Setting up inboxes for grading offline assessments

Click Turn editing on

Go to the Assessment section of the module for adding assessment information and assessment inboxes.

Click on the Add an activity or resource menu in the section

Select the Assignment (Turnitin Type) option

The only default settings you will need to set/change will be:

General

Turnitin assignment name: Give your assignment a name under 40 characters e.g. offline presentation feedback (no submission required)

Summary: Information about feedback and marking can be added if here needed and if needed a reminder that students are not required to submit to this inbox.

Anonymous Marking: No

Assignment Part 1

Start date: Set a date that has already passed

Due Date: Set a date that has already passed

Post date: The post date should still be the date that you want students to be able to see their feedback and grades

Originality report options

Allow Submissions after the Due Date: No

Grademark Options

You can choose to attach a rubric to this assignment if required

• Quantitative rubric – used for numerical scoring. This type of rubric allows you to enter scale values and criteria percentages. The criteria percentages combined must equal 100% as each criterion represents a percentage of the student’s overall grade. The maximum grade value for this type of rubric will be the same as the highest scale value entered.
• Qualitative rubric – used for providing feedback without the use of numerical scoring. The scale and criteria used for this type of rubric are more descriptive than measurable.
• Custom rubric – can be modified to suit your grading needs. Descriptive scales and criteria can be entered while each rubric cell can be allocated its own point value as well as written feedback.
• Grading form – used for providing feedback with or without the use of numerical scoring or scaled criteria. The criteria used is more descriptive than measurable and each criterion is standard as opposed to having scaled levels like in rubrics. Numerical scoring can be added for each individual criterion and these will be added together to create an overall grade.

Common module settings

Visible: Hide – making the inbox visible can avoid confusing students as they may think they should have submitted work to the inbox. You must remember to unhide the inbox in time for when the marks are due to be released.

Group mode: Group mode can be used to split students into groups for marking purposes if useful. Setting up groups for multiple markers.

Click Save and return to course.

Adding grades and feedback

• To start giving feedback, just click on the grey pencil icon alongside a student’s name, a pop up message will appear you need to ensure you click ‘OK’ to confirm you are grading without a submission and then a “Grading Template” will appear under the Submission Title column along with a Turnitin Paper ID. Then the pencil icon will have turned blue. Click on it again to open the Document viewer and commence marking.
• Be aware that creating the grading template will send off a notification of submission to the students university inbox so you may wish to notify your students of this.

Revealing grades and feedback

Once you are ready to reveal your marks and feedback you will need to make two changes;

1. Unhide the assignment link on the module page – Turn editing on. Next to the assignment click the Edit menu and select Show.
2. If you are ready to reveal the grades and feedback you will need to make sure the Post date has passed. Click on the assignment link and hover your mouse over the post date setting. Click on the setting to change the dates and then click the blank area underneath the date to save the change.

For more information on grading and feedback in Turnitin, including using rubrics please follow our guidance on grading your assignments in Turnitin

Click on the link below for video guidance on setting up a Moodle assignment for grading offline/practical assessments:

Moodle Assignment for Practical Assessments

Setting up a Moodle assignment will enable you to easily add grades and comments to a spreadsheet offline for easy upload when you’re back online. You just need to make sure you set up the inbox first to enable you to produce the spreadsheet that you can then add grades and comments to.

Set up a moodle assignment

Turn editing on < Add an activity or resource < Assignment (moodle type).

Settings to change: 

General

Assignment name: Give your assignment a name under 40 characters e.g. offline presentation feedback (no submission required)

Summary: Information about feedback and marking can be added if here needed and if needed a reminder that students are not required to submit to this inbox.

• Availability: set start and due dates and due dates as past and that the cut off date is ticked and is also a date in the past e.g. the same as the due date. This will avoid students being able to submit to the inbox.
• Feedback types: double check Offline grading worksheet is ticked (should be default)
• Common module settings: select Hide next to availability.

Download a grading worksheet

• Open the assignment,  and click View all submissions. At the very top underneath the title where is says Grading action, select Download Grading worksheet.
• Add marks and feedback to relevant columns of Grading worksheet.
• Save as CSV (MS-DOS).

Upload a completed grading worksheet

Open the assignment,  and click View all submissions. At the very top underneath the title where is says Grading action, select Upload grading worksheet (CSV)

Check the marks and comments have been added as expected

Release marks & feedback to students (students are automatically notified)

Select all users < at the very bottom of the list of students, select Set marking workflow state < Released (email will go out to students to say marks & feedback are ready).

Students will need to click on the moodle assignment link for their results.