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Review and Publish Pending Posts

Review Posts in a Topic’s Pending tab, leave private feedback, and publish the responses you want the class to see.

4 min read · Published July 24, 2026 · Updated November 1, 2026 · By Vivipod

When a Topic has Require approval for new posts turned on, student uploads do not appear for the whole class immediately. They land in Pending until the Space owner or an admin reviews and publishes them.

These steps start after students upload their responses. For help recording and uploading, see Record and Upload Your First Post or Join a Space and Post as a Student.

Prefer to watch first? This two-minute video works through a Pending queue: watching each post, publishing the ones that are ready, and leaving a comment on one that needs more work.

Review the Pending queue, publish ready posts, and comment on the rest.

Open the Pending queue

Open your Space and select the Topic. Moderated Topics show Published and Pending counts. Choose Pending to list posts waiting for review.

Week 3 with the Pending tab selected, showing Casey L.'s reaction and Mei L.'s and Marco T.'s posts, each marked Pending — The Pending tab lists unpublished Posts, with the author's name on each card.

The Space owner and admins manage this queue. Students can see their own pending submissions, but other members see a post only after it is published.

Video reactions in a moderated Topic wait here too, marked Reaction. If you teach with a TA, make them an admin so they can review and publish posts with you.

Review a post

Select a pending card to open the video and description. Watch the recording and check it against the prompt and any criteria you gave the class.

Mei L.'s pending post open over the Topic, with the video on a frosted stage and a Pending review notice with a Publish button beside it — Open a pending post to watch it and read its description before you publish it for the class.

Leave a Post pending if it needs more work or should stay private. If comments are enabled, you can leave feedback there and the student can reply. See private feedback on a pending Post. For spoken feedback, choose React and send a private reaction that only the student and the Space's admins can see.

There is no separate reject action for Posts. A pending Post stays hidden from other members until an admin publishes it.

Publish

Choose Publish in the Pending review notice. The notice disappears, and the post moves from Pending to Published. Close the post (top left) to go back to the queue for the next one.

Mei L.'s post after Publish, with the Pending review notice gone — Publish makes the Post visible under Published to anyone with access to the Space.

Repeat for the other Posts you want to share with the class.

Confirm the published feed

Switch to Published on the Topic. The posts you approved appear alongside earlier published work and are available for comments if the Topic allows them.

Week 3's Published tab after review, with Casey L.'s reaction and Mei L.'s and Jordan B.'s posts — After review, Published is the shared class view of the discussion.

Teaching tips

Model first. Post and publish one instructor example so students know the kind of response you expect before their deadline.
Batch review. Moderate soon after a due time so Pending does not pile up across weeks.
Share the queue. Admins can publish posts, so a TA can cover review while you're away.
Check access and moderation. A Private Space limits who can enter. Topic moderation lets you choose which Posts those members see.
Publish for peer feedback. Classmates can discuss a Post once it is published. See Comments, Mentions, and Feedback.

Checklist

Space → moderated Topic → Pending
Open each post → watch → Publish when ready
Confirm Published for the class view

Next steps

Manage members for private Spaces and roster cleanup
Recorder tools if you want draw, screen, or PiP on your own example posts
Comments and feedback to leave a question or reply on a Post