> ## Documentation Index
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# Grade a video or audio assignment

> Comment on the moment it happens, and score against the rubric beside the player.

export const updated_0 = "19 September 2026"

export const page_0 = "/teachers/review/video-and-audio"

export const label_0 = "Open your dashboard in GradingPal, then pick a submission"

export const href_0 = "https://app.gradingpal.ai/teacher"

export const who_0 = "Teachers and co-teachers"

export const plans_0 = "All plans, with the All Assignment Types add-on on Lite"

export const where_0 = "The grading screen for a Video & Audio assignment"

<Card title="Who can use this?" icon="user-check">
  * **Who:** {who_0}
  * **Plans:** {plans_0}
  * **Where:** {where_0}
</Card>

### Limits and notes

* The screen has two tabs, **Rubric Scoring** and **Feedback**. There's no grammar check for recordings.
* Ask GradingPal cannot watch or listen to the recording. Ask it for wording help, not for judgment about the content.
* Approving and sharing work the same as on any grading screen.

## The player and the markers

The recording plays on the left, badged **Video submission** or **Audio submission**. Under it, the scrubber carries one amber marker per timestamped comment, including the ones the AI made. Hover a marker to read the comment; click it to jump there and open the **Feedback** tab.

## Comment on a moment

<Steps>
  <Step title="Pause where you want to comment">
    Play or scrub to the moment. The button under the player reads **Add comment at** and the current time.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Write it">
    Select the button. Playback pauses, the **Feedback** tab opens, and a draft card appears in **Timestamped comments** with the time on it. Write, then select **Comment**. **Cancel** leaves no trace.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Adjust if needed">
    Each comment card has a time chip that jumps to that moment, a pencil to edit the text or the time, and a delete control.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Score it

**Rubric Scoring** works as it does for writing: a card per criterion with the level bar, the points and the **AI analysis**. Change a level, give a reason, **Confirm change**. [Change a score](/teachers/review/change-a-score) covers it.

## How to tell it worked

The scrubber shows a marker for each of your comments, and the **Timestamped comments** count matches. The student will see the comments in the same place on their player.

## If something goes wrong

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="This media couldn't be loaded">
    "The file may have moved or the link expired." Reload the page. If it persists, replace the file from the row on the Submissions tab.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="The time on a comment is wrong">
    Open the comment's pencil menu and change the **Timestamp** field.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="I asked GradingPal what the student said and it couldn't tell me">
    It can't watch or listen. It can rewrite your comments and check the rubric scores against your notes.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Related tasks

* [Create a video or audio assignment](/teachers/create/video-audio)
* [Ask GradingPal to make changes](/teachers/review/ask-gradingpal)
* [Change a score](/teachers/review/change-a-score)
* The screen has a guided tour. Open the menu at the top right and select **Take a tour**.

<Card title={label_0} icon="arrow-up-right-from-square" href={href_0} horizontal>
  Opens GradingPal on the screen this page describes.
</Card>

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