Keywords: assessment, feedback, grading, marking, plagiarism, referencing, reference.
Please refer to the Digital Assessment - an Overview for an overview of marking in Moodle (regardless of the tool you settle on using - either Moodle or Turnitin).
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Turnitin, used via Moodle, is a platform for setting, receiving, marking and giving feedback on assignments. Turnitin accepts a range of file formats. For text submissions, it can be set to generate an Originality Similarity Report. This means it will compare submitted work against a host of databases and highlight where similarities have been found in text.
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Staff can set up assessments, generate and view Originality Similarity Reports grade work, provide feedback, download submissions and export grades and feedback.
Students can view and interact with feedback, download their marked work, and optionally view Originality Similarity Reports. What students can do, and when, depends on settings chosen by staff.
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- Set up some Test Student Accounts so that you can try out your assignment from a student point of view. Only this This will allow you to anticipate what instructions students will need, and where they should be displayed.
- Consider the kinds of feedback you will give. If you have a Quickmark Set or Rubric you are expected to use, ensure you have access to that.
- Organise a hands-on demonstration session for any other colleagues who will be using Turnitin in the way you anticipate, but are unfamiliar with Turnitin (students are sensitive to inconsistencies of marking approach).
- Think about the instructions you will give students, including information about engaging with their feedback.
- Have the agreed dates for deadlines and release of marks to hand.
- If you are marking anonymously and need to keep copies of anonymised submissions e.g. for External Examiner use later, then write a diary note to download these before anonymity is lifted when marks are released.
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- To add a Turnitin assignment to your course, Turn editing on, then click on the Add an activity or resource link and select Assignment (Turnitin).
- Enter a Turnitin Assignment Name and Summary (use for brief instructions - displays at the top of the Assignment page).
- Some settings we'd particularly like to flag up:
- Anonymous Marking - Student names will be anonymised until the post date and can only be de-anonymised individually and by providing a reason. Once a submission is made, anonymous marking cannot be disabled.
Originality Report Options > Store Student Papers :
Standard Repository: student papers submitted to this assignment are stored in Turnitin and checked against other students' submissions within this assignment, as well as other sources.
- No repository - (not stored in Turnitin, for drafts/testing): student papers are checked against other sources, but not against other submissions to this assignment and the paper is not stored in Turnitin. Use this for testing Turnitin and for drafts, so other (standard repository) submissions won't be matched to it.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save and display.
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