With the growing popularity of marking assignments and providing feedback to students online we developed a series of workshops with supporting materials in Autumn 2012.
Along with the workshop materials and hands-on time with Turnitin and online marking & feedback we provided two postcards as ‘take-away’ materials with tips and reminders of aspects of Turnitin and GradeMark. Here’s an example of one of the postcards:
Supporting the postcards still further are two video interviews we conducted with experienced users of the online marking and feedback techniques needed for Turnitin and GradeMark. Each postcard also has a QR Code (3-d barcode that, when scanned, directs the mobile device’s Internet browser to a pre-defined web address) linking the postcard to the YouTube videos. These are:
YouTube: Heidi Botting, Department of Politics & International Relations
YouTube: Dr Matthew Higgins, School of Management
Please contact us to arrange for further information on how Turnitin is being used in the College to enhance feedback to students or to arrange a further workshop and training on effective techniques in online assessment.
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