diff --git a/app/helpers/gradebooks_helper.rb b/app/helpers/gradebooks_helper.rb
index 1e017638963..026e500e7d3 100644
--- a/app/helpers/gradebooks_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/gradebooks_helper.rb
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ module GradebooksHelper
         :icon_class => 'icon-filmstrip',
         :screenreader_text => I18n.t('icons.media_submission', 'Media Submission')
       }
+    when 'student_annotation'
+      {
+        icon_class: 'icon-annotate',
+        screenreader_text: I18n.t('Student Annotation')
+      }
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/helpers/gradebooks_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/gradebooks_helper_spec.rb
index 46629553fb0..4925a1e4bdc 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/gradebooks_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/gradebooks_helper_spec.rb
@@ -226,6 +226,11 @@ describe GradebooksHelper do
           expect(score_display).to eq '-'
         end
       end
+
+      it "shows an 'annotate' icon when the submission is a student annotation" do
+        submission.submission_type = 'student_annotation'
+        expect(score_icon['class']).to include 'icon-annotate'
+      end
     end
   end