Presentation summary slides for Blackboard #bbtlc15 Thursday 16 april 2015

1. Rubrics – Blackboard, Turnitin and Excel.
Jim Emery
Glasgow Caledonian University

2. Electronic Management of Assessment (EMA)
GCU developing a Digital Strategy
Expectation student submissions will be ‘electronic’
Turnitin seen as the vehicle for delivery
Student feedback to be returned within 21 days
BUT…..
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3. Use of Turnitin in GCU (usage)
Current Survey in progress
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Regularly Variable Never
Create assignments 59% 26% 17%
Use Quickmarks 33% 21% 46%
Create Rubrics 25% 25% 50%

4. Use of Turnitin in GCU (confidence)
Current Survey in progress
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Extremely Moderate Not very
Create assignments 58% 26% 16%
Use Quickmarks 31% 32% 37%
Create Rubrics 29% 30% 41%

5. Rubrics Definition-
A rubric is a scorecard
that can be used to
evaluate student work based on defined criteria and scales
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6. Rubrics Cube
• Turnitin
• Blackboard
• Excel
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7. Marking grid
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8. Turnitin rubric
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9. Turnitin Rubric detail
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10. Excel Spreadsheet
Rubric Value Generator
100% 85% 75% 65% 55% 45% 40% 35% 30% 0%
A++ A+ A B C D D- F UF Zero
30% 30.00% 25.50% 22.50% 19.50% 16.50% 13.50% 12.00% 10.50% 9.00% 0.00%
40% 40.00% 34.00% 30.00% 26.00% 22.00% 18.00% 16.00% 14.00% 12.00% 0.00%
20% 20.00% 17.00% 15.00% 13.00% 11.00% 9.00% 8.00% 7.00% 6.00% 0.00%
10% 10.00% 8.50% 7.50% 6.50% 5.50% 4.50% 4.00% 3.50% 3.00% 0.00%
100% WARNING: Criteria add up to more than 100%
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Developed by John Smith, Learning Technologist, GCU

11. Blackboard rubric
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12. Blackboard rubric 2
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13. Turnitin rubric 1
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14. Turnitin rubric 2
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15. Turnitin rubric 3
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• Quick mark association

16. Turnitin Grading Form 1
A Grading form can be used to provide free form feedback and
scores to evaluate student work based on defined criteria
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17. Turnitin grading form 2
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18. Summary
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Rubrics can help in creating grades and giving feedback in a
transparent way.
You can use Excel to create an electronic marking grid but also
use it for checking rubric accuracy
Blackboard rubrics provide a straightforward integrated
assessment tool as part on an EMA route
Turnitin has additional rubric features which makes it a more
obvious choice as part an EMA package
BUT….

19. Any Questions?
Jim Emery
j.emery@gcu.ac.uk
@gcujime
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A vision of EMA at GCU?
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JISC
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