---
title: "Editing a Signed Document"
slug: "editing-a-signed-document"
description: "Evaluation documents remain editable until both signatures are complete; educators sign first, after which sealed documents require recreation for edits."
tags: ["Document Signatures", "Evaluation Documents"]
updated: 2026-10-16T20:06:38Z
published: 2026-10-16T20:06:38Z
canonical: "support.eduphoria.net/editing-a-signed-document"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.eduphoria.net/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Editing a Signed Document

An evaluator and their assigned educator can edit documents even after clicking **Submit to Staff Member** () until both parties complete their signatures. **Submit to Staff Member** () changes to **Submitted** () upon clicking, and the **Sign** button () becomes active.

An educator must sign first before the evaluator can sign. However, Eduphoria recommends that both parties wait to sign until they review the document together at the end-of-year conference and decide no further changes are needed.

An evaluator can continue editing the document’s information and evaluation details before signing.

![A walkthrough document showing evaluator details, staff information, submission status, and a Sign button.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/evaluator view(2).png)

> [!CAUTION]
> **Warning:** Once both parties have signed, even if one submits an acknowledgment refusing to sign, the document cannot be unsigned or edited again. It is considered a sealed document.

If users need to make additional edits to a sealed document, they must recreate it as a new document and [delete or remove the signed document](/v1/docs/deleting-or-removing-a-signed-document). Only users with the [Appraisal Administrator role](/v1/docs/roles-for-strive-evaluators) can remove documents.

However, you can select **Sign** () to see whether the educator has signed and needs to remove their signature.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/sign(2).png)

Only the educator who signed can remove their own signature. Be sure to communicate with the relevant staff member to remove their signature while the evaluator’s signature remains pending.

![Signature section for an educator's signature, user ID, and action details displayed.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/evaluator signature with educator's.png)

## Related

- [FAQ and Troubleshooting for Evaluators](/faq-troubleshooting-for-evaluators.md)
- [Deleting or Removing a Document](/deleting-or-removing-a-signed-document.md)
- [Signing Staff Evaluation Documents](/signing-staff-evaluation-documents.md)
- [Locking and Unlocking an Evaluation Document](/locking-unlocking-evaluation-document.md)