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Assignment Handler and Gradetime: Optimising a VLE and the MS Word reviewer tool for electronic marking and feedback
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Assignment Handler and Gradetime*: Optimising a VLE and the MS Word reviewer tool for electronic marking and feedback.Philip DentonFaculty of Science Learning Development ManagerLiverpool JMU
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e-submission e-collation e-marking e-feedback
Assignment handler inBlackboard
Assignment handler inBlackboard
Download folder of
Word files
Download folder of
Word files
Mark work using
Gradetime
Mark work using
Gradetime
Upload marks and feedback
Upload marks and feedback
JMU
Email marks and feedback
Email marks and feedback
You?
Assignment submission
VLE tool
Assignment submission
VLE tool
Save email attachments to a folder
Save email attachments to a folder
How the process works
Previous work on e-feedback• ‘98: Electronic Feedback (EF) v1 developed in VBA: Emails
feedback reports out to students with 4 comment types:» Inputted before marking (Grade & Standard comments)» During marking (Personal comments)» After marking (General comments)• Standard comments may be inputted in
Normal or Criterion style.• ‘02: EF v9: Introduction of standard comment
picking interface and comment import/export.• ‘07: EF v14: Introduction of ‘append’ feature = Custom
text added after a standard comment during marking.
e-Marking tools• Students prefer EF over ‘red-pen’ annotations on paper.1 • Can EF be adapted for e-marking? Why not use Grademark?» Assignment handler is JMU’s preferred e-submission tool as it “accepts
all file types and does not rely on third party servers.”» There is no equivalent of ‘append’ in Turnitin Grademark: You cannot
fine-tune standard comments for individual students on-the-fly.» Cannot link annotated comments on a script to % award mark:
Grademark’s Rubric Library is linked to % mark, but this is used for generic marking criteria.
» You have to be on-line to use it. Cannot annotate with audio clips.» Cannot add general comments, automatically, to all work after marking
is complete. These may include the average mark, for example.
Why use Assignment Handler?• Superior to the ‘native’ Blackboard assignment tool:• Emailed receipting of successful coursework submissions• Forced file names when work is downloaded• ‘Rich’ feedback is possible: Feedback can be returned in the
same file format as the submission e.g. • feedback sheet • annotated version of the original work
• Bulk upload of marks and feedback to Grade Center
The MS Word reviewer tool• Can be used to add comment balloons in right hand margin, but:
– All inserted comments start with ‘Comment [s#]’, where s is your initial(s) and # is the index number of the comment.
– The default font style/size is difficult to read and tricky to adjust manually.– Comments have ‘metadata’ included = The author name, date and time of
the comment. This can only be removed afterwards and again, it’s tricky.
Gradetime v3• Solves deficiencies of the reviewer tool and addresses problems
normally associated with Assignment Handler:• Easy navigation between files• Identification of ‘bad’ submissions that are not a single docx,
doc, rtf, wps or odt file• Emailing function = for marks/feedback and ‘bad’ work.• Free-text comments, typed by students during upload, are
displayed upon opening work (and not hidden in an Excel file)• Version 1 released 2nd Nov 2010 within JMU only.• Demonstration of v3 (Beta)
…balloon type format was clear and easy to
understand…
…sometimes i struggle to understand peoples
handwritting…
…I found the feedback very helpful …
Students’ reaction (n = 19)
…this would be my prefered method of
feedback… It is printer friendly …
…The balloons highlight the area relating to the
comment …
…it’s easier to cross-reference with your
work as it is marked on the same sheet…
…I much prefer this kind of feedback, to written…
…I like the fact that it's a bit more personal…
…Getting it by e-mail is so much easyer…
…i can clearly read the comments without
having to struggle with handwriting …
…personally i prefer hand written notes on
my work…
…you save paper this way …
…i was able to identify the positive and negative points of my work in the
correct sections…
…my favourite way of receiving
feedback so far…
…I can save a copy to my desktop…
…via email (so) you can contact the tutor directly about the assignment …
…your feedback (is) a lesson in itself…
…much more in depth marking. (Web)links could
be embedded in the notes…
…we can access it from anywhere at any time…
…we need a hard copy for our records…
Staff reaction• Limited pilot to date: n = 5• The software is “seriously impressive” (a tutor who
used GT to mark 65 lab reports)• Works much better than even I expected – Primarily
due to scrolling with a wheel mouse.• Requires training within an IT suite to encourage
further take-up?• For 2011/12: SCS staff should be encouraged to use
either of the 2 ‘complete’ e-marking solutions available:– Assignment Handler and Gradetime– Turnitin and Grademark
Gradetime v4 and beyond• Facility to automatically append a feedback
summary sheet that presents students marks in each section (intro etc.).
• Coloured comments: Red, amber, green?• Mark moderation options• Tailored versions of Gradetime to work in your
institution?