{"id":1114,"date":"2025-08-16T12:23:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T12:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationassessments.com\/blog\/?p=1114"},"modified":"2025-08-16T12:24:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T12:24:17","slug":"new-feature-teacher-comments-on-short-answer-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationassessments.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/16\/new-feature-teacher-comments-on-short-answer-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"New Feature: Teacher Comments on Short Answer Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week when giving pretests for AP French, a teacher found they needed the ability to <strong>leave notes directly on individual student responses<\/strong>. Today I rolled out a new feature that makes that possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s New<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When reviewing a student\u2019s short answer question, teachers will now see a <strong>\u201c+ Comment\u201d button<\/strong> alongside the scoring tools. Clicking this button opens a simple dialog where you can type in your feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Comments are <strong>saved directly to the system<\/strong>, so they\u2019re always there the next time you revisit the student\u2019s work.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each comment is linked to a <strong>specific student and specific question<\/strong>, so there\u2019s no confusion about what the feedback refers to.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can <strong>edit or delete your comment at any time<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An optional toggle lets you make the comment visible to the student, so it can be private teacher notes or shared feedback.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why It Matters<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This update is designed to give teachers more flexibility:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You can jot down <strong>quick reminders for yourself<\/strong> (\u201cCheck this student\u2019s phrasing with the rubric later\u201d).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can leave <strong>direct feedback for students<\/strong> to help them improve.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can build up a history of feedback that follows the student across sessions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keeping It Simple<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve worked to keep this feature as lightweight as possible:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Comments save instantly, no extra steps required.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The display is clean, with a simple box showing the comment, teacher name, and timestamp.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For students, if you\u2019ve chosen to make a comment visible, they\u2019ll see it in their results view \u2014 but private notes stay private.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week when giving pretests for AP French, a teacher found they needed the ability to leave notes directly on individual student responses. Today I rolled out a new feature that makes that possible. What\u2019s New When reviewing a student\u2019s short answer question, teachers will now see a \u201c+ Comment\u201d button alongside the scoring tools. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.innovationassessments.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/16\/new-feature-teacher-comments-on-short-answer-questions\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New Feature: Teacher Comments on Short Answer Questions&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teaching-social-studies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationassessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationassessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationassessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationassessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationassessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1114"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationassessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1116,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationassessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1114\/revisions\/1116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationassessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationassessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationassessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}