Comments vs grading remarks

Understand the difference between comments and grading remarks.

Last updated 5 months ago

When you annotate a submission, you can add notes to provide more information and further explanation that helps the AI better understand the intent, context, and reasoning behind your annotation.

There are two different types of notes: Comments and Grading remarks.

Comments

By default, every note is a comment. Comments appear inline and just below the Block you have set focus on when adding a note. Simply press n on your keyboard or use the mouse annotation menu to add a comment to any Block.

Comments are a great way to share feedback that is outside of the grading rubric and its scope. Therefore, comments are not considered grading relevant. This means that, while comments will be incorporated into the final feedback (Generate feedback), they won’t be mapped against your grading rubric as you generate your report.

When to use comments

For example: If you want to provide feedback on the student’s writing but writing as such was not part of your initial grading rubric, a comment allows you to do so without biasing or misleading your judgement on the final grade.

Grading remarks

Contrary to Comments, Grading remarks are grading relevant. As such, they come with a sentiment (Strength or Weakness) and are tied (linked) directly to a rubric criterion 1.

When you create your report, all grading remarks will be mapped against your rubric criteria to ensure that your final grade aligns with your feedback and the annotations you have made.

To transform a Comment into a Grading remark, link your note to a rubric criterion by using the dropdown menu in the bottom left corner 1 of the note dialog and add a sentiment 2.

When to use grading remarks

For any observation that is supported directly by your grading rubric. Note that all AI suggestions, for example, are grading remarks and tied to a rubric criterion.