Annotations Assignment

    After a student has submitted their assignment, the instructor can review and grade it from the class assignment. 

    1. In the Submissions area, select Needs Grading.

    2. Review the student's responses.

    3. Type a grade into the Grade box.

    4. Add notes for the student in the available text box.

    5. Check whether or not you want the grade and notes to Show to the student.

    6. Click Submit.

    ***When grading an assignment, you will get annotation tools to type or draw directly on the assignment itself as well!


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