Comparison Here we set out a comparison of main technologies for assignments at UCL
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| Red | No, or inconvenient |
| Yellow | Provisionally, with workarounds |
| Blue | Yes |
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| Your need | Moodle Assignment | Turnitin | MyPortfolio | Moodle Workshop (Peer marking) |
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| Your need | Moodle Assignment | Turnitin | MyPortfolio | |
| Type of submission | ||||
| Different media. | Yes, any type. | Word processed & image files. | Yes, with embeds and attachments | Yes, any type. |
| Multiple files. | Yes, up to 20 or any number zipped. | Yes, multipart submissions with different deadlines. | Yes. | Yes, up to 20 or any number zipped. |
| Upload limit | 160Mb per upload. | 40Mb per upload. | Default of 500Mb per user (and additionally 500Mb per group - embeds are a good way to include rich media. | 160Mb per upload. |
| Arrange and present different materials. | May not be the best platform. However, students can upload a zipped up website or other files, or submit a link to where these are hosted outside Moodle. | No. | Yes. | May not be the best platform. However, students can upload a zipped up website or other files, or submit a link to where these are hosted outside Moodle. |
| Collaborative work | ||||
| Group submission. | Yes. | No. | Yes. | No. |
| Records of individual contributions. | No. | No. | No. | No. |
| Peer assessment of group work process i.e. other group members, not the product. | No. | No. | No. | No. |
| Peer / self marking | ||||
| Peer / self marking - feedback only. | Use Moodle Workshop. | Use Turnitin Peermark. | Either in comments on pages or using Moodle Workshop. | Yes |
| Peer / self marking - including numeric grade. | Use Moodle Workshop. | No grade but use Turnitin PeerMark to give feedback. | If in combination with Moodle Workshop - by submitting and marking a link to the wiki. | Yes. |
| Peer / self marking with structured marksheet. | Use Moodle Workshop. | Use Turnitin Peermark. | If in combination with Moodle Workshop - by submitting and marking a link to the published material. | Yes. |
| Marking and feedback | Moodle Assignment | Turnitin | MyPortfolio | Moodle Workshop |
| Feedback appears in MyFeedback report. | Yes. | Via a link to the original. | No - or not unless feedback is given via a Moodle Assignment or Gradebook item. | Yes. |
| Similarity detection (possible plagiarism cases, poor academic writing, &c) | No. However, it is possible to allow students to use Turnitin in advance, or to ask them to run the typographic parts of their work through Turnitin as well. | A check, not comprehensive so best used in the context of supporting students' academic writing development. | No. However, it is possible to allow students to use Turnitin in advance, or to ask them to run the typographic parts of their work through Turnitin as well. | No. However, it is possible to allow students to use Turnitin in advance, or to ask them to run the typographic parts of their work through Turnitin as well. |
| Markers can be notified (e.g. by email) of submissions. | Yes. | No - though these are only really needed if either there's no deadline, or you are expecting submissions after the deadline. | No - though these are only really needed if either there's no deadline, or you are expecting submissions after the deadline. | Yes. There is also a comprehensive dashboard showing who has completed which phase of the activity. |
| Inline comments. | Yes - direct annotation on PDF submissions; otherwise download document for annotation and upload as feedback file. | Yes - direct annotation with bubble comments or typing. | Not technically, but comments can be enabled below each page, so if the pages are sufficiently granular, the comments can be too. | May not be the best platform. Possible if the submission is in a format which enables comments e.g. word processed or PDF format. |
| Offline digital marking | Yes. | Only on iPad. | Possible but probably not practical | Possible but not really enabled. Peer markers are usually expected to complete a form which acts as a framework for marking. |
| Print to paper for marking | Yes. | Yes. | Possible but probably not practical | Depends on whether submission is directly into Moodle or uploaded as e.g. word processed file. |
| Bulk upload / sync Marks, feedback. | Yes - bulk upload of feedback files and marks. | Sync only on iPad - with caveats. | If in combination with Moodle Assignment then possible to use offline marksheet. | No. |
| Rubric Criteria plotted against levels of achievement. | Yes. | Yes. | If in combination with Moodle Assignment. | Yes. Through design of the questions peer markers answer. |
