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SJ_Harriz
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May 18, 2020
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Can students see edits to assignments before I hit "Return"?

Good Morning, 

 

My school is using Teams for the first time and a great concern of many of the teachers is that students might be able to view edits to documents before the teacher hits "Return". English essays take a long time to mark and as we are managing many other tasks at home during this weird time, essays could be partially marked and then the teacher comes back to it later. It would not be ideal for students to see this "work in progress". Can you please offer suggestions?

 

 

  • SaJaDu's avatar
    SaJaDu
    Jul 20, 2021

    gyoung1553 Hi, I ended up dowloading the work onto my computer before correcting it, and sending the file back to students when I was ready for them to see it.

     

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    • gyoung1553's avatar
      gyoung1553
      Copper Contributor

      SaJaDu Did you find a workaround for this?  I see this as a major limitation for Teams as a education platform.  Students should not be able to see any feedback until 'return' is selected by teachers.

       

      Thanks

       

      Gareth

      • SaJaDu's avatar
        SaJaDu
        Copper Contributor

        gyoung1553 Hi, I ended up dowloading the work onto my computer before correcting it, and sending the file back to students when I was ready for them to see it.

         

  • SJ_Harriz Hello I am not that familiar with Teams for education but if one could see (the student) your work in progress the whole idea of "turning in work" wouldn't make sense.

     

    See if these links can assist you in any way:

     

    'Review, return, and turn in assignments using the feedback loop'

    https://support.office.com/en-us/article/review-return-and-turn-in-assignments-using-the-feedback-loop-63e5efdd-be09-47f0-87ea-e8e4bcb45aa4

     

    'Assignments'

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/microsoft-teams-5aa4431a-8a3c-4aa5-87a6-b6401abea114?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US#id0eaabaaa=assignments

     

    • SJ_Harriz's avatar
      SJ_Harriz
      Copper Contributor

      Thank you ChristianBergstrom. Yes, I have read both those articles and they do not provide the information that I am looking for. It is true that the feedback and points on the righthand side are not shown to the student until you hit "Return". 

      However, my question is whether or not they can see the editing and notes that I have placed in the actual Word document. Now, I already suspect that they can, based on my students' comments but I am wondering if this setting can be changed or not....

       

      • ChristianBergstrom's avatar
        ChristianBergstrom
        Silver Contributor

        SJ_Harriz Hello, I am sure some of the 'edu experts' or any with Teams education experience will reply to the topic, so I'm just gonna leave it here so you get a proper answer.