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Whiteboard / Document feedback & marking
Document boards, feedback and marking
Import PDFs onto portrait boards, annotate with a feedback strip, leave rich pinned comments, and optionally mark — without turning the Whiteboard into a gradebook.
Feedback on the page. Marks only when you opt in.
What document boards, feedback and marking are
Portrait and A4-oriented boards are ideal for document work. Import a PDF as raster pages, annotate in document view with a feedback strip, drop rich comment pins that open real whiteboard page bodies, and optionally enable mark schemes — without turning TeachForge into a gradebook.
That matters for coursework feedback, exam-paper walkthroughs, and homework return: mark on the page learners recognise, comment in depth, and share carefully.
Why teachers use document workflows
PDF on the board
Import scripts and worksheets as pages you can annotate.
Feedback strip
Highlighter, pen, text, focus box, stamps, and comment pins in one teaching bar.
Rich comments
A numbered pin opens a full whiteboard page body for longer feedback.
Optional marking
Schemes and totals when you want scores on the artefact — hidden on share by default.
PDF import flattens form fields, rejects passwords, and does not keep a searchable text layer. It is annotation-first, not a PDF editor clone.
Inside document feedback and marking
- Portrait / A4 slide presets on paged boards for vertical documents
- PDF import → raster pages; auto-orient toward portrait when appropriate
- Document view — continuous scroll and scrubber
- FeedbackStrip — highlighter, pen, text, focus box, stamps, comment pin, export/share marked
- Rich anchored comments — pin → modal whiteboard page body
- Marking — opt-in (
marking_enabledoff by default); schemes, awards, derived totals - Share behaviour — marks hidden on share by default
How a PDF becomes feedback
Create a portrait-friendly board and import the PDF
Raster pages land ready for annotation.
Annotate with the feedback strip
Highlight, stamp, and pin rich comments where learners must look.
Optional marks; export or share carefully
Keep marks hidden on share unless you intend to show them.
Boundaries (on purpose)
| Included | Not included |
|---|---|
| Raster PDF pages + annotation | Searchable PDF text layer / DOCX import |
| Rich comment pages | LMS gradebook or SIS attainment sync |
| Opt-in mark schemes | Broadcast of document-view as a special mode |
| Export / share marked work | Infinity-canvas marking workflow |
TeachForge is not a student information system. Prefer non-identifiable display names even when returning feedback.