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Giving feedback on tutor messages (thumbs up/thumbs down)

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Written by Kat Morgan

Under every tutor reply there is a thumbs up and a thumbs down. They tell the teacher and us when a tutor answered well and when it did not, which is how the tutors get better.


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Giving feedback

Hover over a tutor reply. Four buttons appear underneath: copy, thumbs up, thumbs down and read aloud.

The thumbs up and thumbs down buttons under a tutor reply


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Click thumbs up if the answer was good, or thumbs down if it was wrong, unhelpful or pitched at the wrong level.


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Why it is worth doing

A thumbs down on a bad answer is more useful than a support ticket, because it comes with the conversation attached. If a tutor is consistently getting something wrong, that is usually the prompt or the knowledge base rather than the model, and the feedback helps us tell the difference.


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What teachers see

When a student gives a tutor reply a thumbs down, their teacher sees it. No notification is sent; it shows up where you already look at student activity.

  • In the classroom, open the Tutors tab and click the tutor. On Student activity, the student's row carries an amber thumbs-down badge. Hover it to see the count, for example Downvoted 1 response.

  • Click the student to see their chats. Any chat containing a downvoted reply has the same thumbs-down icon, and inside it the reply itself is highlighted in amber.

  • In a lesson, the chat icon on the student's submission carries a small thumbs-down, with the tooltip Student downvoted a response.

A tutor session in Student activity, with a student row showing Downvoted 1 response


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It is worth a look when you see one. Sometimes the tutor got it wrong and the prompt or knowledge base needs a tweak; sometimes the student just did not like being asked a question back. Either way you find out. See How to view student chat history.


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