Using Teacher Feedback

About Teacher Feedback

• The Teacher Feedback feature allows you to give feedback to students directly on claims.
• By default, feedback is not immediately visible to students, allowing you to write and adjust feedback as desired for the discussion before making it accessible. Once you are ready to share your feedback, you should adjust the Feedback Visibility option to make it visible.
• A popup appears for students when feedback is available to them.
• For further advice on how to get the most out of the Teacher Feedback feature when grading a Kialo assignment, see Tips for Grading Kialo Assignments.

Enabling/Disabling the Teacher Feedback Feature

Note: To adjust settings for Teacher Feedback you must have Admin permissions in a discussion.

Teacher Feedback is disabled in discussions by default. To enable the Teacher Feedback feature:

1. Click the ≡ (three horizontal lines) button in the top-left of the discussion.
2. Open the Discussion Settings.
3. Scroll down to the ‘Teacher Feedback’ section.
4. Check the Enable Teacher Feedback box.

To disable the feature in a discussion, follow the same steps, unchecking the box.

Writing, Editing, and Removing Teacher Feedback

Writing Feedback

Tip: Enabling Claim Authors makes it easier to see which user created or linked a claim in each location.

To leave feedback on a claim:

1. Click the teacher’s hat icon on a claim.
2. Enter your feedback in the text box.
3. Click Save.

Reminder: By default, feedback is not immediately visible to students. When you’re ready to share your feedback, you’ll need to make the feedback visible – see the following section.

Editing Feedback

To edit any feedback given: 

1. Click the pencil icon on the feedback.
2. Edit the feedback as appropriate.
3. Click Save.

Removing Feedback

To remove any feedback: 

1. Click the pencil icon on the feedback.
2. Click the Delete button. A warning dialogue appears.
3. Click Delete to confirm.

Adjusting Feedback Visibility

• By default, feedback is only visible to Admins. This allows you to leave feedback as desired then make it visible for students once finished.
• Students can quickly view all feedback left for them by opening the My Claims list (in the Discussion Menu) and checking both the Only show claims with feedback and Show claims I linked options. 
• If students wish to respond to feedback, they can do so by commenting and mentioning you in a specific claim. 

To change Teacher Feedback visibility:

1. Click the ≡ (three horizontal lines) button in the top-left of the discussion.
2. Open the Discussion Settings.
3. Scroll down to the ‘Teacher Feedback’ section.
4. In the Users see feedback menu, select one of the following settings:
   1. Don’t see feedback (default): only participants with the Admin or Owner roles can view feedback. Usually, this means only you and other teachers can see feedback. You should leave it on this setting until you are ready to share the feedback with your students.
   2. Only on their own claims: the creator of each claim can see the feedback left on their claims. Use this setting if you want students to be able to see the feedback you’ve given them, but not the feedback you’ve given others.
   3. On all claims: everyone in the discussion will be able to see all feedback. 

Tip: Irrespective of this setting, only Admins in the discussion can give feedback.