TurnItIn for Insturctors: User Guides, Manuals & Tutorials: Grading with Feedback Studio

Drag and drop QuickMarks from the QuickMarks library

1. Click on the QuickMarks icon from the blue Grading toolbar.

2. Select a specific set or use the search box to search for a specific QuickMark.

3. Drag your QuickMark from the panel and drop it into the relevant part of the paper.

4. To leave a comment together with your QuickMark, click your QuickMark title on the paper & scroll down & click on the Add comment to begin typing, then click outside of the comment to save your comment.

5. A comment left alongside a QuickMark.

Delete a QuickMark

1. Click the QuickMark.

2. Click the trash can icon in the bottom left-hand corner of the QuickMark box to delete it.

Add a QuickMark on the paper to a selected text

1. Select the part of text you would like to associate the QuickMark with & click the QuickMark icon.



 

 

 

2. Click the set title, a drop down list will appear to change the active library of QuickMarks



 

 

 

 

 

3. Choose your preferred QuickMark to leave it on the paper.



 

4. If you would like to leave a comment alongside your QuickMark, click your QuickMark title & scroll down till you find the Add comment field to begin typing.

Add a QuickMark on the paper without selecting a text

1. Click on the paper and select the QuickMark icon to choose a QuickMark to leave on the paper.



 

 

 

2. Continue the steps 2&3 above.

Add a Bubble Comment without selecting a text

1. Click on the paper where you would like to leave your comment, then click the speech bubble comment icon.



 

 

 

2. Type your comment in the Add Comment field, then highlight the text you wish to format using the formatting tool to bold, italicize, underline, or hyperlink. Press outside the comment box to save your text.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. This is how your comment appears.

Add a Bubble Comment to a selected text

1. Select the part of text you would like to associate the comment with & click the speech bubble icon.



 

 

 

2. Continue the steps 2&3 above.

Delete a Bubble Comment

1. Click the blue bubble comment.
2. Click the trash can icon in the bubble comment box.

Convert a Bubble Comment to a QuickMark

To reuse these bubble comments into this assignments or other assignments, you can convert them into a QuickMark.

1. Click the blue bubble comment.
2. Click Convert to QuickMark in the bubble comment box.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Set a title and assign the QuickMark to a specific set, then Click the Save button.



 

 

 

 

 

4. Your QuickMark will now appear on the paper.

Assign a Criterion to a Bubble Comment

The Assign Criterion option will only appear within your bubble comment options if a rubric or grading form is attached to the assignment you are grading.

1. Click the blue bubble comment.
2. Click the Assign Criterion button, a list of your rubric or grading form's criterion will appear to choose one of them to your bubble comment.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. The bubble comment icon will be displayed with a rubric icon inside it.

Add an inline comment

1. Click anywhere on a paper & choose the T icon from the in-context marking tool, then type your comment.



 

 

 

2. Your inline comment will appear like this.

Note: You can move a comment by clicking and dragging it to anywhere on the paper.

Delete an Inline Comment

1. Hover over the comment with your mouse.
2. Click the trash can icon that appears above the comment.

Instead of using Inline comments, you can strikethrough a piece of text.

Add a Strikethrough text

1. Highlight the text, then click the S icon.



 

 

 

2. Your text will appear like this.



 

 

Delete a Strikethrough

1. To remove the strikethrough from your text, hover over the text with your mouse and click the trash canicon that appears above.



 

 

A voice comment can be recorded using your computer's microphone and it's up to three minutes long.

1. Click the Feedback Summary icon from the blue grading toolbar.



 

 

 

2. Click the record button to start recording.



 

 

3. During recording, the record button will change to a || pause button, click pauseto pause the recording temporary or click the record button to continue.



 

 

4. If you have finished, click theStop button.

A text Summary Comment is used for providing an overall feedback on a paper.

1. Click the Feedback Summary icon from the blue grading toolbar.



 

 

 

2. You can leave a text comment by clicking in the text box provided, and begin typing. Your comment will automatically be saved

Access the Rubric and Form Manager

From the Class home page

1. Click on the class name.



 

2. Click on the Libraries tab located above.

From the Feedback Studio

1. Click on the Rubric icon from the blue grading toolbar.

From the Assignment inbox

1. Click on Edit assignment settings.



 

 

2. Click on Optional settings.



 

3. Scroll down and click on Launch Rubric/Form Manager.

1. Click on the Rubric icon from the blue grading toolbar.



 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Click the cog icon in the Rubric/Form side panel to open the Rubric and Form Manager.



 

 

3. Click the menu icon in the top left corner of the Manager and choose "Create new rubric".



 

 

 

4. Click on the Scoring link in the top right-hand corner of the Manager to identify the rubric type: Standard, Qualitative or Custom them enter a name for your rubric by clicking on Enter rubric name here. To save your title, click anywhere outside of the text field.



