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Page 1: GradeMark® rubrics - Western Sydney University · This guide covers the creation of rubrics for use with Turnitin Assignments. The marking functionality of Turnitin is known as GradeMark

GradeMark® rubrics

Instructional guide for staff

Page 2: GradeMark® rubrics - Western Sydney University · This guide covers the creation of rubrics for use with Turnitin Assignments. The marking functionality of Turnitin is known as GradeMark

Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 3

About GradeMark rubrics ............................................................................................................................. 4

Choosing a GradeMark rubric type ........................................................................................................................4

Creating rubrics in MS Excel for import into the Rubric/Form Manager ............................................. 5

What’s included in a rubric? .................................................................................................................................... 5

How many columns? ................................................................................................................................................. 6

Creating the additional columns in Excel ............................................................................................................. 7

Setting up the Excel file ........................................................................................................................................... 8

Importing the Excel file into GradeMark .............................................................................................................. 9

Creating rubrics directly within the GradeMark Rubric / Form Manager ............................................ 11

Adding data to the rubric ...................................................................................................................................... 12

Attaching the rubric to the Turnitin Assignment .................................................................................... 13

Marking an assignment with the attached rubric .................................................................................... 14

Errors in an attached rubric – detaching after marking has commenced .......................................... 15

What do students see when receiving their grades and feedback? .................................................... 17

Enter grades using GradeMark without using the rubric scoring function ......................................... 17

GradeMark and vUWS Grade Centre ......................................................................................................... 17

Duplicating a rubric ...................................................................................................................................... 18

Exporting a rubric ......................................................................................................................................... 19

Importing a rubric (.rbc file) ....................................................................................................................... 19

Accessing class statistics ............................................................................................................................ 20

GradeMark FAQs .......................................................................................................................................... 20

Appendix 1: Guide to GM Rubric grading columns .................................................................................. 21

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Introduction

This guide covers the creation of rubrics for use with Turnitin Assignments. The marking functionality of Turnitin is known as GradeMark.

The creation of a rubric may involve adapting an existing marking criteria rubric like those typically included in a Learning Guide, to a format suitable for use in GradeMark, or it may be that you are creating a rubric from scratch.

There are two methods covered:

• creation of rubrics in Microsoft Excel for import into the GradeMark Rubric/Form Manager

• creation of rubrics directly within the GradeMark Rubric/Form Manager

Regardless of which method you choose, this guide also provides information about managing the rubrics you use with a Turnitin Assignment.

Benefits of using a rubric • A rubric can provide students with a framework which articulates the expected learning

outcomes for the assessment and which aspects are key to success.

• A rubric can provide structured and relevant feedback to students about their level of achievement, especially when used in conjunction with text comments and/or audio feedback.

• A rubric can provide marking teams with a shared understanding of expectations in order to clearly and consistently evaluate student assignments.

Further information about creating effective rubrics is available on the University’s Quality in Learning and Teaching (QiLT) website.

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About GradeMark rubrics

GradeMark rubrics can be weighted, points-based, or qualitative.

This guide will be useful for any type of GradeMark rubric, but is particularly relevant for rubrics which include a sliding scale of marks within each grading band, for which the Custom (points based) rubric works best.

Choosing a GradeMark rubric type

Standard (weighted) rubric (also known as Percentage rubric) A percentage rubric lists criteria and the percentage weight for each, the different levels of achievement (e.g. excellent, good, average, poor), and the relative value of each level (e.g. 5 for excellent, 3 for average). The maximum rubric value will be the same as the highest scale value entered (e.g. 5). The potential score achieved for each criterion is expressed as a proportion of the weighted percentage value of that criterion. E.g. A criterion weighted at 20%, where 5 is the maximum scale value, is worth 1. Choosing to give the student a 3 on the scale will give a score of 0.6 for that row. (⅗ x 1).

Custom (points based) rubric The custom rubric allows you to assign a point value for each criterion row and distribute those points across a scale of achievement. Scoring values sit within every rubric cell. The maximum rubric value will be the sum of the highest values entered in each of the criteria rows (e.g. 5 criteria worth 20 marks each gives a maximum rubric value of 100).

