# Editing observations by students

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/editing-observations-by-students/16131>\
**Category:** Educators\
**Tags:** projects\
**Created:** [September 9, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/editing-observations-by-students/16131 "2020-09-09T13:27:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![majordan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/majordan/32/12221_2.png) [@majordan](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/majordan)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/editing-observations-by-students/16131/1 "2020-09-09T13:27:03Z")

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Hello all,  
I piloted a project in my undergraduate course over the summer and it will be expanding with a new group of students this fall. As the owner, I would like to be able to correct and curate information in Observation Fields submitted in the existing student observations. Is this possible and if so, how?  
Thanks in advance,  
Mark

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**Author:** ![cmcheatle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/cmcheatle/32/37_2.png) [@cmcheatle](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/cmcheatle)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/editing-observations-by-students/16131/2 "2020-09-09T13:33:14Z")

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Unless the user specifically blocks it, which can be configured in the user settings, any user can add observation fields to a record.

You should be able to edit data in them by just clicking on the name of the field and edit will appear.

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**Author:** ![teellbee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/teellbee/32/15498_2.png) [@teellbee](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/teellbee)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/editing-observations-by-students/16131/3 "2020-09-09T14:20:22Z")

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Welcome to the forum! It sounds like your pilot was a success! I cannot really do much annotation on my iPhone, but the website annotation fields work for me.

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**Author:** ![majordan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/majordan/32/12221_2.png) [@majordan](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/majordan)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/editing-observations-by-students/16131/4 "2020-09-09T15:32:25Z")

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Thank you! That did the trick.

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**Author:** ![jdmore](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jdmore/32/1116_2.png) [@jdmore](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jdmore)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/editing-observations-by-students/16131/5 "2020-09-11T15:32:26Z")

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