Marking Assessments

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Marking assessments
Marking Turnitin assignments and checking originality
All Turnitin assignments in your Learning Site can be easily accessed by selecting Turnitin Assignments
from the Site Tools submenu in your Learning Site’s Control Panel. The Turnitin Assignments page that
appears lists each Turnitin assignment and any special instructions. Clicking on an assignment’s name in the
list opens the Turnitin Assignment Inbox for the assignment.
The Turnitin Assignment Inbox opens with a list of all new submissions for the assignment. Clicking on a
submission’s title will open the submission in the Turnitin Document Viewer in GradeMark view, allowing you
to electronically mark the submission.
Like other assessments in MySCU, individual Turnitin assignment submissions can also be accessed for
grading by selecting the student’s username from the Needs Grading page, or by selecting the attempt
from the Full Grade Centre page. This will open the Modify Grade page for the student’s submission.
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The student’s submission can be viewed by clicking on the icon next to User’s Paper. This will open the
submission in the Turnitin Document Viewer in GradeMark view.
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In GradeMark view, you can add comments that appear directly upon the submitted document, text and
voice comments that appear in the General Comments panel of the Turnitin Document Viewer, and a final
result for the submission into the Grade field in the Viewer’s top right-hand corner.
Students will be able to access the comments and mark awarded by accessing their submission after the
assignment has been marked (or after the assignment’s post date has elapsed if the Reveal grades to
students only on post date setting is set to Yes in the assignment’s configuration). The mark awarded is
automatically transferred to the Grade Centre.
For further assistance with using GradeMark, explore this interactive tutorial.
Turnitin assignments can still be marked offline if preferred. To do this, the document needs to be
downloaded, marked using a suitable application (such as Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat) and marks
manually added to the assignment’s column in the Grade Centre. Marked documents will need to be
returned individually to students.
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In order to download a copy of a submission for offline marking, click on the Print Icon at the bottom of the
Turnitin Document Viewer and select Download submitted file.
You can also view information about the submission, including the date and time of submission, its word
count, and file size by clicking on the information icon next to the print icon.
The originality report for an initial Turnitin Assignment submission is normally created within the first hour
of submission. Reports for subsequent submissions can take up to 24 hours, the longer period required so
that the subsequent submission does not simply match with an earlier submission. If you receive an error
message when trying to view a Turnitin originality report, it is most likely that the report has not yet been
completed.
The Turnitin originality report should be viewed to help assess whether a submission meets SCU’s academic
integrity requirements. The report can be accessed by clicking on the Originality button in the Turnitin
Document Viewer, or by clicking on the link next to Originality report on the Modify Grade page. This
will open the document in Originality view in the Viewer. For further assistance with viewing the originality
reports, please refer to Turnitin’s Instructor Training documentation regarding Viewing Originality Reports.
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Marking Blackboard assignments

When a Blackboard Assignment is selected for grading, the Grade Assignment page for the submission
opens, showing the name of the student who made the submission, the inline marking tool containing the
submission (which allows you to mark the submission on screen and add a variety of marking annotations
to the submission as you mark) and the grading panel, where the mark awarded can be entered along with
student feedback and marker’s notes. The submission can be downloaded if required and any comments
made by the student when they submitted the attempt can be seen. The student feedback and marker’s
notes can also include attached files if preferred.
Label: The Grading Panel for marking Blackboard assignments – highlight the downwards arrow expand the
panel to show areas for student feedback and marker’s notes.
When the marking is complete, selecting the Submit button will finalise the mark and allow the mark and
feedback to become available to the student if you selected the Show to students in My Grades option
when creating the assignment. If the marking process is interrupted, it can be saved as draft so that it can be
completed at a later stage.
