Use GoReact to Provide Feedback on Videos

Last updated on August 19, 2026

GoReact is a tool for providing feedback on videos. Students can record media and receive feedback from their teacher or critique a media piece using time-stamped comments.

Consider asking students to act out a scene from literature, record a mini-lesson about the course content, or demonstrate a performance-based skill.

This tutorial goes over how to use GoReact to provide Feedback and Scores on Student Submissions. Please refer to the CTLD Tutorial, Set Up a GoReact Assignment in Canvas, to learn how to create a GoReact Assignment.

Directions

Provide Feedback for GoReact Submissions

View Student Submissions

1. Log in to your Canvas Account.
2. Select the Course you’d like to work in.
3. Click Modules on the left-hand course navigation menu.
4. Click the GoReact Assignment you created in Canvas.
5. Click Load GoReact in a new window. The submissions page of the GoReact Assignment will open in a new tab.
   • Note: If your assignment is embedded into the Canvas Page, you can click Go Fullscreen to open GoReact in a new tab.
6. Select Unscored from the options at the top of the Submissions page to view video submissions you have not scored in GoReact yet.
   • Note: To view submissions you have already scored, select Scored.

Leave Feedback on Video Submission

The steps for leaving feedback on videos is the same for both instructors and students completing a peer review. You can copy and paste the steps under this section to provide instructions for students.

Note: The Give Peer Feedback task needs to assigned and set to Closed Peer Review or Open Peer Review for students to view and comment on each other’s recordings.

1. Click on a Video to open it. The video will appear on the left, and the feedback panel will appear on the right.
   • Click Continue at the bottom right of the Feedback Instructions pop-up if necessary.
2. Click Comments from the menu on the left-side menu of the feedback panel.
   • Note: Any comments left by students or instructors will appear. The timestamp for the comment will be to the left of the student name and feedback.
3. Play the video.
4. Provide feedback as you watch the video.
   • Type your Comment into the text box at the bottom right of the screen. The video will pause as you type and resume when you send.
     • Click the arrow icon to send your comment. 
     • Note: You can bold, underline, or use bullet points by clicking the icons under the comment box.
   • Click the Video (Camera) Icon to the right of the comment box to record a video comment.
   • Click the Microphone Icon to the right of the comment box to record an audio comment.
   • Click the + Button for more comment options.
5. To Reply or React to Comments:
   • Hover over a comment in the feedback panel.
   • Click on the Reply Icon (arrow) next to a comment to reply to a comment that you are another user left.
   • Click the Emoji Icon to select an emoji to react to the comment.
   • Click on the three dots to the right of a comment to delete or edit it.

Grade GoReact Submissions

Note: For the Canvas Gradebook to sync correctly with the GoReact score, ensure that the points in the Canvas Assignment are the same as the points in the GoReact Assignment.

2. Click Load GoReact in a new window.
3. Select the Instructor Overview page you wish to view on the left side panel of the GoReact Assignment.
   • Submissions: View and provide feedback on students’ video submissions. Select this option to score student submissions.
   • Task Report: View which tasks each student has completed.
     • Note: Task completion does not impact student scores. However you can use this data to inform you when scoring student submissions.
   • Activity Report: View the number of videos and comments submitted by each student.
4. Select Unscored from the options at the top of the Submissions page to view video submissions you have not scored in GoReact yet.
5. Click on a Video Submission to view it.
6. Score the Video Submission.
   • For Points based Scoring:
     • Type the Point Value the student received on the box on the top right corner next to the student’s name.
   • For Rubric Based Scoring:
     • Click Rubrics on the menu in the middle of the screen.
     • Fill out the Rubric.
     • Click Post Rubric on the bottom right of the screen.
       • The points will automatically adjust on the top right corner next to the student’s name.
7. Click the Arrows in the upper-left corner of the screen to navigate to the next unscored submission.

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