Leaving Feedback in GitHub/GitLab Repo

Once you review a student's submission to an assignment, you can then give them feedback on their submission.

To do this, first click into the student's report, and then click Give Feedback. The following pop-up will appear:

You can then leave your feedback comments inside the student's GitHub/GitLab repo (see below for more details) and then click the Submit button.

That's it! The student will then receive an email containing your comments.

Adding Comments to GitHub/GitLab repo

1. Navigate to the candidate's GitHub/GitLab repository, and click on the commits section.

2. Now click on one of the candidate's commits.

3. You can either leave your comments on the commit or on a line of code in a particular file of that commit:

3.1 To leave a comment on a commit, scroll down to the bottom of the commit page and you will see the Leave a comment box:

Enter your comment and then click the green Comment on this commit button. You can add as many comments as you like.

3.2 To leave a comment on a line of code in a particular file, find the line(s) of code in the files shown in the commit and click on the + on the left-hand side.

Enter your comment and then click the Add single comment button. You can add as many comments (on any number of files) as you like.

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