University of Sussex
Organising &
customising QuickMark
Sets & Comments
e-Submission & e-Feedback // Resources for staff
About this guide:
This document is a single part of a wider set of guidance produced and provided by Technology
Enhanced Learning to support staff and students at the University of Sussex in the use and best
practice of e-Submission and e-Feedback.
This specific guide addresses Organising & Customising QuickMark Sets & Comments, you can
find more guides and introductory information on eSubmission and eFeedback on our website:
www.sussex.ac.uk/tel/esef
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Introduction & key concepts
The University of Sussex use a software system called TurnitinUK to manage the marking process of
the e-Submission and e-Feedback system. This document is aimed at providing guidance to
members of staff in the creation and customisation of QuickMark Sets and Comments. For a more
general overview on how to use QuickMarks and Comments when marking, please follow this link:
https://www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gateway/file.php?name=online-marking-andfeedback.pdf&site=81
QuickMark comments are specialised annotation tools and specific features of the TurnitinUK
GradeMark marking and feedback interface. It is assumed for the purpose of this guide that members
of staff reading this document have a basic working knowledge of TurnitinUK GradeMark.
Tip
For more information about TurnitinUK GradeMark, see the Online Marking with TurnitinUK
GradeMark guide available on the Technology Enhanced Learning website:
www.sussex.ac.uk/tel/esef
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What are QuickMark comments and Sets
QuickMark comments are pre-defined feedback notes which can be re-used to make for faster
document annotation. TurnitinUK provide a large number of QuickMark comments and the ability for
users to create their own. QuickMark Sets provide a way of labelling and grouping together related
comments.
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Standard QuickMark Sets
TurnitinUK GradeMark comes pre-loaded with six QuickMark Sets, including the following:
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Commonly Used
Composition
Composition Marks
Format
Punctuation
Usage
Please note that you cannot rename or delete these Sets or their corresponding comments. You can
however add new or existing comments to them.
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Custom QuickMark comments and Sets
You can also create your own QuickMark comments and Sets. Customised QuickMark Sets can
either consist of existing and custom QuickMark comments or a mix of both. Sets can be shared
between users and assignments which make them a really powerful tool for regular users of
GradeMark. Users can develop a quicker and more efficient marking process by creating libraries of
frequently used personalised feedback marks.
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2. Accessing the QuickMark Manager
The QuickMark Manager is the software interface which is used to access the more advanced
QuickMark features that allow for organisation and customisation of QuickMark comments and Sets.
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2.1.
QuickMark Manager overview
Screenshot: the QuickMark Manager as displayed in TurnitinUK Document Viewer.
Key:
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A list of all QuickMark Sets.
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A list of all QuickMark comments within the selected Set.
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Editing menu: options and Settings will appear here when you choose to perform actions.
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Create new QuickMark Set.
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Create new QuickMark.
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Import/Export a QuickMark Set.
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Search for a QuickMark.
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Close the QuickMark Manager.
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3. Creating new QuickMark Sets
You can create your own QuickMark Sets using the QuickMark Manager. Follow the three steps in the
screenshot below to create a new Set.
This will create an empty QuickMark Set which you will now want to populate with QuickMark
comments. See the following section to find out how to add QuickMark comments to your Set.
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3.1.
Adding comments to Sets
Using the QuickMark Manager, you can add one or multiple existing QuickMark comments to your
Sets.
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Use the keyboard shortcuts (as circled in pink) to select multiple comments at once.
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For PC users: press Ctrl
For Mac users: press Cmd
To select multiple comments which are listed in order, press Ctrl/Cmd and shift.
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3.2.
Renaming, deleting and selecting the active Sets
The following screenshot shows some of the other actions and features which can be applied to
QuickMark Sets.
The ‘active Set’ indicates the Set which will load as default into the QuickMark comments menu of
Document Viewer for all submissions in your assignment. This is useful for providing immediacy to the
main QuickMark Set which will be used to mark an assignment. The current ‘active Set’ is indicated
by the blue circle icon in the ‘Sets’ column.
Notice that the Sets provided by TurnitinUK have a padlock icon next to them in the Sets column. This
indicates that they are ‘locked’ and cannot be renamed, edited or deleted.
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3.3.
Creating new comments
There are two ways of creating your own customised QuickMark comments:
1. Saving your personalised Bubble comments as QuickMark comments
2. Creating new QuickMark comments with the QuickMark Manager
Whilst the first method is covered in the GradeMark guide available from www.sussex.ac.uk/te/esef
the second method is explained through four simple steps in the screenshot below.
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3.4.
Editing QuickMark comments
You can edit QuickMark comments which you have created yourself but you will find that some of the
editing options for the standard TurnitinUK QuickMark comments are locked. Follow the steps below
to find out how to edit your comments.
You can use the ‘Actions’ menu to remove or move a comment to or from a QuickMark Set. The
following screenshot shows the different available options available when clicking this button.
Note
Any edits that are made to QuickMark comments will be applied to every instance where it appears in
your students papers.
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4. Exporting and importing QuickMark Sets
The ability to import and export allows you to transfer your customised QuickMark Sets between
assignments and other members of staff. Click on the import/export button located in the top righthand corner of the QuickMark Manager to display the ‘Import Set…’ and ‘Export Set…’ options.
4.1.
Exporting QuickMark comments
Exporting a QuickMark Set will download it to the folder on your computer as Set by your web
browser. The file will be named after the QuickMark Set and include the ‘.qms’ extension at the end.
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4.2.
Importing QuickMark comments
You can import a QuickMark Set from your computer into the QuickMark Manager by clicking on
‘Import Set…’ from the import/export menu and then following these two steps:
Troubleshooting
A list of frequently asked questions on TurnitinUK QuickMark comments is available at:
www.sussex.ac.uk/tel/submission/staff/faqs
Help and support for e-Submission and e-Feedback is provided by Technology Enhanced Learning
(TEL) team. Please contact us if you have any specific queries or visit our website for additional
guides and resources:
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Email: [email protected]
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Website: www.sussex.ac.uk/tel/esef
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