In ePortfolio, how do I provide feedback in a matrix?

As a member of an ePortfolio site, you may be asked to give someone formative feedback (i.e., a review before the work is submitted for final evaluation) on all or part of a matrix. Whether you are providing peer review (e.g., student-to-student) or instructor/advisor-to-student review, the basic procedure is the same.

Note: To complete the procedures in this document, you must be assigned a role having the necessary permissions. To determine your role, follow the directions in Participant roles. To view a list of permissions associated with a given role, see Permissions, roles, and tools. For a basic understanding of roles and permissions, see Permissions and roles: Overview.

To provide feedback in a matrix:

1. If you received email inviting you to provide feedback, click the link in the email message to go to the appropriate matrix cell. You will be asked to log into Oncourse CL if you are not already logged in.

   You can also navigate to the matrix cell as follows:

   1. Log into Oncourse CL, and go to the worksite in which the matrix is located. From the menubar, click Matrices.
   2. Click the title of the matrix for which you are providing feedback.
   3. From the drop-down menu at the top of the page, select the name of the person for whom you will be providing feedback. Verify that you are viewing the correct participant's matrix before proceeding (immediately above the username drop-down menu, the name of the participant should appear in a message like 'View "PUL Matrix" [READ ONLY]: Firstname Lastname').
   4. Click the appropriate cell.
   
   
2. Click the names of any forms, items, and reflections to open and review them.
   
   
3. To provide general feedback, click Add in the "Feedback" area to open the Feedback form. To offer feedback on a specific item in the "Items" area, click Add next to the item to open the Feedback form for that item.
   
   
4. Fill in the form according to any instructions given in it. You may type your feedback directly into the text box or copy and paste text from another document.
   
   
5. When you are finished adding feedback, click Save Changes to return to the matrix cell. To return to the matrix cell without saving your changes, click Cancel.

Note: ePortfolio does not currently provide any indication that feedback has been added to a matrix cell. You can email participants to let them know that you have added feedback to a matrix.

For more detailed information, see Using the Matrices Tool, For Students.

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