marking online and offline with grademark

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Andrea Ward – Management SchoolJames Goldingay – TEL Team

Marking online and offline with GradeMark

#Telfest

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

GradeMark – benefits for staff1. 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!

GradeMark – Current staff challenges1. 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…

GradeMark – Benefits to studentsNo Students were hurt or bribed!

Streamed video – not available here.

GradeMark – Benefits to studentsQualitative 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”

•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)

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