After you open the View Submissions window, you can view student answers, evaluate questions that need manual grading, submit assignments for students who postponed their own submissions, and manage other submission functions.
If you open the View Submissions window by selecting View All Submissions from a gradebook column on any Gradebook page, one of the following messages appears:
To review or grade by student, click a student's name on the left to view that student's submissions.
To review or grade by question, click Questions and then select a question on the left.
Notes
Instructions for reviewing or grading by question appear only if you check Grade By Question on the Preferences > Grading page.
Teaching assistants must have permission to view student submissions. You can give teaching assistants the ability to view and change gradebook data on the Preferences > Permissions page.
Tip: To prevent students from viewing submissions for an activity, select Hide Submissions on the activity column options menu on the Gradebook > GradesGrades > Instructor Gradebook page.
Navigate the View Submissions window
Depending on the design of your course, the View Submissions window may display a Students list with the names of students in the course or a Questions list of activity questions for which students submitted an answer.
Notes
If you open an individual student submission in the gradebook, the Students list does not appear.
The Questions option appears if both of the following options are enabled on the Preferences > Grading page:
Grade By Question: Select Questions to display questions in the View Submissions window when an activity includes questions that require manual grading.
Display for Auto-graded Activities: Select Questions to display questions in the View Submissions window when an activity includes auto-graded questions.
Click Students in the top-left corner of the left pane.
To show only students that submitted the activity, click Hide unsubmitted activities at the bottom of the list. Click Show unsubmitted activities to display all students and all attempts.
Click the expand icon (+) to the left
of the student name.
All student submissions for a given activity appear. The submission that appears on the Gradebook > Grades page appears in bold font. Submissions that did not achieve a passing grade appear in red.
Student attempts appear with a number, submission date and time, type, and either a grade or a status:
Pending for activities that require manual grading
Not started for activities not started or started but not saved
In Progress for activities started but not submitted
Each student attempt also displays one or more icons that reflect the attempt status:
: Submission requires manual grading. This icon disappears after grading.
: Student did not obtain a passing grade.
: You or another instructor edited the submission grade.
: Student submitted the activity after the due date. Note that this icon appears even if you remove the due date. This icon disappears after you accept the late submission.
Click a submission to open it in the preview pane.
To expand the preview pane, click Hide List
at the top-left of the student list. To open the Student List, click View List.
To view submissions by question:
Click Questions at the top left of the left pane.
Click the expand icon (+) to the left of the question.
A list of students who submitted a response to the selected question appears, along with each of their submissions.
Click a submission to preview it.
To expand the preview pane, click Hide List
at the bottom of the student list. To open the Student List, click View List.
Messages
The following table displays all messages about student submissions that you might see in the gradebook:
Message
Cause
Activity has not been started
Student has not started the activity.
Click Hide unsubmitted activities at the bottom of the list to show only submitted attempts.
Activity has been started but not yet submitted
Student started the activity but has saved it for later or has not yet submitted the activity.
Click Submit Student Answers to submit the activity for the student; this action is also called a "forced submission."
This submission is incomplete due to a network error
The submission was interrupted by an application error or crash and the submission is incomplete. Have the student resubmit the activity or, if the problem persists, contact Pearson 24/7 customer support.
This submission is past due
Student submitted the activity after the due date.
Click Accept Submission to accept the submission and include the activity grade in the gradebook.
There are multiple past due submissions for this activity
Student has multiple late submissions for an activity.
Click Accept All Submissions to accept the submissions and include the activity grade in the gradebook.
View Submissions not available for activities with anonymous submissions
The activity preference to make student submissions anonymous is selected. To protect anonymity of submission status, the gradebook column for anonymous activities displays "Anon" whether or not the student submitted the activity.
Filter submission list
You can use the View menu in the top-left corner of the View Submissions window to filter the list by:
All Submissions (default): All submissions submitted by the student appear.
Late Submissions: Only submissions that students made after the due date appear.
Ungraded Submissions: Only submissions that contain ungraded questions appear.
Preview pane
If a preview of a submission is not available, the preview pane indicates why the preview is unavailable. When the submission is available, you can review the submission details that appear at the top of the preview pane. You may see any or all of the following details:
Student Name
Submitted: Date and time (HH:MM) on which the activity was submitted.
Gradebook Grade: Score obtained for the activity.
Class Average: Average submission score for the class.
Submission Grade: Score the instructor provides for questions that are manually graded. This field cannot be changed for questions that are auto-scored.
Maximum Score: The maximum score the student can receive.
View: Filter correct/incorrect answers. This option is available if you select In View Submissions View By Correct/Incorrect Filter on the
Preferences > Grading page.
All Answers: Displays both correct and incorrect answers.
Incorrect Answers: Displays only incorrect answers. This option appears as Incorrect/Unattempted if you select Add third View By filter to display instructor-graded questions separately on the Preferences > Grading
page.
Correct Answers: Displays correct answers.
Manually Graded: Displays all manually graded answers. This option is available if you select Add third View By filter
to display instructor-graded questions separately on the Preferences > Grading page.
Submission No: Fraction that indicates the attempt number that appears in the preview pane and the total number of attempts allowed. For example, 1/3 indicates you are viewing the first of three possible attempts.
Questions attempted: Fraction that indicates the number of questions the student answered and the total number of questions in the activity. For example, 1/3 indicates the student answered one of three total questions.
Total Time: Total time the student spent working on the activity in hours and minutes.
Resetting Comments: Click the Reset Comments button to reset your comments.
Viewing the original submission: If available, to view the original submission made by the student, click the View Original button.
Viewing history: If available, to view the feedback history for auto-graded essay questions, click the View Writing History button and select a version from the list. For details, see View and print feedback history.
View the assignment questions and student answers. If enabled, icons indicate whether answers are correct ,
incorrect , partially correct ,
or a correct answer that the student did not select .
Click Record Feedback
to open the audio window and record your feedback. If you do not see this option, your course does not have access to the recording/audio feature.
Click Send Message
to compose a course mail message. This option is available only if the Mail option is enabled under Instructor
Tools on the Preferences > Course Tools page.
Click Print to open the Print Settings window.
For shared content object (SCO) questions, clickReview to open the SCO question in a separate window and view student work. You cannot make any changes to the submission.
Note: Sending messages from the View Submissions window is not enabled in your course. Instead, click Communication Tools > Email to send a message to a student.
: Submission requires manual grading. This icon disappears after grading. 
: Student did not obtain a passing grade.
: You or another instructor edited the submission grade.
: Student submitted the activity after the due date. Note that this icon appears even if you remove the due date. This icon disappears after you accept the late submission.
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incorrect 
, partially correct 
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or a correct answer that the student did not select 
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