This moderation process is supported by the features in Turnitin and Blackboard.
See Internal Moderation overview for details of other moderation scenarios.
Roles
- First Marker
- Administrator after 15 days (when all marking is completed)
- Moderator
- Administrator – when Moderation complete
First marker
- Open the Turnitin Assignment Inbox. Use student names to flag papers which you wish to be moderated.
- Record details on the Moderation Form.
- Email the Moderation Form to the Internal Moderator.
Administrator – after 15 days
Marks are released automatically to students on the ‘Feedback release date‘ set in Turnitin. If the feedback release date is delayed the Administrator may need to let the Moderator know.
Moderator
To find papers flagged by first markers
Search the Turnitin Assignment Inbox by name.
If useful, you can also sort the Turnitin Assignment Inbox by Author.
To find papers on grade boundaries,
Sort the Turnitin Assignment Inbox by Grade. This should enable you to find papers which need moderation by selecting a sample from the higher, middle and lower range of marks.
Moderating papers marked by individual markers
It is possible to create Blackboard course groups to assign papers to markers. The Moderator can then filter the Inbox by group to see the papers marked by each marker.
Recording or changing marks
- Record details of moderated papers on the Moderation form.
- If you wish to change marks awarded by the first marker
- Email the Moderation Form to the first marker.
- Follow your School’s procedures to agree a final mark, and record this in the Moderation Form.
- Email the Moderation Form to the Programme Admin team.
Administrator – when Moderation complete
- Enter any revised marks in RISIS (after approving and transferring the un-moderated marks from Blackboard. Marks are not changed in Blackboard).
- Upload the Moderation Form to the Blackboard course and/or External Examiner Organisation.
Guide last updated on December 11, 2024
