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The areas that are highlighted green indicate where the student has effectively demonstrated skill according to

the Writing Assessment Rubric. In addition to this, the teacher has also inserted comments as reminders to the

student of what needs to be further completed prior to completing the final draft.

Teachers could devise their own colour code system, if they choose to do so. It all depends on what works for

teachers and their class. Teachers could potentially use this system for using the highlighting feature:

Green = Teacher’s Comments; Yellow = Self Comments; Blue = Peer Comments

How Do You Insert a Comment

Office 365, allows all users to be able insert comments provided the owner of the document allows for editing rights

with the people of whom they wish to collaborate. Inserting comments can be very effective not only for teacher

feedback, but peer revising and editing.

1. 

First, go into the “Shared with Me” in your OneDrive (left side of OneDrive), and open the student’s document

that you wish to view.

2. 

Then select the area, you wish to comment. To do this, left click and drag to

select. Then click on the Comment button in the toolbar. Then on the right

hand side of your screen a Comments area will appear. Add your comment.

3. 

In addition to inserting comments, individuals can reply to comments,

thereby allowing for a “conversation” about writing.

Be sure to open the “Edit Document” area

and choose “Edit in Word online”.

Click on the “Insert” tab and then

“Comment”.

The area that is selected will be grey

and a comment bubble will appear in

the right margin.

Note, the comments are in the m

are connected to the selected ar

and “comments bubble”. 

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Applications of the Insert Comments Function in Office 365

There are a variety of ways this function can be used in the classroom. Teachers could use this function in peer revising

and editing; collaborative assignments; student self-assessment and teacher feedback.

Students could use this same framework when self-assessing their work. Prior to the final submission of the assignment,

students could copy the assignment, then paste it into a new document. This document could be titled,

“_____’s Self-Assessment of _________”. Students could then go explore their rubric and find “proofs” from theirwriting of where they fulfilled the expectations of different strands of the rubric. This self-assessment would be shared

with the teacher as well as stored in the student’s portfolio or in an “Assessment Folder”. Any further reflection on the

piece could also be added in the comments area.

By finding “proofs” in one’s writing, the student is critically examining their work and how they are meeting

expectations. It also gives them an opportunity to reflect more deeply on what they must do to achieve curricular

outcomes. This reflection allows for Metacognition or thinking about one’s own learning process. 

In providing teacher feedback in this manner, the student would have further access to their teacher, as the feedback

loop becomes more accessible to all.

Examples of What Has Worked in Classrooms

This comment was inserted as part of a

grade 5 student’s self -assessment. You can

see that there are 3 areas that were focused

upon: Ideas, Sentence Fluency and

Organization. In addition to this reflection,

students can find proofs in their writing thatdemonstrate fulfilling the assessment

expectations.