Watch: ~5 min · Reflect: ~20 min running one assignment with two drafts
Companion video: Revision Rounds: Tracking Whether Feedback Lands (4.1) — embedded above
Revision Rounds: Tracking Whether Feedback Lands
Video coming soon.
What this video covers
This is a Layer 4 product video — for teachers who've been using TA39 for a few weeks and want to move from feedback delivery to feedback uptake. Revision Rounds is the feature that makes revision visible: open another round, keep draft history connected, compare drafts, read criterion-level change, use that evidence in conferences.
What you'll see in the walkthrough
Most tools stop at delivery. Revision Rounds tracks what happens after the feedback is sent — whether students understood it, applied it in revision, and where they still need support.
The video walks through:
- Opening a second round on the same assignment. The rubric, feedback, and earlier submission stay connected. Students return to the same work with the previous feedback still available.
- The draft history view. Each round preserves the submission, the feedback, and the rubric results. The judgment is yours; the evidence is no longer scattered across memory and separate files.
- "Compare with previous" — two drafts side by side, with changes highlighted. Use it when the writing itself needs close reading.
- "How this draft changed" — a faster criterion-level view showing what was asked, what appears addressed, what still remains. Treat it as evidence that focuses your attention, not as a verdict on learning.
- Using revision data in student conferences. Point to specific criteria. "Here is what changed in your evidence section. Here is what still needs work in the explanation." The conversation becomes concrete.
- Grade posting from any round. For revision-based work, posting from the latest draft makes sense. For other assignments, an earlier grade may be the one of record while the later round serves as growth evidence.
Where this fits in your practice
Pair this video with Formative vs. Summative: When TA39 Helps Most. Revision Rounds is at its strongest on formative writing — drafts students will revise, practice tasks before a summative, anything where the feedback can still be acted on.
Start with one assignment and two drafts. Don't try to design a complex multi-round portfolio on the first run.
Continue
→ Next in this group: Advanced Rubric and Template Techniques
What to read or watch next
If repeated teacher edits are revealing a pattern in your templates or rubrics, Advanced Rubric and Template Techniques shows how to turn those patterns into setup improvements.