This is a comprehensive list of all the step-by-step and ‘how to’ guides on e-submission, online marking and feedback, internal and external moderation, use of marking tools, comments and rubrics.
For a broader overview of the EMA programme and access to more pedagogical guidance, please access the EMA Resource Map.
Guidance Documentation↓
This section has a number of documents that describe the process of eAssessment, including the Roles and Responsibilities and templates for the forms to collect relevant information on the assessment process, special instructions at submission points etc.
- Roles and Responsibilities Document
- How to Use the Templates
- Assessment Submission Details Form Template (Academics to complete)
- Assignment Set up information spreadsheet from RISIS (Administrators to complete)
- Student eSubmission Instructions at point of submission Template
- Student eSubmission Information for Handbooks and Briefcases Template
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Selecting the right tool for your Assessment↓
This section lists types of assessment, and shows the correct settings to use in RISIS and Blackboard.
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EMA Integration↓
This section lists all the materials available to help you with the new processes in place thanks to Integration between Blackboard and RISIS.
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Turnitin Assignment↓
This section lists all the materials available to help you in the process of using Turnitin Assignments.
Setting up a Turnitin Assignment↓
Accessing and Managing Turnitin submissions↓
Marking using the annotation features of Feedback Studio↓
QuickMarks↓
Providing Feedback Summary and Grade↓
Audio feedback↓
Rubrics↓
- Best practice when Using Rubrics: Rubric Creation Guide, Rubric Review Tool and Rubric Bank →
- Guide: Turnitin rubrics and Grading Forms
- Screencast: What are Turnitin rubrics, how are they used for marking
- Screencast: How to create a Turnitin rubric
- Screencast: Attaching and exporting a rubric
- Guide: Attaching a rubric or grading form
- Guide: Create and import a Turnitin rubric in Excel
- Guide : How to import and export rubrics
- Guide: Duplicating a Turnitin rubric
- Screencast : How to enter rubric feedback in Turnitin
- Guide: Use a rubric to provide feedback summary and grades
Similarity Report↓
- Guide: A staff guide to viewing the similarity report
- Guide: A Staff guide to interpreting a Turnitin similarity report
- Guide: Similarity report – access and view matches
- Guide: Hidden Text Flags
- Screencast: Quick overview of the Turnitin similarity tool
- Screencast: Viewing instances of matches text in a Turnitin Similarity report
- Screencast: Viewing sources of matched text in a Turnitin similarity report
- Screencast: Controlling filters and exclusions in a Turnitin similarity report
Marking anonymously in Turnitin↓
Handling Multiple Markers (using the Turnitin by Groups feature)↓
How to mark online when no submission is made↓
Downloading assignments↓
Making marks available to Students↓
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Blackboard Assignment↓
This section lists all the materials available to help you in the process of using Blackboard Assignments.
Setting up a Blackboard Assignment – Individual or Group↓
Creating Groups↓
Accessing Blackboard assignment submissions to mark (Grade Centre / Needs Grading)↓
- Guide: Access and view assignments
- Screencast: How to access assignments
- Screencast: Adjusting the in browser assignment display
- Screencast: Viewing and navigating submissions
- Guide: Marking with user names hidden
- Guide: Download work submitted to a Blackboard Assignment
- Screencast: Downloading assignments
Marking using the annotation features in Blackboard ↓
Feedback to Learner and Grade↓
Rubrics↓
- Best practice when Using Rubrics: Rubric Creation Guide, Rubric Review Tool and Rubric Bank →
- Screencast: Choosing a Blackboard rubric
- Screencast: How to create a Blackboard rubric
- Guide: Create a Blackboard Rubric
- Screencast: Managing Blackboard rubrics
- Screencast: Attaching a Blackboard Rubric
- Guide: Attaching a Blackboard rubric
- Guide: Mark using a rubric
Save draft / Submit↓
Anonymous assignments↓
Marking group assignments↓
How to mark online when no submission is made↓
Handling Multiple Markers↓
Making marks available to Students↓
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Blackboard Tests↓
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Other assessment tools & activities
(Blogs, Journals, Wikis, Discussion Boards)↓
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Managing Assessments in the Blackboard Grade Centre↓
- Guide: Creating a column in the Grade centre
- Guide: Hiding a Grade centre column from students
- Guide: Using column organisation
- Guide: Using Smart Views
- Guide: Using calculated columns
- Guide: Colour code the Grade Centre
- Guide: Include Turnitin assignments in a Weighted column
- Guide: Push marks into the Grade Centre – Sync Grades
- Guide: Sending reminders/non submitter emails to students (Turnitin)
- Guide: Sending reminders/non submitter emails to students (Blackboard Assignment)
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Internal Moderation↓
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