{"id":713,"date":"2014-06-04T08:46:48","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T08:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/?p=713"},"modified":"2014-06-04T10:58:02","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T10:58:02","slug":"first-look-new-blackboard-assignment-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/2014\/06\/04\/first-look-new-blackboard-assignment-features\/","title":{"rendered":"First Look: New Blackboard Assignment Features"},"content":{"rendered":"

When we upgrade Blackboard this summer<\/a> a key benefit will be updates to the Blackboard Assignment Feature. \u00a0While we also have TurnItIn available within Blackboard some customers also use the assignment feature that is built in to Blackboard. \u00a0 Blackboard has added some new aspects to this feature, namely online marking, delegated marking, anonymous marking and rubrics. \u00a0Documentation on how to use these will be available following our upgrade. \u00a0Below is a summary of the new features and how they look.<\/p>\n

Rubrics<\/h2>\n
\"An<\/a>

An example rubric<\/p><\/div>\n

A rubric allows for clear method for assigning marks to submitted pieces of work based on to what extent they fulfil certain criteria that you set.<\/p>\n

\"Example<\/a>

Example of marking using a Rubric<\/p><\/div>\n

Rubrics may be used to mark submitted pieces of work. \u00a0Rubrics can also be used to assess Discussion Board participation and blog\/journal\/wiki assessments.<\/p>\n

Online Marking<\/h2>\n
\"Online<\/a>

Online Marking<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s possible to mark online in a similar way to TurnItIn GradeMark. \u00a0This feature is not as fully formed as the facilties available in GradeMark for example there is no equivalent of QuickMarks but it might be of use to those who wish to mark online without using TurnItIn.<\/p>\n

Delegated Marking<\/h2>\n

Delegated marking allows you to delegate marking of submissions to colleagues on your course.\u00a0 Delegated markers provide provisional grades which the course instructors may then review and determine a final grade or reconcile it.<\/p>\n

\"Setting<\/a>

Setting up Delegated Marking<\/p><\/div>\n

If you choose to enable Delegated Marking you are shown a list of possible markers. Under Submissions to Grade you may set whether each marker should mark: All submissions:<\/strong> the marker should mark each submission. Random set:<\/strong> the marker should mark a random allocation of submissions.\u00a0 The number can be set.\u00a0 If multiple markers are assigned to mark a random set then students will be distributed evenly before any student would be included in multiple random sets. Groups:<\/strong> the marker should mark only the submissions of students belonging to a certain group.\u00a0 The group may be selected below. Under View Settings<\/strong> you may set whether the other markers can view each other\u2019s scores, feedback, and notes from their marking.\u00a0 Staff with an instructor role on the Blackboard course may always view these. The Reconcile Grades column<\/strong> shows who in the list can reconcile the marks.\u00a0 All instructors may do this.<\/p>\n

Reconciling Marks<\/h2>\n

If delegated marking is used the instructor can choose how to reconcile the marks.<\/p>\n

\"Marking<\/a>

Marking Progress of delegated markers<\/p><\/div>\n

Instructors \u00a0can see whether all the markers have completed their marking, and if not how much marking they have left to do.\u00a0 This is shown by the Green bar and the X\/X Graded line.\u00a0The average Grade given is also shown, allowing the identification of any marker who is marking unexpectedly higher or lower.<\/p>\n

\"Reconciling<\/a>

Reconciling a mark<\/p><\/div>\n

The instructor can see the marks and any feedback given to the student by each marker. \u00a0 The instructor can choose to give their own feedback, or to show the student the feedback given by the delegated markers. \u00a0The instructor can then set a final grade either by manually entering a score or by choosing the highest, average, or lowest score.<\/p>\n

Anonymous marking<\/h2>\n

When setting up an assignment is it also possible to enable anonymous marking.<\/p>\n

\"Setting<\/a>

Setting up anonymous marking<\/p><\/div>\n

When submissions are marked anonymously it’s possible to tell from the Grade Details page within the Grade Centre.<\/p>\n

\"Grade<\/a>

Grade Details page showing anonymously marked assessment<\/p><\/div>\n

Students can tell that their assignment has been marked anonymously when they view their scores and feedback.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The “head with question mark” symbol shows the student that their assignment was marked anonymously.<\/p><\/div>\n

While TurnItIn is still in the lead with their esubmission, grademark, and peer mark tools, these updates to the Blackboard assignment feature appear to be very easy to use and nicely presented.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When we upgrade Blackboard this summer a key benefit will be updates to the Blackboard Assignment Feature. \u00a0While we also have TurnItIn available within Blackboard some customers also use the assignment feature that is built in to Blackboard. \u00a0 Blackboard has added some new aspects to this feature, namely online marking, delegated marking, anonymous marking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75418,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[471619,284875,430555,430554],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bb-2014","category-blackboard","category-coming-up","category-first-look","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75418"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":715,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713\/revisions\/715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}