Qualitative rubric In contrast to the quantitative rubric types above, the qualitative rubric allows you to create standardised feedback without applying numerical values. To set up a qualitative rubric, you need only enter the descriptions for each criterion and clearly defined levels of achievement.

Point value If you are planning to use one of the scoring (quantitative) rubric types, ensure that the Assignment point value (i.e. the relative weighting within the unit) is entered in the settings when creating a new Turnitin Assignment, so that the final grade can be calculated.

Example If an assignment contributes 40% of the final Unit grade, enter 40 as the point value. The rubric value can differ to this or be the same – either way GradeMark will calculate the final grade based on point value and will send this information to the vUWS Grade Centre. On the example of a rubric worth 100 marks and an assignment point value of 40, a student who achieves 60/100 or 60% will receive a final grade of 24/40.

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Creating rubrics in MS Excel for import into the Rubric/Form Manager

Although rubrics can be created directly within GradeMark, producing the rubric in an Excel spreadsheet allows for easier editing and sharing.

Rubrics produced in GradeMark can only be viewed in GradeMark and once created are not as flexible as Excel in terms of moving content around.

Rubrics created in Excel can be imported to the GradeMark Rubric/Form Manager very easily. Rubrics created in Excel file are also easy to incorporate into Word or PDF format for Learning Guides.

What’s included in a rubric? All rubrics will include: • A grading (achievement/standard) scale - either Fail through to HD, or maybe just Satisfactory /

Unsatisfactory.

• Marking criteria – focus areas / dimensions against which the marker will be assessing the work. In addition, a quantitative rubric will include:

• How many marks each criterion is worth (or a relative weighting). Often, each of the grading scale levels will be allocated a range of marks rather than just one.

Example In the example below, Criterion 1 is worth 10 marks.

If you are grading in line with the percentage ranges listed in the Criteria and standards-based assessment policy, a Fail would be either 0,1,2,3 or 4 marks out of 10.

Likewise, the minimum Pass mark for Criterion 1 is 5 marks (50%). Between a Pass and a High Distinction, markers will want to award either 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and up to 10 marks.

For ease of display in the Learning Guide, this ‘static’ version of the rubric just specifies the range; however GradeMark scoring will require markers to choose one mark per criterion, not a range.

Example 1: Sample rubric as represented in Learning Guide

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The method for representing the spread of marks across the grading scale within GradeMark is to create additional columns within each achievement band - one column per mark, whilst retaining the achievement scale headers and descriptions. The software allows for up to 20 columns.

The best way to manipulate all the information is to create or transfer the rubric into Microsoft Excel format – when complete this can be imported directly into GradeMark.

Example 2: Same rubric transferred to Excel, with additional columns to accommodate spread of marks within each band.

How many columns? The appendix to this document, titled ‘Guide to GM Rubric grading columns’ (p.21) provides you with a basis for how many columns you might need, according to the marks allocated to each criterion.

It aligns with the grading scale for final unit grades included in the University’s Criteria and standards-based assessment policy [Table of Grades Part A, Final grades receiving a mark (0-100%)], but is not meant to be prescriptive – you may wish to adjust marking scales, ranges or add or remove columns within each scale, up to a maximum of 20.

Your Excel document should have as many columns as you need for the criterion with the highest value.

Example If you have criteria rows worth 5 marks and 10 marks in the same rubric, create enough columns to cater for the 10 marks.

If the additional columns are not needed for a criterion with a lower mark value, the information and score can simply be duplicated.

See the next page for instructions on how to create and fill additional columns in Excel.

NB: The Excel document cannot include numerical values in the import. If required, scores for each column must be added after import into GradeMark Rubric/Form Manager.

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Creating the additional columns in Excel

1. Insert blank columns on an Excel worksheet To insert a single column, select the column header (A, B, C etc.) immediately to the right of where you want to insert the new blank column. For example, to insert a new column to the right of column B, right-mouse-click the header of column C then choose Insert.

To insert multiple columns, select the columns immediately to the right of where you want to insert columns. Select the same number of columns as you want to insert. For example, to insert three new columns, you select three columns. Then right-click any of the three headers and choose Insert.

Keep doing this for each grading band until you have the right number of columns set aside.

2. Copy column content into relevant new blank column Select the header of the column content to be copied and hold down CTRL while you point to the border of the column selection.

When the pointer becomes a copy pointer , drag the column content to the blank location.

