4.9. Feedback¶
Giving feedback is an essential component for portfolio work. You can give feedback not only on individual artefacts but on entire portfolio pages.
The author of an artefact or portfolio page decides whether you can leave comments or not. Find the comment options for:
- files: when editing a file.
- journal entries: when editing a journal entry.
- notes: when editing a note.
- pages: in the advanced options.
4.9.1. View page feedback¶
You can see the feedback given so far at the bottom of each portfolio page or the artefact page that contains the artefact’s metadata.
- The profile picture and name of the author of the feedback is shown.
- You can see when the feedback author wrote the feedback and also when the last change to it was made.
- The feedback is displayed.
- Feedback comments can also contain a rating which shows quickly how well the feedback author likes your page or artefact.
- As page / artefact owner you see all feedback on your page. Feedback marked as private by the feedback author is only displayed to you and the feedback author.
- You or the feedback author can make private feedback public by clicking the Make public button next to the feedback.
- You and the comment author can delete a comment by clicking the Delete button . The comment text is not displayed anymore. In addition, if you delete the comment by someone else, they will receive a notification about it, which includes their comment text.
- You and the comment author can delete a comment by clicking the Delete button . The comment text is not displayed anymore. In addition, if you delete the comment by someone else, they will receive a notification about it, which includes their comment text.
- If feedback authors decide to remove their feedback, it is marked as such.
- Feedback authors can attach a file to their feedback to give you longer feedback or oral or video feedback. The files that they add are placed into your personal Files area so you can use that feedback later on.
- You can edit your own feedback, and feedback authors can edit their feedback if it is the last feedback.
As owner of a page or artefact, you receive a notification about new feedback that was placed on it.
4.9.2. View artefact feedback¶
You do not have to go to the artefact’s details page to view feedback left on an artefact. Instead, you can view it directly on a page.
- See how many comments this content item has already received. If you click it…
- You will see the comments directly on the page.
- Click the Close button to collapse all comments. Alternatively, you can click the Comments link again.
- Click the Add comment link to leave a comment on the artefact’s details page.
If you want to have all feedback management options available, please click the little Details icon in the header of the block. That will take you to the details page of the artefact where you have more options available for viewing your feedback.
Note
If you do not see “Comments” and / or “Add comment” on an artefact, then you are not allowed to leave comments (anymore). If comments have already been left, you can still view them, but you may not be able to add your own.
4.9.3. Give feedback¶
You can give feedback on a page and individual artefacts if the page / artefact author allowed that.
4.9.3.1. Give feedback being logged in¶
Click the Place feedback link at the bottom of the portfolio page or the details page of an artefact for which you want to write feedback.
Message: Write your feedback into the editor window.
Rating: If the site administrator turned on comment ratings, you can use the 5-star rating scale in addition to your written comments and / or an uploaded file.
Make public: Switch this to “On” if you want everyone who has access to this page to see your comment. If you do not make your feedback public, only you and the page / artefact author can see your comment. This setting is switched on by default.
License: You see this field if the site administrator turned on license metadata. Choose the license for your feedback. You can set your default license in your account settings.
Advanced licensing: You see this option if the site administrator turned on license metadata. If you click it, you see two additional license fields, “Licensor” and “Original URL”, that you can fill in if this is not your own feedback.
Note
At the moment, you cannot display that license information on a portfolio page, but it is stored for future use when the functionality is expanded.
Attach file: Click the Browse button to attach a feedback file from your computer. This file is placed into the Files area of the author of the page.
Click the Add button to add another file.
Click the Place feedback button to save your feedback or click the Cancel button to abort your changes.
Once you have placed feedback on the page, the author receives a notification about it.
Note
Feedback writers receive notifications about additional feedback made by others after they submitted theirs on portfolio pages when that feedback is public. A person leaving feedback is added automatically to the watchlist for the page.
4.9.3.2. Give feedback when you are not logged in¶
Note
When you are not logged in, you can only give feedback on public pages and pages with secret URLs if the site administrator allowed anonymous feedback / comments.
