Collection of Assessment guides. i.e. Creating assignments, Managing permissions, and Marking & Feedback
To mark work submitted to a Gradescope assignment click on the relevant assignment in the Assessment area of your course. This will take you to the grading dashboard for the selected assignment. Click on the Question number to mark submissions for that question. You can also go into the Gradescope course, then to ‘Assignments’ and […]
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Once you have created a Gradescope assignment and set up the Outline the marking Rubric for the assignment can be defined. This will be the responsibility of the module convener, or lead marker for the exam. Design and plan your marking rubric You are responsible for deciding if there are specific point awards or penalties you want
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Once you have created a Gradescope assignment you will need to set up the Outline. This allows you to define the individual questions and assign marks to each question or part of a question. For Take Home Exams, when you set up the Outline the questions and marks possible should correspond with what is shown
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Once you have set up a Gradescope course you can create your first Assignment. You can create a Gradescope assignment direct from Blackboard or create an assignment in Gradescope then link to it from Blackboard Create assignment from Blackboard The are two Gradescope LTI options available via the Content Market in Blackboard, Gradescope (Course Link)
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When you have set Gradescope up in your course, clicking on the link opens Gradescope in a new window. The first time you do this, if you are an Instructor or Teaching Assistant you will see an invitation to link your Blackboard course to a Gradescope course. Programme Administrators: you no longer need to change your
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This guide describes what a similarity report shows and how to interpret matches highlighted on a student’s assignment submitted to Turnitin. The similarity report is an effective way to: Check that online sources in an assignment have been properly cited and the text has not simply been copied without appropriate referencing. Help students as a
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The similarity report highlights text in a student’s paper that matches an online source. Lecturers can choose to generate a similarity report when a student submits their assignment through Turnitin in Blackboard. Why make use of Similarity Reports? The similarity report can be used as a formative learning tool to assist students in understanding and
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The Voice Comment feature in Turnitin Feedback Studio allows you to record audio feedback up to 3 minutes in length. This is a simple one-take audio recording tool. To record audio, you will need a microphone connected to your computer. Click on the Feedback Summary button in the blue instructor feedback toolbar. The Voice Comment
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When looking at a student’s paper in the Turnitin Feedback Studio you will see the blue instructor feedback toolbar on the right hand side. Adding QuickMarks Quickmarks are re-usable comments that have been saved in your personal library. You can either: 1.   Open the QuickMarks section of the right-hand panel. 2.   Drag an existing QuickMark onto the appropriate place in
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When looking at a student’s paper in the Turnitin Feedback Studio, use the Feedback Summary panel to provide your overall comments. 1.    Click the ‘Feedback Summary’ button in the Toolbar on the right-hand side of your screen 2.    Click in the box under ‘Text Comment’ 3.    Either type or copy and paste in your feedback.
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