Marking History & Timeline
Nimbu automatically records a detailed history of all marking activity and student interactions. This gives trainers and administrators a transparent, time-stamped audit trail, support compliance obligations, dispute resolution, and quality assurance.
What's Covered in This Article
This article explains how to access and interpret marking history and activity timelines in Nimbu:
- Viewing marking history: How to review previous submissions and feedback for an assessment or observation.
- The Activity Timeline: What the Timeline panel shows and how to access it.
- Events logged: What interactions are captured and when.
- Audit trail for compliance: How these records support RTO compliance and reporting obligations.
Who can do this: Trainers with class management or marking permissions can view marking history and the Activity Timeline.
Viewing Marking History
Every assessment and observation retains a full record of all submissions made by a student, including the feedback and files attached to each submission.
To view marking history for a student's assessment or observation:
- Navigate to Students and open the relevant student's profile.
- Go to the Progress tab and select Learning Progress.
- Locate the unit and click on the assessment or observation you want to review.
- The submission history is displayed at the top of the screen, showing:
- Total Submissions: The total number of submissions made.
- Feedback: The number of feedback entries recorded across all submissions.
Each submission entry shows:
- Submission number and submission time.
- Trainer name and the date and time feedback was provided.
- Written feedback comments entered by the trainer.
- Any attached files the trainer uploaded alongside their feedback, available for download.
Where a question is a Trainer Question (such as an observation checklist item), the submission entry will display a note: "The trainer will address this question." These questions are completed by the trainer and are not answered by the student.
Students can also expand Show previous attempts on individual questions to review answers and feedback from earlier submissions.
Note: Feedback is visible to students once the final result for that submission has been submitted by the trainer.
The Activity Timeline
The Activity Timeline provides a chronological log of all significant events related to a student's activity within a class. It is accessible from the Student Progress page and can be filtered by date range. To open the Activity Timeline:
- Navigate to Students and open the student's profile.
- Go to the Progress tab and select Learning Progress.
- Locate the activity and click the Timeline button next to it.
- A panel opens on the right, showing the Activity Timeline for that student and activity.
- Use the Date Range field to filter events by a specific period, or click Clear to reset the filter.
The panel displays the student's name, the activity name, and the class — giving you the full context for every event in the log.
Events Logged
The Activity Timeline captures the following types of events, each with a timestamp and the name of the user who performed the action:
| Event Type | What Is Recorded |
|---|---|
| Enrolment | When the student was enrolled in the class and which unit was activated, including the system ID of the activation. |
| Learning Resource | When the student viewed a learning resource (e.g., PDF), including the resource name and action taken. |
| Pre Course Material | When pre-course material interactions occur, such as a Transfer/RPL being started. |
| Assessment / Observation | Submission events, activation events, resubmission requests, revision requests, and remark actions. |
| Unit Activation | When a unit was activated for the student, logged with the activating trainer's name. |
Each event entry shows the date and time, the event type label, a description of the action, and the name of the user who performed it (student or trainer).
Audit Trail for Compliance
The combination of marking history and the Activity Timeline creates a robust, tamper-evident audit trail that supports RTOs in meeting their compliance and reporting obligations.
Key compliance uses include:
- Evidence of assessment delivery. The timeline records when units and activities were activated, when students accessed learning resources, and when assessments were submitted — demonstrating that training was delivered as scheduled.
- Trainer accountability. Every marking action — including feedback provided, results set, resubmission requests, revision requests, and remarks — is recorded with the trainer's name and a timestamp. This ensures all grading decisions are attributed and documentable.
- Remark documentation. When a trainer initiates a Remark on a completed result, the reason provided is stored as part of the record. This documents why a finalised result was reopened, protecting both the trainer and the student.
- Submission integrity. The history distinguishes between student-initiated submissions and auto-submissions (triggered by due dates or attempt limits), which allows trainers and auditors to contextualise each result accurately.
- Version continuity. Because records are attached to the specific submission and class, historical marking data is preserved even if the unit content is updated in a later version.
Related Articles
- Understanding Marking in Nimbu
- Activity Logs (Reports)