Hello @kdiaz17@cnm.edu
The Assignments Annotation tool is actually compatible with the Apple Pencil. However, Brightspace does not have a Grading functionality embedded into the Pulse App or any other Grading-designated mobile application at the moment. That said, I looked up the Community's Product Idea Exchange and did find a similar feature request:Pulse Instructor Functions (D6233)
The above idea is not currently under consideration but that could change if it gets more upvotes.
Also, feel free to come up with your own feature requests at any time. The Product Idea Exchange is designed for users like you to send direct submissions to our Product Development organization and has the following advantages:
We look forward to hearing from you at the Product Idea Exchange!
I also find it frustrating that there is no grading app for instructors. I used Speedgrader on Canvas and it made grading much easier for me. I've tried using the Apple pencil to grade the website on D2L on my iPad and the responsiveness isn't good—it looks like a 4 year old's writing, so I had to give up.
Hello @Maryjane.D.6859,
Thank you for sharing your feedback. We want you to be able to easily grade from your mobile devices too including iOS tools. You can do this in Brightspace using tools like the Quick Eval which offer a streamlined view of all learner submissions, including assignments, quizzes, and discussions, and offers robust filtering and sorting capabilities to easily access and grade all submissions. Note: Quick Eval is enabled per organization, if you don't see it in your course, ask your Brightspace Administrator/help desk about turning it on in your course.
Thank you @Ricardo.S.110 for the information! You can indeed use Annotations across all web and mobile devices (including iPad) to evaluate and grade learners, and many instructors now utilize mobile grading on their iPads. This documentation explains how you can grade class activities using the Quick Eval tool: https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/3549-grade-with-quick-eval
If you're running into difficulty grading with Quick Eval or evaluating using an iPad creating a support case will help us investigate and resolve that issue. If you're not sure how to contact your help desk, please respond here and we can help to connect you. We appreciate your input and contributions to this important discussion on supporting Learners and Educators with improved assessment tools!
Best,
Krizzy
Quick Eval is enabled in our organization. I don't need to filter (although it is nice to be able to skip students who haven't submitted items). If I had to Annotate every student's lack of accent mark on every preterit verb in their assignment, the annotations would be longer than the assignment. I just want to be able to write directly on their assignments as I did when at a school that used Canvas — which was SOOO user friendly, had a mobile faculty app, and allowed me to mark on any type of file: docx, pptx, jpg, pdf, within the program itself — no down and uploading.
One thing that our school noted was the annotations using the apple pencil on a IPAD had to be done in Safari. Not sure if this is still the case.
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