When might I do this?
In some disciplines (e.g. Fine Arts, Theatre or Mathematics), students will often be assessed on work which is not suitable for online submission. However, you may want to take advantage of Turnitin’s grading tools to provide feedback via the University’s virtual learning environment (VLE). Similarly, you may wish to provide feedback online when students make in-class presentations, even though no submission has been made to Blackboard.
It is possible to provide feedback even if no digital submission has been made. This applies to both Turnitin Assignments (covered in this guide) and Blackboard Assignments (see separate guide).
How do I do this?
Create a Turnitin assignment as normal.
To mark and/or give feedback on students’ work, go to the Turnitin assignment inbox.
Students with no submission are denoted by a grey pencil icon in the ‘Grade’ column.
Click on the grey pencil icon to mark a student’s work.
This warning message appears:
Click Confirm to continue.
It will then create a Grading Template in the inbox for the student, creating a Submission ID also. The pencil and title will turn blue allowing you to open the ‘submission’.
Once the Turnitin document viewer window opens, where normally you would see the student’s submitted work, you will see a blank document.
All the normal feedback tools are available: comments and QuickMarks (possibly not appropriate in this context), Feedback Summary, and the option to mark using a rubric or grading form.
As normal, you can enter a mark, in the top right-hand corner.
Once the work has been marked, marks will appear in the Turnitin assignment inbox as shown:
The date shown is the date on which the template was created.
Once the Feedback Release date has been reached, students will be able to view their feedback and marks in exactly the same way as for any other Turnitin assignment.
Guide last updated on August 7, 2024
