Chapter 4: GradeMarkŠ Turnitin Instructor User Manual
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1. r SE d JE A JG J LE Use eure LY i me f XN Nove VY ay d f PIA VAR Lei MALUM A LJE d Lu wm i I J HH FT aT L End Land i Turnitin Instructor User Manual Chapter 4 GradeMark Updated August 23 2011 Copyright 1998 2011 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook 87 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Introduction GradeMark Paperless Grading Introduction With GradeMark an instructor is able to edit and grade student papers online The instructor can add comments within the body of the paper point out grammar and punctuation mistakes evaluate the paper against qualitative or quantitative rubrics assess the student s performance within the class and enter a grade for the paper that is automatically saved into GradeBook optional GradeMark offers a grammar and spelling checker e rater to automatically scan and mark up papers with grammar and spelling errors GradeMark is currently designed for full compatibility with the following browsers Internet Explorer 7 x and 8 x Windows Mozilla Firefox 3 x Windows Mac OS X Google Chrome 4 and above Windows Mac OS X Safari Mac OS X Other browsers can be used to view or access this product but may not have access to the full functions and features GradeMark is best used with one of the approved browsers Note GradeMark works best when the text of th2. Topic Sentence TS 4 Click on the Actions link to the right of the Marks column header and click on the Other button 5 Click on the Archive option Remove from this set Copyright 1998 2011 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook 100 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Exporting and Importing QuickMark Sets Note A QuickMark with a lock symbol to the right of its name in the MARKS list cannot be removed from the Turnitin provided sets Composition Format Punctuation and Usage A Warning Archiving a QuickMark will remove it from all QuickMark sets in the QuickMark Manager A Warning Instructors may only add delete copy or edit QuickMark sets and marks that they own QuickMark sets with a lock icon to the right of the set name cannot be modified and are provided by Turnitin or the account administrator Exporting and Importing QuickMark Sets Within the QuickMark Manager instructors can export QuickMark sets to share with other instructors or import QuickMark sets to use when grading papers with GradeMark Unlike sharing once a QuickMark set has been imported into an account it is then owned by that instructor who may then make any desired changes to the QuickMark comments To export QuickMark sets 1 Click on the QuickMark Manager icon within the QuickMark sidebar Select text and click the Comment Comment button to highlight text associated
3. ctive set has the circle next to its name filled in with blue Click on the name of the set to add to the sidebar Click the Make this the active set link in the far right column Close the library by clicking on the Close link in the bottom right corner of the QuickMark Manager The QuickMark comments within the active QuickMark set will now be displayed in the QuickMark sidebar To change the active QuickMark set without opening the QuickMark Manager click on the QuickMark set list icon to the left of the active set name and select the set to use to mark up the paper Composition Composition Marks Copyright 1998 2011 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook 93 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Creating QuickMark Sets To add a QuickMark editing mark to a paper If the QuickMark sidebar is not open Click on the QuickMark button below the sidebar Click the QuickMark comment to add it to the center of the paper or click and drag the comment to the desired location on the paper Hovering over a A well organized paragraph supports or develops a QuickMark will display the description Be ee eee ee of the mark in the blue tinted area below the QuickMark sidebar thesis of the paragraph and unify the of the rest of the To associate a highlight with a QuickMark comment select the text p e on the paper and then click on the Great Expectati One ester QuickMark com
4. e by holding the command button for Mac users or control button 5 Needs Topic Sentence for PC users while selecting marks To Support select all the marks click on the Select all link Click on the Actions link to the right of the MARKS column A bx Add to set New set Other Click on the New set button Enter a name for the new set and then click on the Save button The new set will be created with the marks that were selected Copyright 1998 2011 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook 95 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Creating QuickMark Comments Creating QuickMark Comments Instructors can create their own QuickMark comments in the QuickMark Manager or transform a regular comment on a paper into a QuickMark This allows instructors to create class or curriculum specific marks that may not be part of the sets provided by Turnitin or the account administrator To create a new QuickMark 1 Click on the QuickMark Manager icon from the QuickMark sidebar Select text and click the Comment button to highlight text associated with a comment Click the name of the set to add a new QuickMark to Click the icon next to the MARKS column header Enter the following information for the new mark a title a description Click Save to save the new QuickMark symbol into the select
