QUESTION
I'm wondering if there is a faster way to print out the answers to all essay questions so that it makes it easier for me to provide students feedback than what I am doing - opening up each answer, cutting and pasting and then responding to each student.
ANSWER
There isn't presently a good way to print all essay responses. It is much easier for students to view their essay results electronically.
It is possible for students to see their own essay responses, with your comments, via the class home page. The class home page is accessible from a link you'll see if you click "Edit Class". Check the box "Students can review grades" and give the home page link to your students.
When you grade an essay response, you can mark up the text with your own comments. Try typing your own comments in the answer area. Then, if a student opens the grade for that test using the class home page (with results enabled), he can see the essay he wrote, the score he received on the essay, and all the comments you have given.
You can also email results for any test directly to the student. The email includes a link in it which opens up the detailed grade report. This is the same grade report which is available from the class home page.
On the student's grade report, each essay question appears as a link. Clicking the link opens the student's text, with your comments, for viewing.
