Assessment – using the
Moodle assignment
Rachel Applegate & Yvonne Moore
Technology Enhanced Learning
Faculty
Learning Technologists – [email protected]
Learning Enhancement Adviser – Dr Tracey Madden
Centre for Learning & Technologist (CLT)
TEL Team - [email protected]
Academic staff development - [email protected]
Today’s workshop
We aim to:
Part 1 (1 hour)
- Explain how to set up a Moodle assignment submission point
- Outline key assignment settings and their implications (e.g. Blind (anonymous) marking,
Turnitin, Marking workflow)
- Explain the student’s view of assignment submission and feedback
- Give an overview of the methods for entering marks and feedback (individual marking, bulk
download and import, PDF annotation, rubrics)
- Explain the link between Moodle and SAMIS
Part 2 (1 hour)
Practical activity – practice the assignment marking and feedback process
Access TurningPoint
https://go.bath.ac.uk/tpv
Session ID: TEL2000
Why use the Moodle assignment?
How confident do you feel with using the
Moodle assignment tool?
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How to create an assignment
1. First, turn editing on
2. Scroll down to your chosen topic
3. Choose Add an activity or resource
4. Select Assignment, then Add
5. Expand all to view all the settings on one page
Availability
Which forms of online submission do you use?
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Download and annotate files
Annotate PDFs within Moodle
Audio feedback
Video feedback
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Submission types
Feedback types
Submission and group submission settings
Notifications
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Turnitin
If you enable Turnitin, you cannot ‘reuse’
an assignment submission point (e.g. by
updating the Due Date or duplicating it).
You must recreate the submission point for
each new cohort of students.
Turnitin
Grade
Grade – advanced grading
Example rubric
Marking guide
I have used blind marking in Moodle before
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Grade – using blind marking
Moodle Support Hub
https://wiki.bath.ac.uk/display/moodle/Anonymous+Marking+in+Moodle+FAQs
I coordinate or mark assignments with more
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Grade – using marking workflow
Student View
You can view the feedback comments,
feedback files and Grade here
Grant and track extensions
Track the submission status
and marking workflow status
Late submissions are
highlighted
You can view the submitted
files here
Downloading marks for import to SAMIS
Use the Grading worksheet (Bath version)
Once student identities are revealed, contains the
Student ID number for easy matching to SAMIS
record
Practice
1. View our screencasts
2. Create an assignment (use your own Moodle course)
3. Go back to a previous submission and practice
exporting files and marking sheet
We’re on hand to help – just ask!