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Michael Garner, Griffith University

Online Assignment Submission, Allocation, Marking, Moderation and Return in Blackboard - A Fresh Approach. Michael Garner, Griffith University Professor Stephen Colbran, University of New England www.remarkspdf.com. The University. Griffith University Blackboard Academic Suite 8

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Michael Garner, Griffith University

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  1. Online Assignment Submission, Allocation, Marking, Moderation and Return in Blackboard - A Fresh Approach Michael Garner, Griffith University Professor Stephen Colbran, University of New Englandwww.remarkspdf.com

  2. The University • Griffith University • Blackboard Academic Suite 8 • Moving to 9.1 in 2012 • OUA provider • courses in online only mode • 5 Campuses

  3. The Context • All courses have a presence in Blackboard • Currently 4 Assignment types as well as paper-based submission • Native e-submission • Remote Assignment Printing • SafeAssign • Manual submission • Blended Learning Strategy aimed at increasing the baseline of technology use in courses • Supporting a larger project to develop consensus moderation practices to support comprehensive Quality Assurance of Assessment standards • Reviewing the 3 online assignment tools and looking for a more integrated approach • Responding to student feedback around easier submission and faster return of feedback

  4. Why Remarks? • Multiple marking • Facilitates quality feedback quickly • Consistency through shared marking criteria, comment banks. • Offline capability

  5. The Pilot • 2 stage roll-out • Stage 1 • Familiarity with the RemarksPDF tool • Expectations around e-Submission, marking and return • Evaluate viability of seamless LMS integration • Stage 2 • Ongoing familiarity with advanced features of RemarksPDF • Seamless Integration with LMS Outcomes so far • Enthusiasm from academic staff about the • range of marking tools available in the software • students in receiving timely and meaningful feedback. • Positive feedback from students around the time to get the feedback and quality/amount. Issues so far: • Limited LMS integration (ie. Involves multiple steps) – corrected in Stage 2 • SafeAssign: Whilst there are workarounds, unable at this stage to extract assignments submitted via SafeAssign

  6. LMS integration

  7. Advanced PDF functionality

  8. Rubrics

  9. Text, audio and video comments

  10. Coverpageand Endnote

  11. Marks, criteria and comments

  12. Handwriting, drawing and pen tools

  13. Style libraries

  14. Smart charts

  15. Colour coding

  16. Criterion-based marking

  17. Stamps

  18. Automatic mark addition

  19. Moderation

  20. Customizable

  21. What students’ think

  22. Questions Michael Garner m.garner@griffith.edu.au 07 3735 4097 Stephen Colbran stephen.colbran@remarkspdf.comwww.remarkspdf.com 07 3399 4010

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