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Marking Blackboard group assignments

When a Blackboard group assignment is created, a grade column is automatically created for it in the Grade
Centre. Only members of groups to which the assignment has been allocated will have entries in the grade
column. After receiving and reviewing submissions from group assignments, teaching staff can mark and
offer feedback on the submissions. The mark allocated and feedback given are then returned automatically
to each group member. Marks applied uniformly across a group in this way can be overridden on an
individual basis if required by clicking on the pencil icon next to the group member’s name, or by overriding
the mark in the Grade Centre.
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Marking tests
MySCU will automatically mark most question types, however, Essay, Short Answer and File Response
type questions will require manual marking. Test attempts that require grading will appear on the Needs
Grading page and will also appear in the Grade Centre with a Needs Grading exclamation mark icon.
Clicking on the username of the attempt will open the Grade Test page. Here, automatic marks can be
overridden and questions requiring manual marking can be processed.
Tests can be graded anonymously by selecting Hide User Names. This will close the current marking
attempt (losing any unsaved changes) and refresh the Grade Test page with a new attempt containing no
identifying information.
Tests marked in this way are marked on a student-by-student basis. If you want to mark the test on a
question-by-question basis for all attempts, you can do this by accessing the test via the Grade Centre.
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Marking interaction
Whenever grading is enabled for an interactive activity such as a discussion forum, thread, blog, journal or
wiki, a column for the activity is created automatically in the Grade Centre. If the activity is a group activity,
only members of the groups who have been assigned the activity will have an editable result cell available in
the column.
As students undertake an interactive activity, notifications are automatically sent to the Needs Grading
page once the threshold of student participation (number of forum posts, blog entries, journal entries or wiki
page saves made by a student) is reached. This threshold is set when you first enable grading for the activity.
Marking discussions
A student’s contribution to a graded discussion forum can be accessed for marking by one of the following
methods:
• Opening the graded forum on the Discussion Board page then clicking on the Grade Discussion
Forum button. This will load the Grade Discussion Forum Users page which includes a list of students,
how many posts they have made in the forum, results for those already graded and a Grade button for
each student that will display the Grade Discussion Forum page for the student.
• Opening the Needs Grading page. This will display all of the assessment attempts yet to be graded and
you can open the Grade Discussion Forum page for the student by clicking on the student’s name next
to the graded discussion forum that you wish to mark. You can also click on the downward arrow that
appears next to the name of the discussion forum you wish to mark and select Grade All Users from the
menu that appears. This allows you to mark all of the contributions for that forum.
• Opening the Full Grade Centre page and selecting the downward arrow that appears when you pass
your mouse over a Needs Grading icon in the column for the discussion forum. Selecting Grade User
Activity from the menu that appears will open the Grade Discussion Forum page for the student.
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A student’s contribution to a graded discussion forum thread can be accessed for marking in similar ways:
• Opening the forum containing the graded thread on the Discussion Board page then clicking on the
Grade Thread button next to the thread that you wish to grade. This will load the Grade Discussion
Thread Users page which includes a list of students, how many posts they have made in the thread,
results for those already graded and a Grade button for each student that will display the Grade
Discussion Thread page for the student.
• Opening the Needs Grading page. This will display all of the assessment attempts yet to be graded
and you can open the Grade Discussion Thread page for the student by clicking on the student’s
name (User Attempt) next to the graded forum thread that you wish to mark. You can also click on the
downward arrow that appears next to the name of the forum thread you wish to mark and select Grade
All Users from the menu that appears. This allows you to mark all of the contributions for that thread.
• Opening the Full Grade Centre page and selecting the downward arrow that appears when you
pass your mouse over a Needs Grading icon in the column for the discussion forum thread. Selecting
Grade User Activity from the menu that appears will open the Grade Discussion Thread page for the
student.
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Both the Grade Discussion Forum and the Grade Discussion Thread pages show the student’s
contribution and allow you to post replies to the forum or thread and also show the grading panel for the
student where a mark for the activity, student feedback and marker’s notes can be added. When you have
completed the marking process, select Submit and the mark and feedback will be made available to the
student.
Threads can be locked after marking has been completed.