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Setting up the Excel file There are some additional rules for setting up the Excel file:

• The rubric in the spreadsheet must have the scales of the rubric as its first row (Row 1).

• The rubric in the spreadsheet can have no more than 50 criteria rows.

• The rubric in the spreadsheet must have the criteria of the rubric as the first column (Column A).

• The rubric in the spreadsheet can have no more than 20 scale value columns.

• Cell A1 should be blank.

• Criteria titles must be 13 characters or less (easiest to use ‘Criterion 1’ etc. as per example below).

• Criteria description should be within the same cell as the criteria title, set on a new line (Use Alt + Enter for PC, or Ctrl + Option + Return for Mac).

• Descriptors for the body of the rubric can be included.

• The Excel spreadsheet file name should be 30 characters or less.

• Recommend including Unit No, session, year e.g. 101010_Aut16_rubricA1 (21 characters) Therefore the Excel rubric ready for import looks like this:

Cell A1 must be blank.

Up to 50 rows for criteria.

Row 1 is scales, criteria start in Row 2.

Criteria title – up to 13 characters.

Criteria description – starts on a new line within same cell. Include total criterion value at the end e.g. /10.

Up to 20 columns for scale values. Column 1 is criteria, Scales start in Column B and can go in either direction (Fail > HD or HD > Fail)

Descriptors for achievement scale in each criterion – in the body of the rubric.

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Importing the Excel file into GradeMark • Log into vUWS

• From the left side Course Management Control Panel, choose Course Tools > Turnitin Assignments

• Choose the appropriate Turnitin Assignment from the choice(s) provided. If you have not yet set up the Turnitin Assignment, you can still access the Rubric Manager via a different Turnitin Assignment link to do the import.

• From the top tabbed menu, along from the Assignment Inbox tab, choose Libraries, then select the Rubric/Form Manager (default view is QuickMark Manager).

• Select the Import/Export icon (top right in blue band) and choose the Import option.

• Click the Select Files button and navigate to the location of your saved Excel file.

• Once the import is complete (check for the green tick) - click on the View option.

• By default, the rubric will have been imported as a Qualitative rubric.

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• If you wish to include scores for each standard within all criteria, change the rubric type to

Custom (found at the base of the rubric):

• Decimal values can then be added in the top left of each cell, pressing "Enter" after each one or

simply clicking the next cell.

• If you are entering a ½ mark, ensure you type 0.5 rather than just .5 Even though doing the latter will display as 0.5, it can cause issues when saving the rubric.

• When marking, if the final rubric percentage results in a decimal mark, the final grade will be rounded up or down accordingly because the final grade field at top right will only take whole numbers. For example, 26.5 becomes 27 in the screenshot at right.

• You can change this back in vUWS Grade Centre (manually), but the GradeMark field will remain at the whole number as it will not take ½ marks. Therefore if you change it, you may wish to explain to students that their grade is accurate on the rubric and the Grade Centre but has been rounded in the GradeMark final grade field.

Once scores are added, the rubric is ready to attach to the relevant Turnitin Assignment (via Edit Assignment tab – see p.13). It is not necessary to share the rubric with the other assignment markers; once attached to the Turnitin Assignment all markers will be able to access it via the GradeMark Document Viewer (i.e. the marking window for a student assignment).

The finished rubric can be exported as an .rbc file which others can import into their own GradeMark Rubric/Form Manager to re-use or edit, but this file type cannot be opened outside GradeMark.

If you wish to re-use the same rubric in another assignment, duplicate and rename the rubric.

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Creating rubrics directly within the GradeMark Rubric / Form Manager

To access the Rubric/Form Manager:

• Log into vUWS

• From the left side Course Management Control Panel, choose Course Tools > Turnitin Assignments

• Choose the appropriate Turnitin Assignment from the choice(s) provided. If you have not yet set up the Turnitin Assignment, you can still access the Rubric Manager via a different Turnitin Assignment link to do the import.

• From the top tabbed menu, along from the Assignment Inbox tab, choose Libraries, then select the Rubric / Form Manager (default view is QuickMark Manager).