5. e submissions have double spaced text An instructor can access the GradeMark system from any one of four locations within Turnitin e the assignment inbox e a student portfolio e viewing a paper after clicking on the paper title e from the GradeBook grading page To mark a paper in the GradeMark system from the assignment inbox student portfolio page or GradeBook grading page the instructor will click on the pencil icon under the grade column to the right of the paper that needs to be marked A new window will open displaying the GradeMark interface Using this interface an instructor can add marks general comments and location specific comments to a student paper as well as entering a numeric grade TITLE SIMILARITY GRADE RESPONSE The Convicts Shadow 2796 EN Groomed for Revenge 1496 EN Note If no icon appears in the GradeMark column then the paper has not been submitted by the student to the assignment Copyright 1998 2011 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook 88 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Grading Marks Grading Marks The GradeMark system contains several tools and types of mark that instructors can use in grading and assessing papers These include e comments e inline comments e QuickMark comments e rubric scorecards e general comments Comments A comment is equivalent to the notes that an instructor may write in the margins of a paper A commen
6. ed set Manage Libra ji Click on the Comment button on the WINTER side bar or click anywhere on the paper Jitton to highlight text associ to add a comment to the paper 2 Enter the comment description within the text field More Options Copyright 1998 2011 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook 96 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Editing QuickMark Comments To create a new QuickMark from a regular comment made to a paper 3 Click on the More Options link ie Options More Options ES uus m wu Yo 4 Enter a title for the QuickMark This title will be displayed on the paper Select a set to add this QuickMark to by clicking on the drop down menu below Save as QuickMark Add to set xis TLE BET Composition Note QuickMark comments that are not added to a set will be located within All us in the QuickMark manager 5 Click Save to save the new QuickMark comment Editing QuickMark Comments QuickMark comments can be edited from within the QuickMark Manager Any edits that are made to a QuickMark are applied to every instance where this mark appears in your students papers To edit a QuickMark comment 1 Click on the QuickMark Manager icon within the QuickMark sidebar Select text and click the Comment nume 2 Click on the name of the QuickMark set containing the mark to edit Then click on the QuickMark you would like to edit Note If a lock
7. hiving or Removing a QuickMark from a Set To copy a mark to an existing QuickMark set 4 Click on the Actions link under the search field 5 Click on the Add to set button 6 Select the set from the list that you would like to add the marks to Archiving or Removing a QuickMark from a Set A QuickMark can not be completely deleted from the system but may be removed from all active sets and archived To remove marks from a QuickMark set 1 Click on the QuickMark Manager icon within the QuickMark sidebar Select text and click tha Comment Comment button to highlight text associated with a comment VLUITIDOSILOTI MATRAS Format 2 Click on the name of a QuickMark set dz 3 Select the marks to remove 7 Needs Topic Sentence MAF gt TS Copyright 1998 2011 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook 99 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Archiving or Removing a QuickMark from a Set To remove marks from a QuickMark set 4 Click on the Actions link to the right of the Marks column header and click on the Other button 5 Click on the Remove from this set Apc option 1 Click on the QuickMark Manager icon within the QuickMark sidebar Select text and click the Comment button to highlight text associated with a comment VLUITIDOSIUOTI MATRAS Format 2 Click on the name of a QuickMark set 3 Select the marks to remove 7 Needs
