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Annotations in Assignments

​Overview 

Instructors can now annotate student work directly within the Assignments tool using the Annotation toolbar. The Annotation toolbar will appear at the top of the page when you view a submission.  Annotations allow you to markup student work and provide detailed comments online. Features of the Annotation tool include highlighting, striking through, and underlining. You can also highlight and comment on a specific portion of an online submission or draw free hand on the assignment.

Previously, instructors had to run papers through Turnitin and use Turnitin’s GradeMark to annotate papers online. GradeMark and Turnitin are still available but are no longer necessary for annotation.

This feature is now available and is automatically turned on for your course.

Using Annotations

Go to your course homepage and click on Assignments from within the Assessments drop-down menu.

The Assessments dropdown on D2L Brightspace with a red box around the "Assignments" option
 

Select the assignment that is to be assessed.

A list of assignments in the Assignments tool, with a red box around a specific assignment called "Annotations Test" 

The Assignment Submission page will open, Select the submission to be assessed.

The Submissions page for an Assignment, with a red box around one submission
 
Select the Annotation Tool.

An assignment submission on D2L Brightspace, with a red box around a paper and pencil icon representing the Annotations tool

Begin annotating using one or more of the tools available.

An assignment submission on D2L Brightspace with a red box around the annotation toolbar options

Select Update to save the Annotations.

Assignment grading interface with example annotations on the submission and red box around the "Update" confirmation button

 

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