At the top of the student’s submission, there is a marking interface with a number of options for inline marking:
- The navigation options appear on the far-left of the interface bar. By default, these are set to thumbnails, but you can change how you navigate the document by clicking the drop-down arrow.
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- Thumbnails provides a page-by-page thumbnail image of the document for quick navigation.
- Outline displays the outline of the document, if one has been provided.
- Annotations displays a list of the annotations you have added to this document, allowing you to navigate through them quickly.
- Bookmarks displays a list of any bookmarks you have added to this document and provides you with the means to add new bookmarks.
- The Page options display the page number you are currently viewing, the total number of pages in the document. The navigation arrows and typeable interface allow you to move quickly through the document, either by clicking an arrow to move from one page to the next, or by entering the specific page number you want to navigate to.
- The Pan, Zoom and Fit options allow you to adjust and move within the current page you are viewing. Click on the hand icon and then click within the page to move around within the document. Click on the + magnifier and – magnifier to adjust your zoom level respectively.
Click on the drop-down arrow next to the Fit option to adjust how the page fits within the screen. The available options are Fit Page which will show the whole page on the screen, Fit Width which will fill the screen with the page at its maximum fit, and Best Fit which balances the fit of the page in the screen.
- Click on the pen icon to enter the Drawing Here, you can change the colour of your pen, the width of the lines or marks you make, the opacity of the lines you make, and adjust between pen, brush and eraser modes.
- Click on the drop-down arrow next to the image icon to swap between image and stamp.
- In image mode, you can import an image from your device and paste it into the document.
- In stamp mode, you can either use some of the pre-designed stamps provided by Blackboard, or otherwise add your own custom stamp and save it for future use. Once you have selected a stamp, you can mark the assessment with it by clicking in the desired location.
- Click the comment tool and then on a location within the document to add a comment to the work. These appear as expandable speech bubbles in the marked-up work, meaning students need to click on them to read your remarks.
- Use the undo and redo option to undo or redo your last changes to the document.
- Click the text box option and then on a location in the document to add text. This appears as text overlaying existing materials in the document.
- Click the drop-down arrow next to the Shape tool to select the shape you wish to insert. Then, click and drag within the document to place the shape and adjust its size.
- Use the print and download options to either print the submission or download a version to your computer.
- Use the search option to search for specific words within the document.
- Click on the Content Library icon to expand the content library interface. This allows you to produce, organise and deploy pre-prepared comments that persist for you as a user across all courses. This is comparable to the QuickMarks features present in the Turnitin interface. Your pre-created comments are arranged by categories, which you can create and define. Click the chevron on each category to display or hide the list of comments within that category. Alternatively, use the search function to look for specific comments or categories.
- To add new comments and categories, click the + button.To place a comment in the document, click the “…” to open an options menu and click Place comment.
Select the plus icon on the right-hand side of the screen to access the Overall Feedback interface. You can use this to add overarching feedback for the student.
- Use the Text styling and Text options menus to change your text to titles, headers, subheaders and general text, alter the font, the size and colour of the text, and change formatting. The interface also responds to keyboard shortcuts for changing in formatting.
- Use the List option to add bullet-pointed or numbered lists, or add tables.
- Use the undo option to undo the last changes you made.
- Use the link option by highlighting text in your feedback, clicking the link icon, and adding the hyperlink to change the text to a clickable link.
- Use the add content option to upload materials and add different forms of content to your feedback. You can use the MathsType interface to add mathematical commentary, embed an image or video, or upload a video or document from your device or cloud storage.
- You can use the Audio/Video Recording option to add video or audio feedback recorded directly from within the marking interface.
Once you click the option, you may need to grant permission to your camera to access your browser. Once this is done, you can click record and toggle your camera on or off from within the Recording Window. Once you have finished your recording, click Save and exit to store the recording, otherwise click Delete recording to record another version.
- Enter a mark by selecting the icon in the top-right corner of the screen.
Warning: Turnitin similarity and AI-writing reports are indicative and require review and interpretation. Encountering similarity, flagged content, or material suspected to be AI-generated does not automatically evidence academic misconduct without interpretation. Initial marks should be provided based on intellectual content with any concerns around academic misconduct escalated through designated channels in your school.
The process for marking submissions to a submission point with Turnitin enabled is the same as marking work on an individual submission point. However, a similarity and AI writing report is also included for each student, provided the work they have submitted meets the criteria for review.
To review the similarity report on a Turnitin-enabled submission point:
- Navigate to the submission point and click the assignment title to enter it.
- Click on Submissions to review all submissions to the submission point.
- Change the Student Status filter to Submitted. To have a similarity and AI writing report, a student will need to have submitted work.
- Depending on when you are reviewing similarity and AI writing reports, change the Marking Statuses filter to the required state. For example, if you are reviewing these reports prior to work being marked, change the filter to Needs Marking.
- Enter a student’s submission by clicking on their name in the list.
- In the top right of the student’s work pane, there will be a similarity match score displayed (see figure X). Click on this to review the similarity and AI writing report.
- The similarity and AI writing report for the student’s work you are reviewing will open in a new tab within your browser (see figure X). It will display the student’s work with annotations highlighting areas that should be reviewed, if any.
- At the top of the newly opened Turnitin tab, there are three views you can select between (see figure X).
- Similarity: this provides a review of the work that highlights areas similar to other works stored within the Turnitin database. PLEASE NOTE: similarity is indicative and requires interpretation. It should not be assumed that similar sections automatically indicate academic misconduct.
- Flags: this provides a review of ‘flags’ or potential indicators that the document has been manipulated in an attempt to bypass plagiarism detection. For example, there may be hidden quotation marks that affect the perceived level of quoted text, masking plagiarised text.
- AI Writing: this provides an estimate of the percentage of AI-generated text in the document, highlighting any areas of concern.