When students have submitted activities, they will appear in the Activities section. They will initially only be visible to you, the teacher, and to the student that submitted them, this allows you to provide formative feedback in a confidential forum, or request resubmission if necessary.
Once all submissions have been reviewed, the activity will be marked as Reviewed, and you will be prompted to mark it as completed.
Note: Even if an activity is past due, students can still submit responses. Submissions made after the due date will be flagged.
When you're ready to fully close the activity, select Mark Complete. This can be done either on the main activity screen for an activity that has been fully reviewed, or through the menu button (three dots) on each activity.
After marking the activity as complete, you will see a confirmation dialog that will prompt you to publish your students' submissions.
Note that marking an activity as complete is irreversible, be sure that you're really ready before clicking yes. You can make a copy of the activity at a later date and assign it again to the same class, or another, but the copy will be separate from the original.
There are two options for publishing content, both are enabled by default:
Publish completed activities to this Space
If this is turned on, your students' submissions will be turned into posts in the Space once you mark the activity as complete.
Posts will be visible to other students, or not, depending on the Space Settings that you have applied.
Include comments in published posts
If this is turned on, any comments that were added by students or teachers within the activity submission will be included as part of the published post.
Whether or not the comments are visible to other students will depend on the Space Settings.
If you prefer to keep this dialogue private, you can disable this option and the comments will not be included with the posts.
Once the activity has been marked as complete, it will be moved over to the 'Completed' tab for teachers and students. Activity instructions will remain visible, but students will no longer have the option to submit responses for the activity.
Can I publish an activity submission for one student without completing the activity for everyone?
Yes, you can! After reviewing the activity submission, click the Status button at the top right-hand corner, then click Reviewed and Published. This will mark the submission as reviewed and publish it right away!
Note that after publishing the activity submission, you can no longer move it back to assigned status, and students can no longer re-submit. You still have the option to include comments with the published posts.
