Feedback is an important form of communication! Feedback can be hard to take sometimes, and you really do have to sugarcoat it online because of how abrasive text can sound. Tone is important in an online environment! Emojis, manners, and exclamation points will help your message be received positively.

With that in mind, first up, please read this guide: “How to Give Your Students Better Feedback With Technology." It's an awesome, comprehensive look at feedback!

There are many ways to give feedback besides rubrics (ex: audio, video, peer review, annotations, etc).

But for when you do need a rubric, Single Point Rubric ​is a super easy way to make grading more manageable online.

Sometimes, we use direct communication as a form of feedback!

Within an online course in itslearning, there are many ways to give feedback.

Here are some examples of giving feedback within itslearning:

What about giving feedback outside of itslearning? What are some ways to do that? Examples:

• Another interesting tool that isn’t listed in the guide: Peergrade.

• One of fav ways to give feedback at FVA is to use the “I like, I wish, What if” format

• More feedback strategies from John Spencer