• From the drop down list menu, choose: Create new rubric

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Adding data to the rubric Name the rubric. It’s recommended you include Unit No, session, year e.g. 101010_Aut16_rubricA1

Choose your rubric type at the base of the rubric – Percentage, Custom, or Qualitative. Enter the rubric information directly into each cell.

• If additional scale columns or criteria rows are needed, click on the + symbol.

• Add the range of standards / scales that you wish to use for the assessment (e.g. Fail, Pass, Credit… or Needs Improvement, Competent, Excellent)

• Enter the description for the criterion at each scale and give a score if using Custom. This description will be visible to the marker when marking, and to the student when reading feedback.

Scoring • It is possible to enter decimal values into a rubric scale. To do this, enter the number and then

press "Enter" on the keyboard, or simply click the next cell.

• Even though criteria fields can support decimal points, the overall score will be rounded up or down as the Final Grade field that communicates with vUWS Grade Centre can only support whole numbers (see p. 10).

NB: When creating your rubric, please save regularly to ensure data is not lost

Deleting a scale or criterion Un-needed scales or criteria may be deleted: • Put your mouse over the heading of a scale or criterion. A small trash icon will become visible.

• Click the trash icon to delete.

• Confirm deletion by clicking Yes.

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Attaching the rubric to the Turnitin Assignment

• From the Control Panel choose Course Tools >Turnitin Assignments and select the relevant Turnitin link.

• Choose the Edit Assignment tab and click on the Optional settings link.

• Scroll to the bottom: Attach a rubric/form to this assignment. Use the drop-down menu to select the correct rubric and click on Submit.

• You can check the correct rubric is attached in two ways. If there is at least one student submission in the Assignment Inbox you can view the rubric in the marking interface (GradeMark Document Viewer) via the student assignment (see next section).

• Alternatively, you could enrol yourself as a test student in the vUWS site via the vUWS EDMM tab. You should then be able to see the attached rubric at the point of student submission for the Turnitin Assignment.

• Once in the EDMM tab, choose ‘Manage this site’ for the correct vUWS site and then click ‘Add me as a test student’. There is no need to enter your staff number as you are already logged in.

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Marking an assignment with the attached rubric

Once a rubric has been attached to an assignment it is available to all markers via the Document Viewer (Student Assignment view),

To begin marking, navigate to the Turnitin Assignment inbox.

• From the Control Panel choose Course Tools >Turnitin Assignments and select the relevant Turnitin Assignment link.

• Click the Grade icon next to any student submission.

• To access the rubric, click the Rubric icon (bottom right of the screen).

You can expand the rubric into a new window (for use on a second screen, or to toggle between) by clicking the expansion icon at the top left of the rubric panel.

To grade with either rubric scorecard (expanded or panel version), the marker clicks on the relevant score / achievement level for each criterion. Selections are automatically saved. If you select a number in error, click another number, or click the number again to deselect.

The Rubric Score at the base of the scorecard displays the cumulative total of all the selected cell values.

In the panel version:

• Each criterion will be displayed, with the scores (or simply numbers 1, 2, etc. if rubric is qualitative) for the scale appearing in a horizontal line.

• Move your cursor over a number to see criterion information in the blue area at the bottom of the rubric panel.

Click on the ‘Apply rubric percentage to grade’ button at the bottom of the rubric panel to apply this percentage to the assignment’s Final Grade field at top right. This mark will be based on the Points Value entered in the Assignment Settings.

NB: Each time the marker moves between papers, any changes that have been made to the papers are saved automatically. This may not be reflected in the Assignment Inbox view until that browser window is refreshed.

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Errors in an attached rubric – detaching after marking has commenced

Important Note

One person should be responsible for the rubric. Do not attach, edit or detach the rubric unless that is you!

• Once a rubric is attached to an assignment, it is not possible to edit the rubric. It must first be detached. Detaching a rubric from an assignment after marking has started will cause the loss of all rubric scores on marked papers (i.e. the scores for each criterion row). Overall grade and comments are not affected.

• If you discover a rubric error after marking has commenced, first follow the steps in this Library FAQ to download the marked GradeMark papers so that you have a record of rubric criterion scoring. These papers will have to be re-marked using the replacement rubric once it is attached.

You can then detach, edit, and reattach the existing rubric via the Document Viewer OR via the Assignment Inbox tabs.

