(C1,ii) Add Annotated Feedback Assistant (New)

The Annotated Feedback Assistant (AFA) provides targeted in-line feedback on both content and language through annotation cards, using Suggested Answer, Rubrics, and Error Tags to help students refine their responses. With AFA, teachers can also use specific instructions to configure the feedback given (e.g. provide the correct response, hint, or probing questions) to meet their students’ learning needs.

Important:

As AFA uses generative AI, its response is probabilistic in nature. Thus, it may not always identify errors comprehensively, and teachers should review and refine the feedback to ensure accuracy and alignment with learning objectives.
File Submission is disabled when using AFA.

Create an AFA question

AFA can be used in standalone questions and all types of quizzes. If you wish to review feedback from AFA before releasing it to students, you can include the AFA enabled question within a Teacher Marked Quiz.

Mode	Feedback
Teacher Marked Quiz*	Students receive feedback after teacher marks and releases the quiz
1. Progressive Quiz* 2. Auto-Graded Quiz* 3. Standalone Question*	Students receive feedback automatically after submitting each question

To learn more about the different quiz modes, click here.

Note:

To use AFA in a standalone question, click Add New on the Module Editor page, then select Activity. Proceed to Step 3 to continue creating a standalone question.

After selecting Quiz, you will see that the default Quiz Mode is Progressive Quiz. You can change the Quiz Mode, add Description and Instructions to students by clicking on the Quiz Component. To add a question, click + on the Collapsed Activity List.
Select Annotated Feedback Assistant under Free-Response Questions from the Component Bar. The Create New Question subpage will open.
- Alternatively, you can choose Default Free-Response then click the checkbox next to Use Feedback Assistant and select Annotated Feedback Assistant.

To configure references for AFA to generate feedback, click on Set Up Annotated Feedback Assistant.
You can select a Feedback Reference, such as Suggested Answer, Rubrics and/or Error Tags for AFA to reference when auto-generating feedback for students.

Note: You can have up to two Feedback References for each question with AFA enabled.

To use Error Tags as a reference, tag the question to a content map. Error Tags found within the content map would be auto-populated.

You can also select a recipe to further customise the feedback generated by AFA to better meet students’ needs, e.g. suggest direct replacements, provide questions to trigger deeper thinking, or give hints to guide students.
Additionally, you may choose to use Short Answer Feedback Assistant concurrently to allow students to receive holistic feedback as well.
After editing, click outside the Component to save.

Note: Students will receive feedback automatically for Standalone Questions, Auto-Graded and Progressive Quizzes. For Teacher Marked Quizzes, you have to mark and return the feedback before your students can receive it. Click here [/teacher-user-guide/assess/release-teacher-marked-quizzes/] to learn how to do so.