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New Box View: Display List of Current Annotations / Summary View

Idea created by tb32012 on Dec 11, 2017

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Edit 1/23/2018: Updated title and description to more accurately reflect the functionality being requested. Thanks Bill Blais for the suggestion!

Users want to see that comments exist and the content of comments without having to mouse-over the annotation. Additionally, the expanded point annotation covers other text/content in the document, and the point comment content disappears when not being moused-over making it impossible to see multiple point comments at the same time. Being able to see the content of the annotation comment(s) in a list format without mouse-over would solve both concerns.

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gw0046349 Dec 11, 2017 2:04 PM
This is a huge one. The point comment content disappears when not being moused-over making it impossible to use convenient snip it tools for small, easily pasted screen shots. Instead a desktop screen shot has to be taken while the mouse is hovered over the comment, and then the desktop screen shot has to be pasted into paint (or something) and edited down to size. A VERY NASTY job when a document is full of point comments.
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gw0046349 Dec 11, 2017 2:32 PM
An additional issue for students: The point comment content disappears when not being moused-over making it very difficult for students attempting to revise a document in one window while referring to faculty feedback comments in another window. Each time a comments needs to be re-read, the student has to access the Blackboard window and mouse over it. Any time revisions are being typed in an assignment, the comments are closed and can not be viewed for reference. This back and forth mouse action is frustrating for students. Recall, faculty comments can not be printed, so this dual window is the ONLY WAY students will be able to revise documents while referring to comments.
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- cullom @ gw0046349 on Dec 14, 2017 11:23 AM
  Wow. Gail, I was not aware of this. Thank you for clearly explaining the implications for students.
  Carine
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mdeeprose Dec 12, 2017 7:43 AM
I agree with Gail's comments.
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rs0068755 Dec 13, 2017 6:17 AM
+1
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brianirwin Dec 13, 2017 6:28 AM
Yes, would be useful for students
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chrisboon Dec 13, 2017 6:46 AM
I agree with Gail Watson's comments above - the change from Crocodoc where all comments were visible on screen to Box where hovering the cursor is need is a big step backwards. Please reinstate these for the reasons that Gail has highlighted.
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paulalee Dec 13, 2017 11:32 AM
This goes without saying...students are not going to click on each comment to read them. A big benefit of seeing all the comments at once is that students can take a screen shot and save those comments for revising their work.
Faculty have told me that students use screen capture to capture all those comments at once.
Huge Yes!!
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jrh01a Dec 13, 2017 2:22 PM
This is common sense. I am disappointed we are even having this discussion. I agree with Paula that students will not click on each comment.
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rm0055914 Dec 15, 2017 6:15 AM
Yes, we need to make feedback as accessible as possible for students.
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jw28357 Dec 15, 2017 12:44 PM
I agree with Gail
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billblais Jan 16, 2018 8:54 AM
Agreed all around. Apart from the related problem of comments not being downloadable, simply having them all displayed at once would be a huge step forward. Would it be possible/okay to change the title of this idea to something like 'Display all comments in list beside submission' or similar? To focus on a desired solution rather than just a description of the issue? Only suggesting this because I wasn't quite sure what the current title was referring to when I saw it in the list of ideas, so maybe there are others with the same issue?
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schemaczar Jan 25, 2018 7:15 PM
Those stupid little blue icons are an actual barrier to student communication. Perhaps Box might have considered the likelihood that the same color might be used in the annotated document, making these icons undetectable? Props to Bill Blais for excellent rename suggestion.
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- billblais @ schemaczar on Jan 26, 2018 7:50 AM
  Thanks, Andrew Wolfe. I also agree with the icon color problem, particularly when commenting on images, screenshots or other non-text submissions (probably meant this in your post, but I just wanted to be explicit). Of course, far less of an issue if the side note view was available...
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schemaczar Jan 25, 2018 7:18 PM
A further elaboration on what's been said: often I have to point out a recurring problem in a submission with multiple notes. The list view would greatly help students to traverse these.
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lee.turner Jan 26, 2018 2:05 PM
I'm a Technical Drawing instructor. I have my students submit their drawings as a PDF. With Crocdoc, I was able to "red mark" their drawings as if I was marking with a red pen on paper. It was really good feedback for them. All of the tools in Crocdoc were very useful for this application. Now all I can do is "comment". Oh, another thing. Move the "zoom" buttons to the top of the Box view. I have to scroll down in order to access the zoom tools.
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ceasescape Jan 27, 2018 2:33 PM
Yes, students aren't going to click on every little Comment icon. And for those of us who provide extensive feedback -- from which students do learn -- we face a choice between not making as many comments, and making comments that become a waste of our time because they aren't read. Also, the List format would allow students to see multiple comments at the same time -- important, since issues discussed in separate comments are often connected to each other.
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cbergeron Feb 20, 2018 9:41 AM
Have the comments appear in a sidebar - as they do in MS Word, Google Docs, or Crocodoc.
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klepping Mar 5, 2018 2:31 PM
The Crocodoc-style sidebar was much more educational (as others have said so well), particularly because it was fairly easy to cross reference the sequence of annotations. The sticky-notes approach may be more fun (or "interactive"), but marginal locations leave the text open for good visibility.
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