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How can I showcase exceptional response boards using Analytics?

Highlighting student responses with pinned posts

Written by Soomo Instructor Support

In addition to resetting multiple-choice questions, unposting open-ended responses, and adding comments to open-ended responses and writing template prompts, you can pin response boards to provide examples of excellent work to all your students.

The pinned response will appear at the top of the list that students see after they submit their own answer. Plus, students with pinned responses receive a notification letting them know you’ve spotlighted their work!

How to pin responses

1. Find the response board

Open the webtext’s Table of Contents and select Index of Response Boards.

Screenshot of a webtext Table of Contents with an arrow pointing to the Contents button and a box highlighting the Index of Polls and Response Boards page in the list

The index provides a list of each response-board question in the webtext, along with a link to the corresponding page.

Screenshot of response boards listed in the Index of Polls and Response Boards, showing each prompt with a page number and link next to it

Click the page link to view the response-board question on the webtext page. From there, click Give feedback on responses to open the question review screen in Analytics.

Response board question with an arrow pointing to the "Give feedback on responses" link.

To access the question review screen from an individual student’s work in Analytics, select View All Responses next to the question.

Page detail view in Analytics showing a student's work with an arrow pointing to the "view all responses" link.

2. Pin the best responses

Click the pin icon beside the post(s) you want to spotlight. You can pin more than one!

Question review screen in Analytics showing the pin icon next to a response board answer.

How students view pinned responses

After they post their own response, students will see a list of class answers. The pinned responses will be at the top.

Student view of a pinned response below a response-board question.

How students are notified about pinned work

When you pin a student’s response, the student will receive a notification in the upper-right corner of their webtext.

Notifications panel in the top right corner of the webtext, showing a "your response stood out!" notification.

Students also receive emails when they have new notifications.

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