2:43 PM, Wednesday November 23rd 2022
While it's always appreciated that students are interested in critiquing one another and helping out, it is important to understand that if we do not feel we have the time to offer to give a thorough critique of one's work with clear assessment of individual exercises, it is definitely better to just leave the submission alone. Reason being, when a submission receives feedback, it's taken out of the main queue and becomes less likely to receive feedback from someone else who may have more time to offer.
Furthermore, to learn how to give more effective critiques, I recommend taking a look at the unofficial checklists put together by Elodin, which you'll find here:
By following these checklists, you can more easily go through each exercise and call out issues on a point by point basis, rather than trying to summarize the critique of the whole submission in a couple of sentences.
It's of course perfectly okay if you don't have time - but in that case, do not respond as this will actively harm the student's chances of getting useful feedback. In order to ensure that your reply does not hinder this student from receiving further feedback, I am marking it as unhelpful.