8. icon appears next to a QuickMark within the Marks list it cannot be edited A lock icon indicates a QuickMark that is either shared by the account administrator or is provided by Turnitin Copyright 1998 2011 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook 97 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Copying Marks to an Existing Set To edit a QuickMark comment 3 An Edit button will appear in the top right corner of the QuickMark manager Click the Edit button to edit the QuickMark Improve Title 4 Edit the information for the mark Your title needs work 5 Click Save to save the changes made to the mark in this QuickMark set Copying Marks to an Existing Set Marks within a QuickMark set can be copied to existing QuickMark sets To copy a mark to an existing QuickMark set 1 Click on the QuickMark Manager icon within the QuickMark sidebar Select text and click the Comment button to highlight text associated with a comment 2 Click the name of the QuickMark set containing the mark s to copy 3 Select the marks to copy Multi select within the QuickMark manager can be done by holding the command button for Mac users or control button for PC users while selecting marks To 7 Needs Topic Sentence select all the marks click on the Select o Support all link Copyright 1998 2011 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 98 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Arc
9. l instructors on an account Instructors can also create and share rubric scorecards allowing other instructors to upload the rubric scorecard to their classes There are three rubric types Standard rubric allows you to enter scale values and criteria percentages The maximum value for the Standard rubric will be the same as the highest scale value entered Custom rubric allows you to enter any value directly into the rubric cells The maximum value for the Custom rubric will be the sum of the highest value entered in each of the criteria rows Qualitative rubric allows you to create a rubric that has no numeric scoring To create a standard rubric scorecard 1 Click on the Rubric icon below the GradeMark sidebar 2 Click on the Rubric Manager icon 3 Click on the Rubric list icon Demo Rubric 4 Select Create new rubric from the drop ya Create new rubric down menu D Duplicate this rubric 5 Enter the Rubric name in the top left of Enter rubric name here the rubric manager Copyright 1998 2011 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook 103
10. ment on the sidebar The QuickMark comment will Great Expectation Undine o OD automatically be placed at the end of Underline this text the highlight Comment that she seems incapapie or love or Teel 5a Optional Instructors can add Wied ME Underline this text additional comments to a QuickMark by clicking on the Comment button os a while hovering over a QuickMark comment GNAN rt ctation mH by Underline this text 5b Optional Enter the comment in a EIS the text box and click Save to add the EE l additional comment to the QuickMark MS p Wing Creating QuickMark Sets To create a new empty QuickMark set 1 Click on the QuickMark Manager icon within the QuickMark sidebar Select text and click tha Comment Comment button to highlight text associated with a comment Copyright 1998 2011 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook 94 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Creating QuickMark Sets To create a new empty QuickMark set 2 Click on the icon to the right of the SETS column header 3 Enter the title for the new QuickMark set and then click Save 1 Click on the QuickMark Manager icon within the QuickMark sidebar Click on All above the set names ix fait a Fragment Every QuickMark throughout all sets will be listed within the MARKS column Select the Marks to copy Multi select within the QuickMark manager can be don
11. t click and hold on the mark symbol and drag the icon to a new location in Dickens novel Great Expectations md Underline the title of the book er in such a way that she seems In Deleting a Comment A comment and the associated mark can be deleted by clicking on the mark symbol on the paper Click on the trash can icon at the top right of the comment bubble to delete the mark from the paper Copyright 1998 2011 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook 90 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Highlighting Text for a Comment Highlighting Text for a Comment An instructor can associate a highlighted section of text with a comment to reference a specific area of text To associate a highlight with a comment 1 Within the GradeMark interface select uU the text of the paper within Great Expectationg fester 2 Click anywhere within the highlighted text to open up a comment bubble 3 The selected text will be highlighted Great Expectations an orphan adopt and the comment is placed where the highlighted section of text was clicked Enter the comment into the text field of that she seem Mo Options f the comment bubble 4 Click the Save button to save the comment 5 The comment icon will appear where the highlight was clicked The comment icon can be moved away from the highlight and still be associated with the highlight by a connecting yellow line 6 To mo
