Intended Audience: Students
About
This guide explains how students can locate and review instructor feedback on assignments and graded items within a Brightspace course. Feedback may include text comments, inline notes, rubrics, or attached files.
Students who want to receive notifications about feedback via text or email can adjust their preferences in the Update My Information section of Brightspace.
Instruction
1. Navigate to Grades Through “My Progress”
- On the top navigation bar, click My Progress.
- In the left-hand menu, select Grades.
This page will display a list of graded units and assignments.
2. Expand Graded Items
- Within each unit, a list of graded items will appear.
- Click the drop-down arrow next to the number of graded items (e.g., "4 Items") to expand the list and view individual assignments.
3. Access Feedback Details
For each graded item, students may find one or more of the following types of feedback:
- Text Feedback: Expand the Feedback section to read written comments provided by the instructor.
- Inline Feedback: Click View Inline Feedback to open a PDF version of the submitted assignment. Comments or highlights will appear as notes directly on the assignment file.
- Graded Rubric: Click View Graded Rubric to open a detailed window showing: Points earned for each criterion and Instructor comments for specific rubric items
These tools help students better understand what was done well and where improvement is needed.
Stay Informed with Notifications
To receive updates when new feedback is available, students can enable SMS or email notifications by customizing settings under Update My Information in their Brightspace account.