Moodle/Turnitin GradeMark for Feedback to Students
1. Positive Feedback Control
Using Turnitin’s GradeMark, integrated with Moodle,
to streamline assessment and administration and
give worthwhile feedback to students.*
Stephen Taylor
Bandung International School
18th February 2011
*Catchy, eh?
Stephen Taylor, Bandung International School www.bisdragons.com
2. What’s Going On?
Grab a partner and an interactive whiteboard* and get scribbling.
Share the board.
How do I…
Give Use different coloured
pens.
feedback?
• List the tools or
• strategies you currently
Manage use.
admin?
•
•
*”The $2 IWB” – winner of the Edublog Awards most influential blog post of 2010.
Stephen Taylor, Bandung International School www.bisdragons.com
3. Does it work?
Try to evaluate the strategies you currently use.
Does it allow for
How do I… Evaluation meaningful, retrievable
Give and regular feedback?*
feedback?
Is it convenient for you
• and for the student?
•
Manage Does it support:
admin? - Assessment policy?
• - Academic honesty?
- Student learning?
•
- Time management?
*”Providing Feedback” – Focus on Effectiveness (research-based strategies)
Stephen Taylor, Bandung International School www.bisdragons.com
4. What are my goals?
Set goals for improving your own feedback to students.
In light of discussions
How do I… Evaluation My goals during these PD days,
Give set targets for:
• Long-term change
feedback?
• Immediate action
• • Evaluation
•
Manage Use the RTWeb link for
admin? more ideas in your own
• personal reflective
teaching practice.
•
*”Reflective Teaching” – RTWeb toolbox for reflective teaching
Stephen Taylor, Bandung International School www.bisdragons.com
5. Any more bright ideas?
Keep track of any ideas you have during this session.
If we have time at the
How do I… Evaluation My goals Ideas end of the session, we
Give will share these ideas.
feedback?
Take a snapshot with
• your camera-phone*
• and save it to your own
Manage folder of self-directed
admin? PD resources.
•
•
*”Think Mobiles for Learning” – Thinking Machine by Karen Montgomery
Stephen Taylor, Bandung International School www.bisdragons.com
6. What are our expectations?
These are expected behaviours that we are working towards.
Regular feedback to students and parents The rest of this session
How do I… Evaluation My goals Ideas will focus on how we
Drafting stages of all assessed pieces of work to
Give can use the school’s
ensure originality and aid in time management technologies to
feedback?
implement these goals.
• Support learning skills of self-assessement,
• academic honesty and information literacy This presentation can be
Manage used as a tutorial and is
Transparency and accountability in
admin? posted on Moodle to be
grading (and therefore reporting)
• revisited at your leisure.
•
Streamline administration of courses and
facilitate transitions to new teachers
Stephen Taylor, Bandung International School www.bisdragons.com
7. Let’s get started!
Log in to BIS Moodle and open one of your IBDP classes.
Turnitin WriteCycle has been integrated with Moodle. This means:
• You (and students) never need to log in to Turnitin.com.
• Setting assignments is a simple process.
• Everything can be done through the one browser window.
Stephen Taylor, Bandung International School www.bisdragons.com
8. Set up the assignment
The interface is intuitive, but here are some pointers.
Full tutorial
Clicky-clicky
Use the IBDP Teachers’ Portal on Moodle!
Stephen Taylor, Bandung International School www.bisdragons.com
9. Set up the assignment
Use this time to explore and set up an assignment which:
• Has a final draft
• Has a compulsory first draft
• Has an optional second draft
• Shows deadlines, yet allows submissions after the deadline
• Shows students the Turnitin Originality report immediately,
but allows them to re-upload if they make a mistake
Important notes:
• Grading and returning drafts of IA work is not permitted
BUT:
• Interim submissions are good practice in avoiding plagiarism
• Regular submission of work completed allows the teacher to see if
students are keeping up with a task (e.g. long-term project)
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10. Set up the assignment
Three parts allows for drafts
Set to task maximum score
Students see originality reports
Accepts work, timestamp is red
Allows for honest mistakes to be corrected
Set deadlines here
Stephen Taylor, Bandung International School www.bisdragons.com
11. Set up the assignment
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13. Using GradeMark
Upload a ‘piece of work’ as one of your students:
Any doc will do
Important notes:
• Students can submit their own work easily, here or at home
BUT:
• If they cannot, for whatever reason, you can do it for them
Stephen Taylor, Bandung International School www.bisdragons.com
14. Using GradeMark
Check for submissions:
Important notes:
• Click on the apple or the assignment name to open it.
