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Approve comments by course

Administrators, department heads, and peer reviewers can approve comments by course.

1. On the Home page, in the My Classes grid, click Settings to select the academic year and session to which you want to approve comments.
2. Select the academic year and session.
3. Click OK. You return to the Home page.
4. From the navigation bar, under Gradebook, click Approve comments. The Approve comments screen appears.

5. Select the marking column in which you want to approve course comments. If you teach in more than one school, select the school also.
6. In the View by field, select "Course."
7. Select the class. Comments appear for all students in the class.
8. To collapse all the comments, click Collapse all. You can then click the plus icon next to a student name to open one comment at a time.
9. To expand all the comments, click Expand all.
10. Review the comments. If you have rights, edit the comment as needed.
11. Enter your reviewer's notes.
12. In the Comment status field, update the status to "Editing needed" or "Approved." 

Tip: To quickly approve all the comments in a class, click Approve all.

13. Click Save.
14. To send a note to the teacher on record, in the Teacher field, click the envelope icon. Your default email program opens a new email.
15. To approve more comments, select a different class.