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Submission Review & Feedback

When students complete lessons on the mobile app, they submit their answers. A submission is one completed attempt. Use submission review to see what the student understood, where they struggled, and what feedback would help them improve.

Viewing Student Submissions

There are two ways to access submissions:

Method 1: From Student Detail

  1. Navigate to Class DetailStudents list
  2. Click on a student's name
  3. Select the "Submissions" tab
  4. Click on any submission to view details

Method 2: From Lesson View

  1. Navigate to Class DetailUnitsLessons
  2. Click on a lesson
  3. Scroll to the "Submissions" section
  4. Click on any student's submission

Understanding the Submission Detail View

Submission Summary (Top Section)

The header displays:

  • Student Name (if viewing from lesson context)
  • Lesson Title (if viewing from student context)
  • Final Score: Displayed as a percentage (e.g., "85.5%")
  • Correct Answers Count: Shows "6/8 Correct"
  • Status Badge: "Completed" (green chip)
  • Submitted At: Timestamp when student submitted

Question-by-Question Review

Each question in the submission is displayed in a card with:

1. Response Status Indicator

At the top of each question card:

  • Green Checkmark (✓) with "Correct" label - The student answered correctly
  • Red X (✗) with "Incorrect" label - The student answered incorrectly

2. Question Content

The original question is displayed exactly as the student saw it:

  • Question prompt/instructions
  • Any images included in the question
  • Language configuration (Display vs Prompt language)

3. Student's Answer

The answer section shows what the student submitted:

For Fill-in-the-Blanks:

  • Chips showing the words the student dragged into blanks
  • Green border for correct answers
  • Red border for incorrect answers
  • Each chip has a checkmark or X icon

For Multiple Choice:

  • The option the student selected
  • Highlighted in green if correct, red if incorrect
  • Shows both the text and translation

For Build Sentence:

  • The complete sentence the student constructed
  • Words displayed in order as chips
  • Color-coded for correctness

For Type Answer:

  • The exact text the student typed
  • Displayed in quotation marks
  • Color-coded for correctness

For Record Audio:

  • Audio player to hear the student's recording
  • Info note: "Audio questions are not automatically graded"
  • Warning if no audio was recorded

Providing Feedback

Below each question, you'll find a Feedback Section:

Viewing Existing Feedback

If feedback has already been given:

  • Author Name and Date are shown
  • Written Feedback (if provided)
  • Audio Feedback Player (if audio was recorded)
  • Edit button to modify the feedback

Adding New Feedback

  1. Written Feedback:

    • Click in the text area under "Feedback Text"
    • Type your comments, encouragement, or corrections
    • You can leave this blank if only providing audio
  2. Audio Feedback (Optional):

    • Click the Microphone Icon in the "Audio Feedback" section
    • Speak your feedback (pronunciation tips, encouragement, etc.)
    • Click the Square Stop Icon when done
    • Preview your audio by clicking Play
    • If you don't like it, click the Trash Icon to re-record
  3. Save Feedback:

    • Click the "Save Feedback" button
    • Success message confirms it was saved
    • The student will see your feedback in their mobile app

Feedback Notification System

For Students:

  • When you add feedback, an unread feedback indicator appears on their submission
  • Students see a banner: "Your instructor has left feedback on this submission"
  • They can click "Mark as Read" to acknowledge

For Instructors:

  • The submission list shows "Yes" in the Feedback column if feedback exists
  • You can edit or add more feedback at any time
  • Each update creates a new timestamp

Multiple Attempts

Some lessons allow students to retry questions:

How It Works:

  • Class Setting: The class can have "Allow Multiple Attempts" enabled
  • Lesson Override: Individual lessons can override the class setting
  • Submission List: Each attempt appears as a separate submission

Reviewing Multiple Attempts:

  1. In the Submissions tab, you'll see multiple entries for the same lesson
  2. Each submission has its own score and timestamp
  3. You can provide feedback on each attempt separately
  4. This helps you track improvement over time

Use Case:

  • Student scores 60% on first attempt → You give feedback
  • Student retries and scores 90% → Progress tracked!

How Scores Work

Automatic Grading:

The app automatically checks:

  • Fill-in-the-Blanks: Are the correct words in the correct blanks?
  • Multiple Choice: Did they select the correct option?
  • Build Sentence: Are the words in the correct order?
  • Type Answer: Does the typed text match? (case-insensitive)

Percentage Score:

  • Formula: (Correct Gradeable / Total Gradeable) × 100
  • Audio questions are excluded from the percentage
  • Completed lessons with no gradeable questions, such as audio-only or information-only lessons, receive a 100% completion score
  • Displayed at the top of the submission

Audio questions are reviewed by the instructor because the app cannot judge pronunciation automatically.


Submission History & Timeline

Viewing History:

From a student's profile:

  1. Click the "Submissions" tab
  2. See a paginated list of all their submissions
  3. Each row shows:
    • Lesson name
    • Date submitted
    • Score percentage
    • Feedback status (Yes/No)
    • Due date (if applicable)

Filtering Options:

  • Date Range: View submissions from specific time periods
  • Student Search: Find submissions by student name
  • Pagination: Navigate through multiple pages (20 per page)

Statistics:

The system tracks:

  • Completion Rate: Percentage of assigned lessons completed
  • Average Grade: Overall performance across submissions
  • Total Submissions: Count of all completed lessons

Daily Review Submissions

Students can also complete Daily Review sessions:

What's Different:

  • Shows as a separate submission type
  • Contains spaced-repetition questions from previous lessons
  • Helps students retain knowledge over time
  • Label: "Daily Review" instead of lesson name

Reviewing Daily Review:

  • Works exactly like lesson submissions
  • You can provide feedback on each question
  • Scores are tracked separately from lesson attempts

See the Daily Review Guide for more details.


Tips for Effective Review

Time Management:

  • Priority: Focus on struggling students first (low scores, red progress bars)
  • Batch Review: Review all submissions for one lesson at once to identify common issues
  • Quick Feedback: Simple encouragement ("Great work!") is better than no feedback

Identifying Patterns:

  • If multiple students miss the same question → Consider re-teaching that concept
  • Track improvement across attempts → Celebrate growth with students
  • Audio questions → Listen carefully for pronunciation issues

Using Feedback Strategically:

  • Text Feedback: For corrections, explanations, encouragement
  • Audio Feedback: For pronunciation modeling, tone, enthusiasm
  • Both: Maximum impact for students who need extra support

Troubleshooting

"No audio recording found"

  • Student didn't record audio for that question
  • Their recording may have failed to upload
  • Ask them to retry the lesson

Audio-only or information-only lesson shows 100%

  • This means the student completed a lesson with no auto-graded questions
  • Review audio recordings manually when the lesson is pronunciation-focused
  • Use feedback to document what the student should keep or improve

Cannot provide feedback

  • Check your role permissions (must be Instructor or Admin)
  • Refresh the page if the feedback section doesn't appear
  • Verify the submission loaded completely

Summary: Submission Review Workflow

  1. Open a student or lesson submission list.
  2. Select a submission to review.
  3. Review each question.
  4. Listen to audio recordings when the lesson includes pronunciation practice.
  5. Add written or audio feedback where it will help.
  6. Save the feedback.
  7. The student receives the feedback in the mobile app.
  8. Watch later attempts to see whether the student improves.

Effective feedback helps students understand what to keep doing and what to practice next.