| Structured marksheet (rubric) Criteria with space for comments. | Yes. Highly configurable, with space to comment on each criterion. Can optionally be used to generate marks. | Yes. But lacks space to comment on each criterion. More straightforward (than Moodle) to generate feedback only. | If in combination with Moodle Assignment. | Yes. Through design of the questions peer markers answer. |
| Administration | Moodle Assignment | Turnitin | MyPortfolio | Moodle Workshop |
| Grant extension (i.e. without being marked late or incurring penalties) | Yes - extensions fully configurable at tutor's discretion. | No. It's possible to Allow Submissions After the Due Date but not without being marked as late. The Turnitin/Moodle integration doesn't allow for extensions in Moodle Gradebook. | Not really - students can be allowed to submit after the deadline but tutor must keep records elsewhere. | Not really - students can be allowed to submit after the deadline but tutor must keep records elsewhere. |
| Automate penalties | Yes. | No. | No | Yes |
| Marking policy | Moodle Assignment | Turnitin | MyPortfolio | Moodle Workshop |
| Open second marking | Yes, there is a Workflow to help with the stages. However, markers need to manually initial any comments. No way to hide second marker's comments from students, unless they're deleted. | Yes but markers need to manually initial any comments. No way to hide second marker's comments from students unless they're deleted. | Provisionally - marking happens outside MyPortfolio eg in Moodle Assignment. | |
| Blind second marking | Yes if the second marker downloads marksheet for offline marking. | If workarounds are used e.g. markers record marks and feedback outside Turnitin. | Provisionally - marking happens outside MyPortfolio eg in Moodle Assignment. | |
| Anonymous marking | Yes, including after student receives first marker feedback, provided the anonymised submissions are downloaded beforehand. | Only before students receive first marker feedback. | No. | Yes. Configurable for either or both submitters and markers |
| External examining | Yes but to maintain anonymity (if used), externals should be given the downloaded still-anonymous submissions and downloaded marks. | Yes but to maintain anonymity (if used), externals should be given the downloaded still-anonymous submissions and downloaded marks. | Yes. |
| Submission options | Moodle | Turnitin Assignment (in Moodle) | Wiseflow | Reflect | MYPortfolio | Crowdmark (Departmentally managed) |
| File uploads: PDF, Word, Images. | Yes - both Assignment and Quiz activities | Yes | Yes. FLOWassign allows for PDF only, FLOWhandin for different formats (see below) | Yes but they need to be linked to or embedded into Blog posts. | Yes | Yes. Supports PDF (25MB limit), png or jpeg (12MB limit). Total file limit is unlikely to be reached for assessments (approx 500+ pages of material, both images and PDFs) |
| Interactive online questions (MCQs etc) | Yes (Quiz activity) | No | Yes (FLOWmulti only) | No | No | Yes. There is limited functionality compared to Moodle or Wiseflow in terms of marking options and types of questions. |
| Upload multiple files | Yes - both Assignment and Quiz activities | Yes - need to create a Section for each File | Yes, up to 5GB of content. FLOWassign only supports PDF (max size 200MB) for main upload, can accept other file types as appendix material. FLOWhandin will accept any file type(s) for main submission. | Yes but they need to be linked to or embedded into Blog posts. | Yes but they need to be linked to or embedded into Portfolio Pages or collections | Yes. Can upload multiple files (PDF - 25MB max, Image - 12MB max). If answers are typed in directly into text box, student can upload supplementary files in different formats (20MB limit). |
| Collaborative activity (on platform) | Yes there are a range of collaborative activities available on Moodle e.g. Wiki, Forums, Glossary, Database, Board. | Not group work but can do peer marking | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Multi-media files (video/audio) upload | Yes in Moodle Assignment up to 20GB. Upload takes place using Lecturecast Echo 360 plug in. Assignment submissions are not recommended to be hosted on Media Central). | No | Yes (FLOWhandin only). Could upload multimedia files to FLOWassign as appendix material. Mp4 files can be viewed in platform. | No but can be embedded | No but can be embedded | Yes. Need to set up an online assessment with text answer questions, they can attach and upload files (20MB limit per file).Attachments generate a link for marker access. Cannot watch videos in platform, need to download. |
| Direct input of responses into text boxes. | Yes (Quiz, Glossary, Wiki, Forums) | No | Yes (FLOWmulti only) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Groupwork | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes can have group submissions. Multiple people can upload and add to submission. |