Detach, edit, and re-attach the rubric via the Rubric Manager in the Document Viewer • Navigate to the rubric panel on the right hand side of the GradeMark Document Viewer (via any

student submission).

• Choose the spanner icon at top right to open the Rubric/Form Manager.

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• At the top right, the information about which assignment this rubric is attached to will display in

the blue band.

• Click the chain link icon to detach the rubric.

• Click ‘Yes’ to the warning message, then once the rubric is detached, close the Rubric Manager window (bottom right).

• Next, open any student submission and again, navigate to the rubric panel and click the spanner icon to access the Rubric Manager.

• Choose the relevant rubric from the drop down menu. It should now say ‘Not attached to this assignment’ at top right. Therefore you can now edit it in that window and save changes at bottom right.

• When all the required changes are saved, click the chain link icon at top right again, to attach the revised rubric to this assignment.

Detach, edit, and re-attach the rubric via the Rubric Manager in the Libraries Tab

• First, access the Assignment settings via the Edit Assignment tab (Course Tools > Turnitin Assignments > Edit Assignment tab).

• Open Optional Settings and scroll to the bottom of the page.

• Choose No rubric/form from the drop down list.

• Click Submit. This will detach the rubric.

• Next, access the relevant rubric via your Rubric / Form Manager on the Libraries tab (Course Tools > Turnitin Assignments > Libraries tab > Rubric/Form Manager).

• Make changes as required. You may need to refresh the browser window before you are able to edit the rubric.

• Save the revised rubric, then go back to the Edit Assignment tab, change to the new rubric in the Optional Settings, and submit the change.

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What do students see when receiving their grades and feedback?

• Students navigate to the Turnitin assignment link and click on the View option

• Quick Mark comments, general comments and rubric score card can be viewed, audio comments can be played. Students can download a pdf version which includes everything but the audio file.

The full process is detailed in the video located under Resources for Students on the Library website.

Enter grades using GradeMark without using the rubric scoring function

• From the Assignment Inbox click on the Title of the student’s assignment to open the Document Viewer.

• In the top right corner you will see the field for entering a grade.

• Click the - - in the grade field, enter a grade and press Enter on your keyboard.

• Navigate to other submissions for this assignment as needed using the arrows in the upper right corner or close the Document Viewer and return to the Assignment Inbox.

NB: To view any grading changes you will need to return to the Assignment Inbox tab and refresh the browser window to see updated information.

GradeMark and vUWS Grade Centre

• Grades entered via the vUWS Grade Centre do not sync to the GradeMark reports; however grades entered through GradeMark will automatically sync to the Grade Centre.

• If rubric scoring is not used, it is recommended that grades are still added to the GradeMark report when providing online feedback. The grade will then appear in context with the relevant feedback for students.

To ensure feedback and grades are released at the same time:

• Go to the relevant Turnitin assignment link and change the Post Date to the date you wish to release the information, AND from the Edit Assignment tab, select the Optional Settings link.

• At the option: ‘Reveal grades to students only on post-date’; ensure this is set to: Yes

• Lastly, from vUWS Grade Centre, navigate to the relevant Turnitin Assignment column and make the column available to students (via column information). Note: This Library FAQ covers the process.

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Duplicating a rubric

The Duplicate function is useful when you have created a rubric and just need to adjust it for a different assignment.

To access the Rubric/Form Manager:

• Log into vUWS

• From the left side Course Management Control Panel, choose Course Tools > Turnitin Assignments

• Choose a Turnitin Assignment from the choice(s) provided. You can access the Rubric Manager via any existing Turnitin Assignment link.

• From the top tabbed menu, along from the Assignment Inbox tab, choose Libraries, then select the Rubric/Form Manager (default view is QuickMark Manager).

• From the drop down menu, select the correct rubric to be duplicated. Once this is displayed in the window, choose Duplicate this rubric.

• A duplicate copy of the rubric will be displayed.

• Make changes as required, including renaming, and Save.

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Exporting a rubric

You can export a copy of your rubric if you have a colleague who would like to use it in a different unit. The export file that is created has an .rbc extension and must be imported into Turnitin GradeMark to function correctly.

• Follow instructions as above to access the Rubric/Form Manager.

• Choose the correct rubric from the drop down list, if not displayed already.