• ‘Submitted’ in red means late.
• ‘Similarity’ is an overall match to many sources. The content
and citation are more important than the ‘%’ score.
• You can type comments under ‘feedback’ or with GradeMark
BUT:
• GradeMark comments don’t appear here. Students need to
open the work to see.
Stephen Taylor, Bandung International School www.bisdragons.com
15. Using GradeMark
First check for originality:
Any doc will do
Important notes:
• The ‘%’ is not as important as what and where it came from
BUT:
• You can use the links in the overview to view individual sources
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16. Using GradeMark
Then get grading:
Important notes:
• You can drag your comments to the right position or click on
the screen and type fresh comments.
• Build a comment database if you say the same thing regularly
Stephen Taylor, Bandung International School www.bisdragons.com
17. Using GradeMark
Setting up QuickMarks:
Important notes:
• You can add your own comments and sets, and set it up
whichever way suits you best. These are saved with your ID.
Stephen Taylor, Bandung International School www.bisdragons.com
18. Using GradeMark
QuickMark Tricks:
Important notes:
• QuickMarks can be copied into other sets and even exported.
• They appear as blue bubbles on the work, which expand when
you or a student ‘rolls over’. They get listed at the end of the
work if you export it as a pdf or print it later on.
Stephen Taylor, Bandung International School www.bisdragons.com
19. Giving more feedback:
Important notes:
• If you are a faster typist or your handwriting,
like mine, is an unintelligible scrawl, this can
add a lot of value to your feedback.
• When you close this window, the following
screen appears as the grades synchronise
with Moodle:
• Students need to open the assignment to
see feedback, so point them in the right
direction and give a little time to try it.
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20. Using GradeMark
This is what the student gets:
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21. Using GradeMark
How can this reflect good practice?
It should be one of multiple sources of feedback
• Alongside other formative and summative strategies used in your class
It should be specific and addresses targets
• Based on IBDP performance criteria and assessment rubrics
It should be immediate and timely
• Students should self-assess their work before submission
• Students can see grades and comments as soon as they are posted
• Give students opportunities to reflect on their work using your feedback
• Students can refer back to the feedback to learn for next time
It should be descriptive and non-judgmental
• Give students specific points for improvement
It should be used to help affirm self-assessments
• Help students develop the skill of self-assessment
”Leading with the Brain in Mind” – adapted from ideas by John Joseph
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22. Some more tips
Unpack your rubrics to a checklist…
…which corresponds to
your QuickMarks
database.
http://sciencevideos.wordpress.com/ia/
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23. Some more tips
Use interim submissions to keep track of who is on task…
… though you shouldn’t grade and return these drafts.
Check the level of feedback you are allowed to give
students in drafting stages with your subject guide.
Stephen Taylor, Bandung International School www.bisdragons.com
24. Some more tips
Copy-paste a reminder comment into Moodle…
… so that students remember to check your feedback.
Stephen Taylor, Bandung International School www.bisdragons.com
25. Some more tips
Take control of your own professional development…
http://tinyurl.com/69wtr4d
… there are tutorials, news feeds and help sites out there.
Stephen Taylor, Bandung International School www.bisdragons.com
26. Some more tips
This presentation is embedded in BIS Moodle…
At:
• Professional Development
• IBDP Teachers’ Portal
… so you can refer back to it at your leisure.
Stephen Taylor, Bandung International School www.bisdragons.com
27. Useful Resources
”The $2 IWB” (http://tinyurl.com/2wozmqu)
Winner of Edublog Awards most influential blog post of 2010.
”Providing Feedback” (http://tinyurl.com/2d458ar)
Focus on Effectiveness (research-based strategies)
”Reflective Teaching” (http://tinyurl.com/4n55yxz)
RTWeb toolbox for reflective teachers, by Andrew Pollard
”Think Mobiles for Learning” (http://tinyurl.com/23zmc22)
Thinking Machine@pbworks by Karen Montgomery
”Leading with the Brain in Mind” (http://tinyurl.com/4b5ofo5)
adapted from ideas by John Joseph @ Focus Education
Turnitin.com for tutorials and ideas
Including some video resources
Stephen Taylor, Bandung International School www.bisdragons.com