 

 

5. To add either extra rows of criteria or scale columns , click on the + icon.



 

 

 

6. To enter the scale title or value / edit the name, description, or percentage value of a criterion, click directly onto the relevant field and type. Press enter or click anywhere outside of the text field to finish editing.



 

 

 

 

 

7. Once the rubric is complete, click Save at the bottom right and click Attach to Assignment toggle to attach it to the assignment, then click Close.

Note: Changing or detaching a rubric will remove all existing scoring from papers in this assignment. Overall grades for previous graded papers will remain.

1. Click on the Rubric icon from the blue grading toolbar.



 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Click the cog icon in the Rubric/Form side panel to open the Rubric and Form Manager.



 

 

3. Click the menu icon in the top left corner of the Manager and choose "Create new rubric".



 

 

 

4. Click on the Scoring menu in the top right-hand corner of the Manager to identify the rubric type: as Custom then enter a name for your rubric by clicking on Enter rubric name here. To save your title, click anywhere outside of the text field.



 

 

5. Type the name and description of each criterion. Press enter or click anywhere outside of the text field to save your text.
6. To add either extra rows of criteria, click on the + icon.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. To enter the scale title or value, click directly onto the relevant field and type. Press enter or click anywhere outside of the text field to save your text.
8. To add extra scale columns click on the + icon to the right of the Scale header.



 

 

 

 

 

 

9. Once the rubric is complete, click Save at the bottom right and click Attach to Assignment toggle to attach it to the assignment, then click Close.

1. Click on the Rubric icon from the blue grading toolbar.



 

 

 

 

2. Click the cog icon in the Rubric/Form side panel to open the Rubric and Form Manager.



 

 

3. Click the menu icon in the top left corner of the Manager and click the Upload Rubric/Grading Form.



 

 

 

4. To upload your rubric or grading form(s), you can either drag and drop your file into the Rubric and Form Manager or you can browse your computer to select the file.

Note: check the file requirements for uploading rubric/grading forms.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Once your file has uploaded successfully, click the Open button to open the rubric in the Rubric and Form Manager.

Note: rubrics can be uploaded in .rbc, .xls, .xlsc files. Excel file requirements are as follows: Criteria titles must be 13 characters or less, there is a limit of 20 scale columns and 50 criteria rows.

Grading with Sliders

By moving the sliders, scores can be assigned for each criterion. Click the Apply to Grade button will show the total grade of the assignment. The chosen rubric will appear on the right of screen..

1. Click on the Rubric icon from the blue grading toolbar.



 

 

 

 

 

2. Set your score using the rubric sliders. Move the blue circle to the correct score or click directly on the score you'd like to give. Once you have set all scores, click Apply to Grade.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. The total score of the paper will appear.

To continue grading another student papers, use the navigation arrows in the Feedback Studio, or use the navigation drop down list to select a specific paper. This will automatically change the paper you are scoring.

Grading in the Expanded Rubric Manager

By using the Rubric in a new window to grade papers. To navigate to other students, use the navigation options stated above

1. Click on the Rubric icon from the blue grading toolbar.



 

 

 

 

 

2. Click on the expand rubric icon to the right of the currently selected rubric title.



 

 

3. The expanded rubric will be displayed in a full size in order to allow instructors to easily click a criterion description to give your student a score for that criterion then click the Apply to Grade button at the bottom to apply the score to your student's grade.

To continue grading other student papers in the expanded rubric, use the navigation options arrows in the Feedback Studio, or use the navigation drop down to select a specific paper

Note: Changing or detaching a grading form will remove all existing scoring from papers in this assignment. Overall grades for previous graded papers will remain.

Grading forms can be modified after creation.

From the Feedback Studio

1. Click on the Rubric/Form icon from the blue grading toolbar.



 

 

 

 

 

2. Click the cog icon in the Rubric/Form side panel to open the Rubric and Form Manager.



 

 

 

3. Change the grading form as needed by clicking into any field and begin typing. Click anywhere outside of the field to finish then click Save .

Access the Rubric and Form Manager in different ways:

From the Class home page

1. Click on the class name.



 

 

2. Click on the Libraries tab located above.



 

 

 

3. Click on Rubric/Form Manager.

From the Feedback Studio

1. Click on the Rubric icon from the blue grading toolbar.

From the Assignment inbox

1. Click on Edit assignment settings.



 

 

 

2. Click on Optional settings.



 

3. Scroll down and click on Launch Rubric/Form Manager.

• Access the Rubric and Form Manager
• Click the Menu icon
• Click on Upload rubric/grading form from the dropdown menu



 

 

 

 

 

• To upload your grading form(s), you can either drag and drop your file(s) into the Rubric and Form Manager, or browse your computer to select the file.

Note: grading forms only support .rbc files.