Electronic Marking

As part of the eSubmission project the University are also trailing a new electronic marking system called Grademark.

There are 3 main ways of leaving feedback using Grademark

• Annotated comments on the student's work
• General Feedback for overall comments
• Marking criteria using a Rubric

Below you will find videos and a printable downloads which will guide you through basic use of Grademark through to the use advanced features such as standardised marking scheme.

Leaving feedback on individual assignments sent to TurnitinUK

Creating and using a library of reusable feedback comments

Creating and using a standardised marking scheme to provide feedback to students

Managing your library of reusable feedback comments

You can also have a go at using the interactive tutorial by clicking on the below link:

Hints and Tips

Since the first use of Grademark, staff have encountered a few problems, listed below are the problems and the best way to solve them.

Grademark is really slow

This is probably because you are using Internet Explorer to access Grademark. We have found that use of a different Internet Browser (Firefox for example) makes marking in Grademark much quicker.

You can install and use Firefox on Staff University PCs:

• Click on the Start Menu
• Click on Run Advertised Programs

A list of software should appear (it might take a few minutes)

• Find and click on Firefox 3.6
• Click on the Run button

Firefox will then install on your computer.

When you come to grade assignments you should now use Firefox instead of Internet Explorer.

Grademark is still really slow

If are using Firefox and Grademark is still really slow, it could be that your University PC does not have enough memory.

Please Contact IT Services on x1234 and they will investigate.