• Select the Import/Export icon (top right in blue band) and choose the Export option.

• Choose to Save the .rbc file that is your rubric. This file may now be shared with others by attaching it to an email and distributing to relevant parties.

Importing a rubric (.rbc file)

• Save the .rbc file to your Desktop or Documents so that you can navigate to it via the File chooser when required.

• From the top tabbed menu, along from the Assignment Inbox tab, choose Libraries, then select the Rubric/Form Manager (default view is QuickMark Manager).

• Select the Import/Export icon (top right in blue band) and choose the Import option.

• Click the Select Files button and navigate to the location of your saved .rbc file.

• Once the import is complete (check for the green tick) - click on the View option.

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• The imported rubric will appear in the rubric window and may now be edited and saved as

needed, then linked to a Turnitin Assignment (see p.13).

Accessing class statistics

• Go to the Turnitin Assignment inbox and click on the GradeMark Report link above the submissions.

• Click on the Rubric/Form tab for details about individual and average scores for each criterion, viewed as numerical or qualitative scores.

• Click on the QuickMarks tab for details about QuickMark use across the cohort – which sets and which comments have been applied.

• Results can be sorted by clicking on various column headers.

• Results can be exported to Excel using the Export Report button.

Note: GradeMark will only provide statistics for a Turnitin Assignment. All Unit marks are recorded in vUWS Grade Centre and there are additional statistical functions available there. For more information, contact the IT Service Desk.

GradeMark FAQs

For further support, please view the Library’s GradeMark FAQs.

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Appendix 1: Guide to GM Rubric grading columns

Grading Scale Fail Pass Credit Distinction High Distinction

Criterion Value

Total columns

40 marks 0 – 19 marks 20 – 25 marks 26 – 29 marks 30 – 33 marks 34 – 40 marks

Columns required: 4 (e.g. 0, 7, 14, 19) 4 (e.g. 20, 22, 24, 25) 4 (e.g. 26, 27, 29, 29) 4 (e.g. 30, 31, 32, 33) 4 (e.g. 34, 36, 38, 40) 20

35 0 - 17 17.5 - 22 23 - 26 26.5 - 29 30 - 35

Columns required: 4 3 3 3 4 17

30 0 - 14.5 15 - 19 20 - 22 23 - 25 26 - 30

Columns required: 4 3 3 3 4 17

25 0 - 12 12.5 - 16 16.5 - 18.5 19 - 21 22 - 25

Columns required: 4 3 3 3 4 17

20 0 - 9.5 10 - 12.5 13 - 14.5 15 - 16.5 17 - 20

Columns required: 4 3 3 3 4 17

15 0 - 7 7.5 - 9.5 10 - 11 11.5 - 12.5 13 - 15

Columns required: 4 3 3 3 3 16

12 0 - 5 6 - 7 8 9 - 10 11 - 12

Columns required: 3 2 1 2 2 10

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Grading Scale Fail Pass Credit Distinction High Distinction

Criterion Value

Total columns

10 0 - 4.5 5 - 6 6.5 - 7 7.5 - 8 8.5 - 10.0

Columns required: 3 2 2 2 3 12

9 0 - 4 4.5 - 5.5 6 - 6.5 7 - 7.5 8 - 9

Columns required: 5 3 2 2 3 15

8 0 - 3.5 4 - 5 5.5 6 - 6.5 7 - 8

Columns required: 3 2 1 2 3 11

7.5 0-3.5 3.75 - 4 5.5 6 6.5 - 7.5

Columns required: 3 2 2 1 3 11

6 0-2.5 3- 3.5 4 4.5 - 5 5.5 - 6

Columns required: 3 2 1 2 2 10

5 0-2 2.5- 3 3.5 4 4.5 - 5

Columns required: 3 2 1 1 2 9

4 0 - 1.5 2 - 2.5 2.75 3 3.5 - 4

Columns required: 3 2 1 1 1 9

3 0-1 1.5 2 2.5 3

Columns required: 3 1 1 1 1 7

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Grading Scale Fail Pass Credit Distinction High Distinction

Criterion Value

Total columns

2.5 0-1 1.25 1.75 2 2.5

Columns required: 2 1 1 1 1 6

2 0-0.5 1 1.25 1.75 2

Columns required: 2 1 1 1 1 6