# Teacher Dashboard Check with a Hidden Free Response

**URL:** <https://cl.desmos.com/t/teacher-dashboard-check-with-a-hidden-free-response/4794>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** dashboard, validation, correctness\
**Created:** [March 22, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/teacher-dashboard-check-with-a-hidden-free-response/4794 "2023-03-22T13:15:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Danielle\_Anderson](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/danielle_anderson/32/4009_2.png) [@Danielle\_Anderson](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Danielle_Anderson)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/teacher-dashboard-check-with-a-hidden-free-response/4794/1 "2023-03-22T13:15:02Z")

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I have set up an activity where students have to explain to me how they answered a problem incorrectly, only if they answered it incorrectly. So, I have the free response hidden if they answer the problem correctly. How can I get my teacher dashboard to show the check or x? I tried having a readOnly: true but I can’t have hidden and readOnly sinks in the same free response component. I hope this makes sense. 🙂

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**Author:** ![SteinSchreiber](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/steinschreiber/32/2267_2.png) [@SteinSchreiber](https://cl.desmos.com/u/SteinSchreiber)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/teacher-dashboard-check-with-a-hidden-free-response/4794/2 "2023-03-22T15:03:18Z")

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Any time there is a free response on a screen, you will get the dot if everything is correct. Think of the dot meaning a teacher needs to look at this. I did see someone on here use a single cell table instead of a free response. Tables can be marked readOnly.

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**Author:** ![Danielle\_Anderson](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/danielle_anderson/32/4009_2.png) [@Danielle\_Anderson](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Danielle_Anderson)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 4:10pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/teacher-dashboard-check-with-a-hidden-free-response/4794/3 "2023-03-22T16:10:34Z")

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Stein,  
Thank you! I ended up assigning students the activity even though I was not getting a check mark in my dashboard. I found that the dashboard would display an “x” if they entered the answer incorrectly. So, the dot means it is correct and the “x” means it is wrong.

Thanks!