Students have the ability to send comments when they submit an assignment. Unfortunately, the only way you know they have submitted a comment is to go through each individual student's assignments. It would be great if there could be a "flag" , or some type of notification, in the overall gradebook to let the teacher know that a comment has been submitted.
I agree entirely. Most of my students miss the comments and the reassignments because the reassignment box is below the window viewing area and they forget to scroll down. They also don't go look at a graded assignment past what the number says. They are much less tech savvy than they get credit for and need information much more "in-their-face'.