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How to approve or reject student book reviews

Before a student’s review displays in the public reviews section of your Beanstack site, a staff member must approve it. Teachers can view and approve or reject book reviews submitted by students in their rostered classes, while media specialists can do so for any students’ book review submissions.

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  1. Log in to the admin view of your site.
  2. Navigate to Content > Reviews.
  3. Filter through your reviews by status or age using the menus on the left.
  4. To approve/reject reviews individually, click the book title or the wrench icon to the right of the specific review you want to approve/reject.
  5. A window will pop up with the review information, and two buttons to either approve or reject it.
    • If you reject a review, only the student will be able to view it. Their peers will not be able to see it anywhere on the reader view or their site’s landing page. When the student goes to edit the review, they will see the “Rejected” label.
  6. To approve or reject all reviews of a certain status, age, or type in bulk, click the “Select All” button, then click the corresponding button to approve, reject, or delete all selected reviews, and then confirm.
  7. The reviews will move to the appropriate Approved or Rejected status sections. If approved, they will also be available for other readers in the same age range to view on the front-end of your site.
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