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 Setup Details Template(Academics to complete)
- Assessment Setup information from RISIS Template (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
- 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
- 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
- Guide: Creating manual enrol groups
- Guide: Creating multiple manual enrol groups
- Guide: Creating Random enrol groups
- Guide: Creating self-enrol groups
- Guide: Creating multiple self-enrol groups
- Screencast: Creating a sign up list
- Screencast: Creating a group submission point
- Guide: Smart View for 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 of Box
Feedback to Learner and Grade
Rubrics
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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Other assessment tools & activities
(Blogs, Journals, Wikis, Discussion Boards, Tests)
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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
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Internal Moderation
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