Presentation as part of the Marking & Feedback > eAssessment session delivered to PGRs at University of Reading (Nov 2016)

1. LIMITLESS POTENTIAL | LIMITLESS OPPORTUNITIES | LIMITLESS IMPACT
(e)Assessment: (e)Marking and (e)Feedback
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PREPARING TO TEACH (PGRS)
Technology Enhanced Learning
CQSD
06/11/2016

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3. TEL STAFF (CQSD)
Vicki Holmes
Head of TEL
v.holmes@reading.ac.uk
Adam Bailey
Senior TEL Advisor
a.r.g.bailey@reading.ac.uk
Lauren McCann
TEL Advisor
l.j.mccann@reading.ac.uk
Shirin Irvine
TEL Advisor
s.irvine@reading.ac.uk
Maria Papaefthimiou
Senior TEL Advisor
m.c.papaefthimiou@reading.ac.uk
Andy Turner
TEL Applications Manager
a.r.turner@reading.ac.uk
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Technology Enhanced Learning

4. LIMITLESS POTENTIAL | LIMITLESS OPPORTUNITIES | LIMITLESS IMPACT
(e)Assessment: (e)Marking and (e)Feedback
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PREPARING TO TEACH (PGRS)
Technology Enhanced Learning
CQSD
06/11/2016

5. ALL MATERIALS FROM TODAY’S
SESSION ARE AVAILABLE…
Blackboard > Graduate School Organisation > Preparing to Teach
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6. FURTHER SUPPORT AVAILABLE…
Hands-on training session:
6 December, 1.30pm
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7. OBJECTIVES
Post-graduate students with teaching responsibility to be aware of:
 Where UoR stands currently in terms of online submission,
marking & feedback, and what this means for PGRs
 Tools used for online submission, eMarking, eFeedback &
similarity (originality) checking of work
 Where to access relevant resources & support
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8. OVERVIEW
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• Chalk & talk
• LIVE demo of the eAssessment tools on Blackboard
• QUIZ (with prizes!)
• Any Questions?
• What Next?

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10. WHERE IS THE UNIVERSITY RE
ONLINE SUBMISSION, MARKING
& FEEDBACK?
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• Schools are at different stages with regard to using
online submission tools, eMarking / eFeedback & use
of Turnitin’s Similarity checking feature
• Check with your teaching colleagues about which tool/s
you are using – settings & arrangements. (15 day
turnaround)
• EMA Project – Electronic Management of Assessment

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Assignment tools
ONLINE SUBMISSION –
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT

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Specify
Settings
Supporting
Submitting
Marking
&
Feedback
Recording
Marks
Returning
Marks &
Feedback
Reflecting
• Identify assignments
• Decide on process
• Select suitable tool
• Submission point set up
• Instructions to students
• Feedback Plan
• Marking criteria (Rubric)
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• Prepare students for the
assignment
• Provide guidance
• Help guides
• Submission point availability
• Drafts
• Originality Reports (Turnitin only)
• Monitoring late and extensions
• Mark the assignment
• Use your chosen method of
providing feedback
• Moderation / second marking
• Enter Marks
• Grade Centre calculation
• RISIS
• Release marks and feedback
via Grade Centre
• Post Date (Turnitin only)
• Ask students to reflect on
performance
• Review assignment analytics
Assessment Life Cycle for
Assignment tool

13. HAS ANYONE DONE ANY ONLINE
MARKING?
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14. LET’S LOOK AT THE TOOLS
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Turnitin
Bb Assignment

15. WHEN TO USE WHICH TOOL?
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Turnitin
• Individual submission only
• Similarity Report
• Text based assignments
• Single file
Advantages
• Re-usable comments
• Integrated voice comment
• Submit on behalf of a student
• Email non-submitters
Bb Assignment
• Group Assignments too
• Multiple file submission
• Assign multiple markers
Advantages
• Attach feedback file

16. MARKING RUBRICS
What are they?
• A marking tool that uses a set of identified criteria, against which
students’ assignments can be evaluated
• Usually represented as a grid or table with a scale
• Linked to learning outcomes
• Measureable & observable performance
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17. IPAD APP
• Turnitin for iPad
• Off- line marking
• Video https://vimeo.com/71294058
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18. SIMILARITY REPORT
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19. TURNTIN SIMILARITY REPORT
21% of
this
paper
matches
other
sources
Highlights any
text that
matches
sources in the
Turnitin
databases, and
provides links to
them.

20. WHAT IS A SIMILARITY REPORT?
It displays the results of the text matches to internet sources
Checks:
• Websites (& archived)
• Student paper repository (Institutional & UK)
• Some journals & publications
So it can:
• Assist tutors in their professional academic judgment
• Be used as a learning tool to help students check their work
• Be used as part of academic integrity teaching strategy

21. SIMILARITY INDEX
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22. HOW DOES IT HELP?
• Assists in validation of the originality of students’ work
• Provides equality of provision
• Helps maintain standards and quality of awarded marks
• Students can check poor paraphrasing and missing
citations and improve their academic writing
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23. SIMILARITY REPORT:
LIMITATIONS
It does NOT detect:
• Older print sources & books
• Some electronic journals
• Password-protected website content
• Translated foreign language sources
• Mathematical equations
• Graphs, diagrams and images
• If someone else has written it
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24. WHAT IS TURNITIN NOT?
It’s NOT a plagiarism detector
It’s NOT a substitute for an
academic’s professional
judgement
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25. E-ASSESSMENT AT UOR –
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
• Let’s play Kahoot!
• Go to kahoot.it on your mobile device
& get ready for the quiz!
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26. CHALLENGES
Tools are mechanisms for marking & giving
feedback – they don’t solve the challenge of
getting students to engage with their feedback…
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27. KEY MESSAGES
Check arrangements in your School for
online submission, marking & feedback –
which tool & settings are you using?
Avail yourself of resources & support to
enable you to use the tools effectively
Ask for help if you need it!
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28. ASSESSMENT:
TECHNOLOGY CAN HELP!
• Blogs
• Journals
• Wikis
• Discussion Boards
• Tests 29
All can be graded

29. HELP & SUPPORT
• Person-to-person:
• Colleagues & SDTL
• IT Service Desk – email: it@reading.ac.uk
• Online:
• Blackboard > Graduate Organisation > Preparing to Teach
• Support for Staff tab on Blackboard
• Support for Students tab on Blackboard
• TEL blog (http://blogs.reading.ac.uk/tel/)
• Blackboard Help website (https://en-us.help.blackboard.com/)
• Technical:
• IT Service Desk – email: it@reading.ac.uk
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30. FURTHER SUPPORT AVAILABLE…
Hands-on training session (16 places):
6 December, 1.30pm
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Book a place – email: gradschool@reading.ac.uk

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