DropComments
Use it for teaching and mentoring
Feedback on portfolios, résumés and coursework
A student drops their work and shares the link. You comment exactly where each point applies, they reply, and the conversation stays on the work instead of in your inbox.
Drop a fileFree to start. Reviewers comment with just a name.
Why written feedback is hard to use
Feedback written at the end of a piece of work asks the reader to find what each sentence refers to. “Your second project’s description is too long” is clear to the person who wrote it, less so to someone with six projects on the page.
Comments placed on the work itself are easier to act on and easier to learn from, because the advice and the example sit together.
How it works
- 1
The student drops their work
A portfolio or résumé as a PDF, screenshots of a project, or an HTML page they built.
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You comment on the spot
Select the sentence in a PDF, box part of a design, or leave a comment on the whole thing.
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They reply and revise
Each comment has its own replies, so questions stay attached to the advice they’re about.
What you get
No accounts for a class
Anyone with the link can comment with a name.
Several mentors at once
Everyone sees the others’ comments as they’re written, so advice isn’t repeated.
Works on a phone
Read and reply from anywhere.
Feedback as a list
Copy every comment as a list to keep with your notes.
Questions
Can I keep student work private?
Pro makes a Drop private to its owner and the people signed in with the emails they add. Free links are public to anyone who has them.
Who owns the Drop?
Whoever dropped the file. Reviewers comment on it; the owner can rename it, reorder its screens or delete it.
Can students review each other’s work?
Yes. Anyone with the link can comment and reply, which makes peer review easy to run.
Keep reading
Try it with your next file.
It takes about ten seconds to get a link.
Drop a file