#grademark

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Turnitin Academy Newsletter - September 2013

It can be difficult to find the right balance between giving students the thoughtful feedback that their assignments deserve and spending too much time grading-which could lead to fatigue, stress, and inconsistency in grading.

The latest Turnitin Academy newsletter features free professional development opportunities to learn about using GradeMark, a powerful set of grading tools that UIUonline instructors can use along with the new Turnitin integration with LearningStudio. 

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Turnitin Academy Newsletter - September 2013

It can be difficult to find the right balance between giving students the thoughtful feedback that their assignments deserve and spending too much time grading-which could lead to fatigue, stress, and inconsistency in grading.

The latest Turnitin Academy newsletter features free professional development opportunities to learn about using GradeMark, a powerful set of grading tools that UIUonline instructors can use along with the new Turnitin integration with LearningStudio. 

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Grademark - Part 1

Recently staff have started using Grademark within Turnitin. They report that it is more efficient in providing feedback on scripts.

Initially you have to create a data-bank of "comments" that can then be applied to the students work. The feedback it allows you to provide is both eligible and vast compared to the written feedback that used to be given.

The digital feedback is easy to place on the script by just highlighting an area and double clicking the "Comment".

There are also possibilities in attaching audio to the feedback as well.

Our institution allows the use of MP3 files using Adobe Connect 8 which then creates a hyperlink that can be embedded into a comment within Grademark.  

(See later posts regards audio feedback)