| Ability to type mathematical /chemical formulas directly into platform. | Yes | No | LaTeX possible in Maths/ Chemistry question types in FLOWmulti | Yes | Yes, math editor with LaTeX support is available however this is not user friendly | Yes. Can also type in latex (doesn’t have latex editor so have to type code but most maths people will know how to do this) |
| Anonymised | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes for those with 'Grader' role. |
| Marking and feedback | Moodle | Turnitin Assignment (in Moodle) | Wiseflow | Reflect | MYPortfolio | Crowdmark (Departmentally managed) |
| Marking within system | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Comments can be written directly into Portfolio and grades suggested but there is no place to directly enter grades. Grades should be recorded in Moodle. | Yes |
| Double marking within system | No | No | Yes (for FLOWassign/ FLOWhandin) | No | No | Yes |
| Messaging between markers | No | No | No | No | No | Partially - can use tags |
| Blind marking | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes. Default on system is blind marking. Can change settings to make visible, dependent on roles. |
| Written feedback to students within system | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes, can include latex, formulas, hyperlinks and images. |
| Audio feedback to students | Yes | Yes | Yes, in-platform via rubric or record separately and attach via a comment | No | Could record and then attach file to comment but can't record directly into platform. | Could record and then post link but can't record directly into platform. |
| Turnitin integration | Yes for Assignments and Quiz | Yes | Yes for pdf uploads (FLOWassign) | No | No | No |
| Peer review and comments? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Comment library/ easy reuse of feedback | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| Ability to use rubrics within system | Yes - can be built in system. (Assignments only) | Yes - can be built in system. | Yes - can be built in system. | No | No | No. Can create a comment library and attach points to comments. |
| Inline annotation | Yes for Assignments | Yes | Yes, in FLOWassign/ FLOWlock. Can provide annotations for individual questions in FLOWmulti but not inline. | No | No | Yes |
| Access for externals | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes - download results and there is a link to each indivdual exam. They then only see primary evaluation. Or can add them to the system. |
| Ability to type mathematical /chemical formulas directly into platform (for feedback) | Yes | No | No LaTeX support in comments or annotations. Could use Maths/ Chemistry essay questions built into a custom rubric but this would be very situational | No | Yes, math editor with LaTeX support is available however this is not user friendly | Yes. Including latex format for Maths and Chemistry |
| Ability to write in answers by hand | No | No | Yes on tablet in FLOWassign/ FLOWlock only. Sensitivity depends on kind of tablet you have. Can be slow. Drawings/ handwriting can't be edited. | No | No | Yes on tablet. Sensitivity depends on kind of tablet you have. Can be slow. |
| Delineating first or second marker | No | No | No | No | No | Yes. Primary evaluation is what gets downloaded and what the student sees. Can delineate who wrote which feedback |
| Download/export submissions | Yes | Yes | Yes for pdf submissions but without annotations. Can export score per question and overall grade as a .csv file for FLOWmulti submissions | No | Yes | Yes. Can export grades per question and the overall grade. Or download pdf files with folder for each student. |
| Marking and feedback | Moodle | Turnitin Assignment (in Moodle) | Wiseflow | Reflect | MYPortfolio | Crowdmark (Departmentally managed) |
| Administration | Moodle | Turnitin Assignment (in Moodle) | Wiseflow | Reflect | MYPortfolio | Crowdmark (Departmentally managed) |
| Integrated with SITS? | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Download/export grades | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Reporting | No | No | Yes (limited) | No | No | Yes. Results page gives you grade distribution etc. Can also identify student participation/completion (not viewed, viewed, started, etc). |
| Start and end dates enabled (submission, marking period etc) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Can amend/ extend deadlines (e.g. for ECs or SORA student). | Yes | No, can only amend post date for feedback. | Yes, for the entire cohort or for individuals. Can also extend marking deadline for specific student submissions. | No | No | Yes |
| Administrator can have role that enables them to assign/change roles of others and their own (i.e. view as participant, marker etc) | Yes | Yes | Yes (Manager role can assign markers, reviewers and author roles) | No | No | Yes. 'Instructor' role can assign and change roles of others. Instructor can see everything in module. Could be admin or academic. Can use preview function to see what students will see as well as individual student page |