Product update live since May 2026
Teachers often work through responses in bursts: late submissions after the weekend, exit tickets that roll in until the bell, co-teachers picking up where you left off. It is easy to reopen the same row twice or assume you are finished when one student slipped in after you last checked.
The new Submissions Dashboard in Edcafe AI brings student responses into one central place, helping teachers quickly identify new and unread work across their activities. With unread indicators, response filters, and a centralized submissions view, teachers can review student work more efficiently without reopening the same responses multiple times.
This ships for Quiz, Assignment Grader, Reading Activities, YouTube Quiz, and Chatbot anywhere you review individual student work in Edcafe.
What is the Submissions Dashboard
The Submissions Dashboard gives teachers a centralized space to monitor student activity across supported Edcafe AI tools.
- A number on Submissions in the left navigation when something new is waiting, before you open a specific quiz or activity.
- On Latest from your students, rows with new activity show “new responses” and the same blue-dot cue so you can scan Today, Last week, and older buckets without reading every title twice.
- In the full responses table, a small blue dot next to a row means you have not opened that submission yet on your account.
- All and Unread filters (with a count on Unread) narrow the table to what still needs attention.
- Mark all as read (via the ⋮ menu where available) clears dots when you already reviewed outside Edcafe.
Classroom use cases
Grading after a busy weekend
You come back Monday to a blended list of old and new attempts. Submissions and Latest from your students separate “already in flight” from “still untouched,” so your first pass targets real gaps.
End-of-period exit tickets
Responses arrive in a short window. Unread and the per-row dots keep a fast-moving class honest: you see who still needs a first look without rereading the whole roster.
Co-teaching handoffs
Each teacher carries their own read state on a shared file. When one of you opens a submission, it is not a race to duplicate work; unread is personal to the account that opened it.
Multiple sections, same prep
The same activity across periods means parallel streams of submissions. Scanning Latest from your students helps you notice which copy of the activity still has new responses before you dive into detail.
Late work all week
Students turn in pieces across days. Small dots and Unread act as a lightweight queue so late arrivals do not rely on memory alone.
Catching up after absence
You filter to Unread and work the list top to bottom. Each open shrinks the queue; the count tells you how much is left before you are aligned with the class again.
FAQs
Which file types support this?
Quiz, Assignment Grader, Reading Activities, YouTube Quiz, and Chatbot when you review individual student submissions or sessions in Edcafe.
Do I have to mark submissions read by hand?
No. Open a submission once; Edcafe marks it read for you on your account.
Can I mark something unread again?
Not today. If you need to revisit work, switch to All and open the row. It stays accessible; the dot reflects “first open,” not “never look again.”
What does Mark all as read do?
It clears unread indicators for that file in one step. Use it when you already reviewed elsewhere and the dots are noise.
Does my co-teacher see my dots?
No. Read and unread are per teacher. Your colleague starts with their own unread state on the same file.
Does this sync across devices?
Yes for the same Edcafe account. Open a submission on your laptop; it shows read on your tablet when you refresh.
What if a student resubmits?
When new work arrives after your last review, the row can surface as unread again (behavior depends on the tool; the point is you get a nudge that something changed).
Will old submissions from before launch show dots?
Existing submissions are treated as read at launch so your backlog is not all blue. New activity after launch drives unread.
Can I search while Unread is on?
Yes. Keep Unread active and use the search field to find a specific student inside that filtered list.