Click the Place feedback link at the bottom of the portfolio page or the details page of an artefact for which you want to write feedback.
Name: You must provide your name to identify yourself. This field is required.
Message: Write your feedback into the editor window.
Note
You have a simple text box available but not advanced editing tools for security reasons and because you wouldn’t be able to use the full image selector.
Rating: If the site administrator turned on comment ratings, you can use the 5-star rating scale in addition to your written comments and / or an uploaded file.
Make public: Switch this to “On” if you want everyone who has access to this page to see your comment. If you do not make your feedback public, only you and the page / artefact author can see your comment. This setting is switched on by default.
License: You see this field if the site administrator turned on license metadata. Choose the license for your feedback. You can set your default license in your account settings.
Advanced licensing: You see this option if the site administrator turned on license metadata. If you click it, you see two additional license fields, “Licensor” and “Original URL”, that you can fill in if this is not your own feedback.
Note
At the moment, you cannot display that license information on a portfolio page, but it is stored for future use when the functionality is expanded.
Click the Place feedback button to save your feedback or click the Cancel button to abort your changes.
Once you have placed feedback on the page, the author receives a notification about it.
4.10. Feedback for assessment¶
4.10.1. Submit a page or collection for assessment¶
When you are a member of a group that allows submissions, you can submit portfolio pages and collections for feedback / assessment. This allows an instructor to view the portfolio with much of the content locked into place.
- Go to the group homepage of the group in which you want to submit a page or collection. You can choose the collection from the drop-down menu under Submit a page or collection to this group.
- Alternatively, you can select a page, which is not part of a collection, from the drop-down menu.
- Click the Submit button to lock page content.
Alternatively, you can also display the page or collection that you wish to submit and click the Submit button right above the feedback and the select the group to which you want to submit your work.
Note
You do not have to give the group permission to access your page or collection when you want to submit your page or collection for feedback or assessment. When you submit your page or collection, the group administrators and tutors are able to see them and give you feedback whereas regular group members do not have access to them.
During the feedback phase, you cannot make any changes to
- files
- journal entries
- text boxes
- links to external content
You can still edit
- plans
- profile information
- résumé information
- any external content on the source site, e.g. adding comments to a YouTube video, adding audio to a SlideShare presentation etc. or deleting the media
4.10.2. Instructor feedback¶
Once pages or collections have been submitted for feedback to a group, you can give feedback on them without the authors being able to change much of their content if you have the role of a tutor or group administrator in that group. You see all submitted pages and collections with a time stamp on the group’s homepage.
You can now give feedback on the submitted individual pages or pages in a collection and then click on the Release page / Release collection button so that the authors can continue working on them.
Click the Place feedback link at the bottom of the portfolio page or the details page of an artefact for which you want to write feedback.
Message: Write your feedback into the editor window.
Rating: If the site administrator turned on comment ratings, you can use the 5-star rating scale in addition to your written comments and / or an uploaded file.
Make public: Enable the Make public checkbox when you want everyone who has access to this page to see your comment. If you do not make your feedback public, only you and the page / artefact author can see your comment. This checkbox is not ticked when you give feedback on submitted pages or collections.
License: You see this field if the site administrator turned on license metadata. Choose the license for your feedback. You can set your default license in your account settings.
Advanced licensing: You see this option if the site administrator turned on license metadata. If you click it, you see two additional license fields, “Licensor” and “Original URL”, that you can fill in if this in not your own feedback.
Note
At the moment, you cannot display that license information on a portfolio page, but it is stored for future use when the functionality is expanded.
Attach file: Click the Browse button to attach a feedback file from your computer. This file is placed into the Files area of the author of the page.
Click the Add button to add another file.
Click the Place feedback button to save your feedback or click the Cancel button to abort your action.
Click the Release page or Release collection button to allow the author of the page or collection to continue editing.
Once you have placed feedback on the page, the author receives a notification about it.