Student comments on assignments - find?

[mcassani]

How do I see student comments on assignments? They can find a link to my comments on their grade list, but I don't have a place to access (or even know they've made) student comments on assignments without going through each person on SpeedGrader.

Is there an easier way to get notified?

[Chris_Hofer · Accepted solution]

Hello  @mcassani  Welcome to the Canvas Community.  Thanks for posting your question.  In your school's Canvas environment, click on "Account" (left hand global navigation) and then "Notifications".  Under the "Course Activities" section of the table, find the row for "Submission Comment".  This is the row where you can choose how you'd like to be notified about comments to assignment submissions (and how often).  This Guide explains this in more detail: How do I set my Canvas notification preferences as an instructor?.  If you want to add additional contact methods (for example, another e-mail address or your cell phone number), you can do that via these Guides:

How do I add an additional email address as a contact method in Canvas as an instructor? 

How do I add a text (SMS) contact method in Canvas as an instructor? 

https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-13113-4152719736 

After you've chosen all the contact methods, then return to that first link I provided, and you'll see a column for each contact method you added.  Just choose the frequency of those notifications for the "Submission Comment" row, and you should be set to go.

Hope this helps, Mary.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

[tpavlic · Accepted solution]

Canvas notifications are notoriously poor and useless when it comes to submission comments.

A better solution is to use the Canvas Inbox to filter out submission comments:

https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Student-Guide/How-do-I-filter-conversations-as-a-student/ta-p/445

Click on the Inbox. Then, in the top left, change "Inbox" to "Submission Comments".

[Chris_Hofer · Accepted solution]

Hello  @mcassani  Welcome to the Canvas Community.  Thanks for posting your question.  In your school's Canvas environment, click on "Account" (left hand global navigation) and then "Notifications".  Under the "Course Activities" section of the table, find the row for "Submission Comment".  This is the row where you can choose how you'd like to be notified about comments to assignment submissions (and how often).  This Guide explains this in more detail: How do I set my Canvas notification preferences as an instructor?.  If you want to add additional contact methods (for example, another e-mail address or your cell phone number), you can do that via these Guides:

How do I add an additional email address as a contact method in Canvas as an instructor? 

How do I add a text (SMS) contact method in Canvas as an instructor? 

https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-13113-4152719736 

After you've chosen all the contact methods, then return to that first link I provided, and you'll see a column for each contact method you added.  Just choose the frequency of those notifications for the "Submission Comment" row, and you should be set to go.

Hope this helps, Mary.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

[mcassani]

Thank you!

[tpavlic · Accepted solution]

Canvas notifications are notoriously poor and useless when it comes to submission comments.

A better solution is to use the Canvas Inbox to filter out submission comments:

https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Student-Guide/How-do-I-filter-conversations-as-a-student/ta-p/445

Click on the Inbox. Then, in the top left, change "Inbox" to "Submission Comments".

[GregDyche]

Thank you so much for explaining. I didn't need a different notification. I need a spot to go review all the comments. 

Again thank you, Greg

[DanielHerrick]

SUPER useful--I'd been frustrated by this for a long time. Game changer, thank you.

[dking2]

This is a miracle!  Thanks!  

[dan_stone_ky]

I would strongly prefer to see these within Canvas, in a single place, rather than having to trace email notices or a thread of notifications to find these. 

[Stef_retired]

 @dan_stone_ky ‌, submission comments are in the Canvas Inbox; filter the view to Submission Comments, as described in https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-12804-4152719679 

[ayocom1]

I'm in the same boat as Dan. Sometimes I am the one who initiates the comment on an assignment. It recently occurred to me that some of those comments might be nice to share with other students, but I don't want to look back to each individual student and each individual assignment to find the comments. It would be helpful if I could see all the comments in one place, even if I have to click through to see the context within the original assignment. I appreciate any tips! @dan_stone_ky stefaniesanders

[alallen]

Agreed! I would really like it if there was a comment icon visible next to an assignment in the Gradebook, similar to how students can see the comment icon on their grades page. It would be great if a new unread comment was highlighted so it would stand out. Most of the time I don't see comments until after the assignment is due and I am grading assignments one at a time. I'd love to be able to see and respond to all the unread comments at once.

[ppg22]

I did go into Inbox: Submission Comments, and I still don't see comments from most of the students. Why is that so?

Course number 10497

[Chris_Hofer · Accepted solution]

Hello there, @ppg22 ...

Sorry to see that nobody has replied to your question until now.  Unfortunately, the vast majority of Canvas Community members wouldn't have access to your school's Canvas environment or your course 10497 in question.  Hopefully by now, however, you've been able to resolve this issue to see comments from your students.  If not, I would recommend that you reach out to Canvas Support so that they might be able to log into your course with you to see what might be going on.  You can contact them via the "Help" menu on the left-hand side of your global navigation bar within Canvas.  How do I get help with Canvas as an instructor? - Instructure Community

I hope this will be of help to you, Pranav.  Let Community members know if you have any other questions about this...thanks!