Roles

• First Marker
• Moderator
• Administrator – after 15 days

First marker

1. Use Student name, Student ID, or Username to flag papers which you wish to be moderated.
2. Record details in the Moderation Form.
3. Email Moderation Form to the Internal Moderator.

Moderator

4. To find specific papers: sort by Last name, First name, Student ID, or Username.
5. To find papers on grade boundaries: click on the Assignment title to sort by Grade.
6. Record details of moderated papers on the Moderation form.
7. 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.
8. If marks need to be changed as a result of the moderation process
   • Apply these changes directly in Blackboard.
   • Locate and open the relevant student attempts from the Grade Centre. Edit the grade.
   • Press Submit.
9. Email the Moderation Form to the Programme Admin team.

Administrator – after 15 days

10. Reveal the grades for this assignment to students.
11. Use the Moderation form to create a Moderation Smart View, including all students’ whose work was moderated.
12. Upload the Moderation Form to the Blackboard course and/or External Examiner Organisation.