1. Click on the assignment you wish to grade in your course.
2. Click “View all submissions”
3. You will have to scroll to the right in the grading area
4. Choose a student submission and click “Grade”
5. Click this button to add a comment. The colour swatch beside it can be changed to a different one to differentiate between comments.
6. Click and drag to make your comment box. Once created, type your comment inside.
7. You can use the other tools to create comments or marks on the PDF.
The document has four pages that you can switch through. Use the arrows to navigate through the pages. Be sure to grade all the pages of the submission.
8. Once done with comments, give a grade to the student.
9. You can also provide some written feedback outside of the submitted document. Students will see the comments in their grading area.
10. Click “Save and show next” to go to the next ungraded submission.
Settings for Using Inline Comments on Assignments
1. In the assignment you wish to allow inline commenting, click on the Settings tab.
2. Make sure your submission types are set to accept online text or file submissions.
3. Set the word limit for online text submissions.
4. Enter “.docx and .doc” in the “Accpeted file types” field.
5. Toggle “Feedback comments” on.
Check the “Comment inline” option on.
6. That is all for the settings.
Click “Save and Display.”