Turnitin GradeMarkFHSCE experiences over academic year 2011/2012

What is Turnitin GradeMark?

Paperless submission

Paperless grading

24/7 access from a web browser

Text matching

Originality Reporting

Facilities for general assignment comments feedback

Quick Mark comments

Grading Rubrics

Project Team & Pre Pilots

Feb 2011Small working group – Alan

Turner, Dr Chris Thurston, Dr James Trueman, Sally Goldspink, George Evangelinos, Sue Kersey, Rae Smyth, Liz Dobson-McKittrick (SU), Steve Wilson (ALT).

Summer 2011 8 ‘pre-pilots’ being

undertaken, sum 163 students.

FHSCE: FHSCE: The Project – September 2011/2012

In September 2011 all DL all DL and all first year UG/PG and all first year UG/PG

63 modules, across the faculty with 3,441 submissions of work via turnitin GradeMark

Rest of university faculty Rest of university faculty highlighted pathwayshighlighted pathways

Presentations, practice Presentations, practice documents, portfolios and documents, portfolios and exams etc are excludeexams etc are exclude

FHSCE: FHSCE: The Project – September 2012/2013

Following continued evaluation Following continued evaluation and reviewsand reviews

By the end of academic year By the end of academic year all text based assignments all text based assignments throughout the faculty .throughout the faculty .

GradeMark Administration – High Level

Module Administrators (MA’s) to have access to Module Leader (ML) Turnitin Password

Enables creation of the Master Class, marking sections and assignment.

ML to MA’s specific information to set up the class and assignment form includes:Module CodeModule NameOccurrence code (Site)Assignment TitleStart DateSubmission DatePost DateMarker(s)Marker(s) Extensions & ResubsExternal Moderators(s)

Types of classesAll classes are Master Classes

A module 1 marker (ML)/moderator

B module X markers (ML)/moderator

C module X markers/ moderator (M/L)

GradeMark Administration – High Level

Classes are set up to enable anonymous marking and a class end date one year from the creation date.

Additionally submissions will be allowed AFTERAFTER the due date.

The above will allow for Extensions and Resubmissions to be managed within Tii GradeMark

Student information drawn from SITs (Mav) and exported into Excel, information separated by the number of markers.

GradeMark Administration – High Level

Students uploaded into the Turnitin GradeMark class and they will receive the enrolment information to their Anglia e-mail account.

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GradeMark Administration – High Level

Extensions

Due date +1 working day MA run report from SAL 2 in SITs identifying those students granted an extension.

Minimum extension to be granted by Student Advisor 2-5 days (to be agreed).

If extension is within 15 working days of the marking and assessment period – NO action as students can submit after the due date.

If extension is over 15 days a new section is added to the original Master class called ‘Extension’ – appropriate students added to this section and e-mailed.

Normal 20 day ruling applies for assessment and feedback availability.

GradeMark - Student Results Collection

GradeMark Administration – High Level

Resubmissions

DAP + 5 working days the MA runs a report from SSR in SITs to retrieve a list of students with outstanding re-submissions.

A new section will be created in the Master class called Re-Submission.

Normal 20 day ruling applies for assessment and feedback availability.

Students access feedback as previously discussed

GradeMark – External Moderators

Part A of Moderation form received by MA, this is prompt to start external moderation process.

Moderators would have an @ anglia e-mail account, set up in advance.

MA’s will amend the master class sections with the appropriate moderator (s).

This enables the moderator to access the assignments – the above process will invite them to the class via and e-mail.

MA’s will e-mail Moderator (s) and attach external examiner comment form, module guide and Moderation form parts A&B.

GradeMark – External Moderators

The moderator will apply the Anglia Ruskin University algorithm – essentially then will have a free hand to check what they want – these students will NOT be anonymised.

Moderator returns, via e-mail the completed moderator report etc to the MA.

MA changes section in Master class to the ML, this restricts the external having further access.

Evaluation Date 6/2/12 Number of student undertaking survey

148 Number of academic staff undertaking

survey 36 Number of admin staff undertaking

survey 6 Number of FSA undertaking survey 4 83% students felt that Turnitin

GradeMark enhance their experience 88% of students were able to up load

work before the final submission 72% found the process of submission

easy 83% preferred e-submission over

paper submission

Present and Future

QuickMarks annotation.

DSE.

Screen size & ergonomics.

Home working, internet speed etc.

Mark Sheets and Fetch

VLE integration. VLE integration.VLE integration. E- portfolios piloted E- portfolios piloted QMP for exams QMP for exams Piloting partnersPiloting partners