From marking in the park to grading in the garden, or at your office desk, Turnitin assignments can be marked offline or online. In this session we will demonstrate both the full web version of GradeMark, and the flexible iPad app that allows you to mark work wherever you may be.

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Andrea Ward – Management School
James Goldingay – TEL Team
Marking online and offline with
GradeMark
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2. What will this session cover?:
1. The “Nuts and bolts” of using GradeMark
2. Demo comparisons of desktop vs iPad functionality
3. Incorporating GradeMark in your marking: Pros, cons,
tips and tricks

3. GradeMark – benefits for staff
1. Give students rich in depth feedback using audio/text, both inline and
summary
2. Mark offline!
3. Create Quickmark sets: Drag and drop commonly used marking terms
4. One place to mark and check originality at the same time
5. Return marks and grades straight into MOLE grade centre
6. Create marking criteria and assign it to single or multiple assessments (also
available to students)
7. Incorporate anonymous marking
8. Mark anything or nothing!

4. GradeMark – Current staff challenges
1. Doesn’t support second marking - manual work around required
2. Doesn’t support group work
3. Anonymous Marking cannot be switched back on if needed.
But…. Turnitin:next is coming…

5. GradeMark – Benefits to students
No Students were hurt or bribed!
Streamed video – not available here.

6. GradeMark – Benefits to students
Qualitative feedback: Thoughts from students
“Really appreciate the time taken”
“More that what we get from other modules”
“Detailed and sophisticated”
“I know exactly what needs improving”
“I have read the feedback and already know much more”

7. • Turnitin has been taken over by Insight Venture
partners
• New document viewer (DV) - better
readability, more functions
• Interface will have main navigation on the right
hand side
• Multiple markers
• Notifications for students who haven't
submitted
• Group submissions and multiple drafts
• Responsive design (Touch compatibility – for
tablet/mobile devices)
Turnitin New developments…(2015-16)

8. Questions?

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Resources
• TELhub, for pedagogically focused themes and case studies:
http://tel.group.shef.ac.uk/
• Our CiCs webpages, containing "how to" guides for staff and
students:
http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/cics/learningandteaching
• Want full GradeMark training? – Contact us! tel@shef.ac.uk