Introduction

What is a comment?

In the new grading tool, users can add three types of comments:

Annotation
Digital equivalent of a marginal note. Can be posted / shared in channel.
Page note
Associated comments and/or tags with a document (Question / Answer / Question Set) without anchoring that information to a passage within the document. Can be posted / shared in channel
Replies
Refers to one of those other annotation types, or to a prior reply, and can include text and/or tags
Private Text Highlights
Digital equivalent of swiping a yellow marker over a passage of text. Can not be shared with any channel

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Annotations are created by selecting text

Who can post comments?

In version 0.4.0 planners and graders can post comments in various channels / categories. More on this below. Students can only read comments given by graders and / or planners, and only if actively shared with them.

How are comments shared with students?

Comments appear in two features, and made available by the Workspace scheme, in two ways:

In the comments sidepanel in Submission feature
In the new Comments list feature.

For a student to be able to view comments from graders and planners, two conditions must be met:

A workspace containing Submission feature and / or Comments list must be visible to students. In the Workspace Scheme Version 0.4.0, students workspaces are automatically shared with candidates when Test setting "comments are shared" is enabled.
The test setting: Share comments with students has been enabled.

Where can I add comments?

The comments panel is available as a right panel in the submission feature.

Annotations are created by selecting text and clicking "Annotate"

Page notes are created by clicking the Add page note button: Knowledge Base > Commenting options in version 0.4.0 > image2019-4-11_11-51-25.png

The submission feature includes for tabs that allow commenting the following ways:

Answers / Response
Tab displaying the current candidate response in current question
Support for text annotations and page notes in both HTML and PDF based answers
Response text / code in Programming and Code Compiler can not be annotated in version 0.4.0. Page notes are available.
Questions
Displaying current question without candidate response
Support for text annotations and page notes in HTML based questions
Attachments
Displaying file uploaded as attachment to candidate in Monitor.
If attachment is in PDF format, then annotations and page notes can be added
Annotations and page notes not available for other file formats

Section stimulus (Not available in version 0.4.0)
Displaying section stimulus for current section
Support for text annotations and page notes in HTML based section stimulus
Question PDF panels (Not available in version 0.4.0)
Displaying PDF panel in current question
Support for text annotations and page notes in question PDF panel
Plagiarism reports (Not available for comments)
Tab displaying plagiarism report for current candidate question
Annotations and page notes not available

Who can see my comments, and when?

Annotations, page notes and dialogues happen in something we call channels. Depending on role, content type and configurations, users have access to view, post and / or read contents in a given channel.

Beta version 0.4.0 includes 9 channels:

Channels English Bokmål	Purpose and permissions	Available for	Test settings required
Candidate Kandidat	Give students individual feedback. Planners: Post and reply Graders: Post and reply Candidates: View	Answers Attachments	Allow graders to post individual feedback Share comments with students
Graders in committee Sensorer i kommisjon	Communication within committee hidden from student Planners: Post and reply Graders: Post and reply Candidates: No access	Answers Attachments	Always available No configuration
*All planners and graders* Alle sensorer og administrasjon	Communication between all planners and graders Planners: Post and reply Graders: Post and reply Candidates: No access	Questions Answers Attachments	Always available No configuration
All candidates Alle kandidater	Feedback and information to all students Planners: Post and reply Graders: Post and reply Candidates: View	Questions	Allow graders to post feedback to all Share comments with students
All graders Alle sensorer	Communication between all graders Planners: Post and reply Graders: Post and reply Candidates: No access	Questions	Always available No configuration
All planners, graders and candidates Alle kandidater, sensorer og administrasjon	Planners sharing information with everyone Planners: Post and reply Graders: View Candidates: View	Questions	Share comments with students
All candidates in committee Alle kandidater i kommisjon	Feedback to all candidates in committee Planners: View Graders: Post and reply Candidates: View	Questions	Allow graders to post feedback to all Share comments with students
Private Privat Not available as separate channel for posting in version 0.4.0	Private notes Only visible to current user	Questions Answers Attachments	Always available No configuration
View all comments Vis alle kommentarer	View all comments Shows all comments in all channels	Questions Answers Attachments	Always available No configuration