12. t might be Your thesis is unfocused Consider refining your thesis in subsequent versions of this paper A comment may be up to one thousand characters in length Adding a comment to a paper 1 Click on the pencil icon for a submission to access the GradeMark interface 2 Click on the point on the paper to add the comment to 3 Enter text into the text field of the comment bubble More Options xis ENS ELLEN us 4 Optional If you would like to make this comment into a reusable QuickMark comment click on the More Options More Options button ea A a T ura w Ca Copyright 1998 2011 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook 89 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Deleting a Comment Adding a comment to a paper 4B Optional Enter a title for the QuickMark This title will be displayed on the paper Select a set to add this QuickMark to by clicking on the Set drop down menu Save as QuickMark XIs THLE Click Save to save the comment as a SET Composition QuickMark Note QuickMark comments that are not added to a set will be located within All in the QuickMark manager 6 Click the Save button to save the comment The comment will be added to the paper The comment can be edited at any time by hovering the cursor over the mark for the comment and then clicking the Edit button Edit the comment and click Save to save any changes made to the comment To move a commen
13. tion on the page The cursor will transform into a hand notifying the user that a click will enable the inline comment to be moved Releasing the mouse will affix the inline comment to the new location on the page ket a a g LM ahi This is an inline comment on your paper a eal Copyright 1998 2011 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook 92 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Highlighting Text for a Comment QuickMarlc Comments The QuickMark comments are commonly used or standard editing marks that instructors can utilize when editing and grading papers The number and type of the QuickMark comments added to each paper in an assignment is tracked by the Statistics assessment tool available within the paper information window These marks are stored in sets found in the QuickMark Manager The marks are added to a student paper from the QuickMark Sidebar The GradeMark system automatically provides four QuickMark sets consisting of commonly used editing marks and standard corrections Instructors can use these sets create sets of their own access a set shared by the Turnitin account administrator upload a set provided by another teacher or draw from a combination of sets To select the active QuickMark set for the QuickMark sidebar 1 Click on the QuickMark Manager icon Select text and click tha Comment button to highlight text associated with a comment The a
14. ve the comment icon click on the icon and drag it to the new location release the held click el Great Expectations ar Copyright 1998 2011 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook 91 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Highlighting Text for a Comment Inline Comments Inline comments allow instructors to add marks directly onto the paper The inline comment appears as type overlaid on the paper To add an inline comment click on the type tool button within the sidebar The user can click on the paper where the comment should begin The inline comment will show up as a light gray highlighted box over which typing may be done When finished click elsewhere on the paper The inline comment will appear as blue text directly on the paper To edit an inline comment click directly on the inline comment s text and adjust the comment accordingly position in society a This is an inline comment on your paper stella which never happer An inline comment can be deleted by moving the cursor over the comment and then clicking on the trash can icon that appears above of the inline comment Deleted comments can be recovered by clicking on the Undo button at the bottom of the document viewer It cons dE Js of his position in soci This is an inline comment on your paper The inline comment can be moved by clicking on the inline comment s gray border and dragging the comment to a new loca
15. with a comment VOMIPOSIUON MAKS Click on the name of a QuickMark set to EM export Click on the import export button and select Export Set from the drop down menu prompt will appear asking if you would like to save the file click OK to save the file The file name will be the QuickMark set name with qms appended Copyright 1998 2011 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook 101 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Exporting and Importing QuickMark Sets Click on the QuickMark Manager icon within the QuickMark sidebar Select text and click the Comment Comment button to highlight text associated with a comment Click on the import export button and select Import Set from the drop down menu Click on the Browse button and locate the QuickMark set file on your computer Only qms file types may be imported into the QuickMark manager Click on the Import button To import additional QuickMark sets repeat steps 3 4 6 Click the Close button to return to the QuickMark Manager Copyright 1998 2011 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook 102 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Exporting and Importing QuickMark Sets Rubric Scorecards Rubric scorecards can be used to evaluate student work based on defined criteria and scales The rubric scorecards can be created by the account administrator and Shared to al
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