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Marking blogs
A student’s contribution to a graded blog can be accessed for marking by:
• Opening the graded blog from the Blogs page (available from the Site Tools option in Control Panel,
or from the Tools menu item). In the case of a site blog, the blog page will open and each student’s
contribution and grading panel can be accessed by expanding the list of All Site Members and
selecting the student. An individual blog will open the Blog page and each student’s contribution and
grading panel accessed by expanding the list below your name and selecting the student. A group blog
will open with the grading panel for the group immediately viewable. Group marks awarded can be
overridden for individuals by selecting the individual group member from the list available by expanding
the list under All Group Members and adjusting the mark.
• Opening the Needs Grading page. This will display all of the assessment attempts yet to be graded and
you can open the blog for grading by clicking on the student’s name (User Attempt) next to the blog
that you wish to mark. If a site or individual blog, you can also click on the downward arrow that appears
next to the name of the blog you wish to mark and select Grade All Users from the menu that appears.
This allows you to mark all student contributions for the blog.
• Opening the Full Grade Centre page and selecting the downward arrow that appears when you pass
your mouse over a Needs Grading icon in the column for the blog. Selecting Grade User Activity from
the menu that appears will open the Blog page for the student ready for marking.
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Marking journals
The grading of individual and group journals is almost identical to the grading of blogs. Journals can be
accessed and graded via the Journals tool in the Site Tools menu (in Control Panel) as well as via the Needs
Grading page and the appropriate column in the Grade Centre.
Marking wikis
A student’s contribution to a graded wiki can be accessed for marking by:
• Opening the graded wiki from the Wikis page (available from the Site Tools option in Control Panel,
or from the Tools menu item). The graded wiki will have a Participation and Grading button in
its top right-hand corner. Selecting this option for a group wiki will open the wiki’s Participation
Summary page, which includes a list of students who have made contributions to the wiki, along with
a grading panel where group marks and feedback for the wiki can be entered. In the case of a site wiki,
the Participation Summary page will not have a grading panel. Each of the students’ Participant’s
Contribution pages will need to be opened (by clicking on the individual student’s name). The
Participant’s Contribution page will include the grading panel for that student.
• Opening the Needs Grading page, which displays all assessment attempts yet to be graded and you
can open the wiki for grading by clicking on the student name (User Attempt) of the wiki contribution
that you wish to mark. This opens the Participant’s Contribution page for the student which includes a
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grading panel for that student. You can also click on the downward arrow that appears next to the name
of the wiki you wish to mark and select Grade All Users from the menu that appears. This allows you to
mark all student contributions for the wiki.
• Opening the Full Grade Centre page and selecting the downward arrow that appears when you
pass your mouse over a Needs Grading icon in the column for the wiki. Selecting Grade User Activity
from the menu that appears will open the Participant’s Contribution page for the student ready for
marking.
A student’s Participant’s Contribution page includes a detailed record of all of the page changes that the
student has performed on the wiki and also allows you to compare the new page to the old page so that
the quality as well as the quantity of a student’s contribution can be gauged while deliberating appropriate
marks and feedback.
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Further information
Interactive Grademark tutorial from Turnitin
Inline Assignment Grading - Blackboard Video on YouTube (NOT for Turnitin Assignments): Watch Video
Improved Inline Grading - Blackboard Video on YouTube (NOT for Turnitin Assignments): Watch Video
How to Grade Student Collaboration Inline - Blackboard Video on YouTube: Watch Video
SCU’s Digital Resource Centre (DRC), in conjunction with Technology Services, runs Explore Blackboard
Workshops using a Collaborate Room prior to the commencement of each teaching session. The workshops
include sessions on setting up assignments, marking assignments and managing the Grade Centre. These
workshops are announced by email to all staff, and by announcement to MySCU. The room is located at
DRC’s Blackboard Support for Staff Users site where you can also access and view Collaborate recordings of
earlier Explore Blackboard Workshop sessions.
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