# Submit for review

URL: https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/submit-for-review
Tab: Learning
Category: Setup
Updated: 2026-10-07

Have students hand work in for you to check before it counts as complete.

With the Submit for Review workflow, a student hands a lesson in and you decide when it counts as complete. It is off by default and can cover every course or just the ones you choose.

## Turning it on

1. Open the student's page, click the **Student Portal** tab and expand **Learning** under **Student portal settings**.
2. Switch on **Use Submit for Review workflow**.
3. Under **Courses to enable Submit for Review**, leave **All** to cover every active course, including ones added later, or choose **Subset** to pick courses. Subset opens the **Submit for Review courses** dialog: tick courses (or **Select All**) and click **Save Changes**. New courses start off in Subset mode, and at least one course stays on.

![The Submit for Review switch in Student portal settings](https://opensky-public-images.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/supportimages/learning/submit-for-review-1.png)

To put a single course on the workflow without touching the household switch, open that course's settings and, under **Student Permissions**, switch on **Use the Submit for Review workflow for this course**.

## What the student sees

- The circle on a lesson card reads **Submit for Review** instead of **Mark Complete**, and the lesson drawer's main button is **Submit for Review**. Any required tasks must be ticked first.
- A submitted lesson shows a **Submitted** badge and a clock in its circle. Until you act on it, the student can take it back with **Mark Pending** in the drawer.
- A lesson you send back appears in a **Needs revision** section at the top of Today with a **Needs revision** badge. The student fixes the work and submits it again.

## What you get

- A **Submitted for review** notification, on by default for parents, by email, in-app and push. See [Notifications](https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/notifications).
- A **Submitted for review** section on your own checklist, listing every student's submissions with **Approve** and **Return for revision** on each card.

## Approve or return

- **Approve** marks the lesson complete, dated to the day it was scheduled.
- **Return for revision** sends it back. The student gets a **Returned for revision** notification in-app and by push. To say what needs fixing, add a comment in the lesson's **Discussion** first. See [Comments](https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/comments).

**Return for revision** is also offered in the lesson drawer on any lesson on the workflow, so you can send back work you checked in person or spotted a problem with after approving. A lesson that was submitted before you turned the workflow off can still be approved or returned.

## Taking it back

A student can withdraw a submission with **Mark Pending** in the drawer any time before you act, and the card leaves your **Submitted for review** section. The **Moved back to pending** notification, off by default, can tell you when that happens. If you approved by mistake, open the lesson and click **Mark Pending** to reopen it, or **Return for revision** to send it back.

For the files a student attaches to a lesson, see [Student submissions](https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/submissions).

## Need more help?

Reach out any time at [support@openskyplanner.com](mailto:support@openskyplanner.com) and we will be happy to help.