You can leave feedback for your students using text, an attached file, video, or audio.

Notes:

If you enter an assignment score, the score will automatically submit to the Gradebook when navigating to a new submission in SpeedGrader. Assignment comments must be submitted manually (You have to click the Submit button) before they can be viewed by students.
To ensure that students can’t access assignment grades and comments until you are finished grading, mute the assignment.

Open SpeedGrader

Click on the assignment title, then click on Speedgrader in the top right corner. (You can open SpeedGrader from any assignment, graded discussion, or quiz.)

Open Student Submission

Use the student list in the top right corner to locate a student submission. Yellow dots indicate the student has submitted. Green ticks indicate that the student has been marked. Greyed out student names indicate the student has not submitted.

View Comments

In the Assignment Comments section, you can post comments to the student. Any comments that have been made by the student also appear in this section.

View Group Assignment Comments

Comments on group submissions that are not graded individually are sent to the whole group [1].

Individually graded group assignments include commenting options. To send your comment to one student in a group, select Send comment to this student only [2]. To send your comment to the whole group, select Send comment to the whole group [3].

Add Text Comment

To add a comment to the assignment, enter text in the Add a Comment field [1]. To expand the size of the comment field, click and drag the corner of the text box [2].

Note: You can copy and paste into the Assignment Comments box. If this appears to be 'cut off' or truncated, try viewing in a different browser.

Add File for Feedback

To attach a file to provide feedback, click the Attach icon.

Add Media Comment

To record a video or audio comment, click the Media icon.

Use Chrome Speech Recognition

If you are using Chrome, you can use the speech recognition tool to leave comments.

Submit Comment

Click the Submit button.

View Draft Comment

If you navigate away from the SpeedGrader page or view another student submission before submitting your comment, Canvas will notify you that your comment has been saved as a draft. You can return to the submission at any time and submit [1] or delete [2] the draft comment. Comments cannot be viewed by students until they are submitted.

View Comment

Comments will be organized chronologically with the older comments appearing near the top [1] and the newer comments appearing at the bottom [2].

Note: Depending on the size of your browser window, comments within the SpeedGrader Discussion box may appear to be limited. You can use the scrollbar within the Discussion box to view additional or longer comments.

Assignment comments also display as a new thread in the Canvas email/Conversations.

If your students submitted a writing assignment and you want to leave comments in the document, learn how to use Canvas DocViewer in SpeedGrader. A student can view your DocViewer comments from the assignment Submission Details page.