Turnitin works from a 1-100 percentage scale and does not have the facility to introduce other scales. This is not a problem for undergraduate assessment which is marked as a percentage, but postgraduate assessment at the University is marked using the ‘Postgraduate Scale’, a scaling system with 16 bands. Marking …
Staff access to 2022-3 modules are now available after the roll forward from last session. Use the Course Overview filters to manage which modules appear in your Moodle dashboard. These are empty course shells and so contents from previous versions need to be imported. On this page is guidance for …
Are you thinking of flipping your classroom, changing your assessments, or designing interactive learning materials? Are you aware of the technologies available to support your module’s classroom and online delivery? This presentation gave a tour of the University’s learning technology toolbox and was part of the inaugural Research and Learning …
This issue has been resolved in recent Moodle upgrade. We were made aware of a Turnitin bug that could allow students to access their mark in the Moodle Grades before the post date has passed. The bug occured when a Turnitin assignment was hidden and then subsequently shown to students, …
Moodle has been upgraded to version 3.4 and here you will find details of the most noticeable changes. These include a new plugin for plagiarism checking within Moodle Assignments, a new plugin for creating interactive content, and a range of other enhancements designed to improve course design and management. Managing …
A set of eSubmission Guidelines have been created to support staff with setting up, downloading and processing student coursework submissions. eSubmission refers to the process of students submitting their work online, and many modules already use this method successfully with Turnitin or Moodle Assignments. View the eSubmission page for an overview of …
Turnitin released an upgrade to their service called Feedback Studio which combines originality checking and GradeMark in a unified interface. The new interface does not change how Turnitin assignments are created in Moodle, or how students submit their work and access their feedback. The interface has been redesigned to make …
An interesting little issue cropped up last week when using a PG Scale rubric in Turnitin. The correct rubric had been attached to the assignment – using the 16 point scale – but some of the settings in Moodle hadn’t been adjusted fully before marking had started. This resulted in …
Using a custom rubric in Grademark does throw up a few foibles to consider when moving from a grade descriptor or marking sheet. This post looks at the numbers that are used in order with consideration on how to adjust scale points to give a better alignment to midpoint of …