1. Turntin, GradeMark and e-Sub Lawrence West August 09 Marking and Student Feedback On-Line Dr Steven Henderson Reader in Management Robert Jackson Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management, MBA Course Leader Lesley MacDonald Research Assistant Lawrence West Learning Technologist

2. Turntin, GradeMark and e-Sub Lawrence West August 09 About Us University as of July 2005 Formerly Southampton Institute of H.E. 16,000 students Moodle 1.9.5+ (branded myCourse) “At Southampton Solent University we are committed to teaching excellence, with lecturers who have real-world experience and strong ties to business and industry.” Graduate employment 2006/07 - 93.8% (includes work + study) Source: HESA

3. Turntin, GradeMark and e-Sub Lawrence West August 09 Turnitin Stats Turnitin Use (Aug 09)2008/09 Only2007/08 108 Instructors91 Instructors58 Instructors 4350 Students3955 Students2596 Students 4700 Submissions2750 Submissions1804 Submissions Turnitin primarily for use by students as tool to avoid plagiarism. 2009 uptake affected by 12:00 submission issue Jan 09 ? Predicted 09/10 6000 users

4. Turntin, GradeMark and e-Sub Lawrence West August 09 Turnitin Stats

5. Turntin, GradeMark and e-Sub Lawrence West August 09 GradeMark Stats GradeMark 08/09 7 Instructors 110 ‘Users’ 234 Graded Papers Forecasted GM use 2009/10 25 Instructors 400 Users

6. Turntin, GradeMark and e-Sub Lawrence West August 09 eSubmission eSubmission only. (agreed July 2009 - central service to print for staff not using GradeMark) Common coversheet as first page of submission Coversheet feedback request mechanism – e version in progress

7. The Project Turntin, GradeMark and e-Sub Lawrence West August 09 Faculty of Business, Sport and Enterprise TQEF Funded MBA (on campus with blended elements) 12 months intensive 23 students Mostly Overseas Students, 50/50 Asian(Indian)/African(Nigerian) Group and individual assignments Focused on student/tutor online interactions Spilled over into institutional administration, policy, guidelines etc

8. Process Literature Review Informed questionnaire design Pilot face-to-face discussions with student groups 20 closed and 2 open-ended questions in the areas of: Pre-submission misconduct checking (using Turnitin) Student requests for feedback Submission of assignments Assessment of assignments Tutor feedback to students Overall perceptions and opinions of the online marking process (general comments) Online questionnaire (in progress) Turntin, GradeMark and e-Sub Lawrence West August 09

9. Preliminary results - Students Pros No more queues at hatch Turnitin useful Legible feedback No need to travel to hand-in Very positive overall Cons 2 students affected by 12:00 submission prevention (Jan 09) Groupwork (sharing Grades and Turnitin OR) Social aspects of handing-in time Satisfaction of ‘wumping ‘work on counter Turntin, GradeMark and e-Sub Lawrence West August 09

10. Preliminary results - Staff Pros Speed of marking Alignment of marking with assessment criteria Less plagiarism External Examiner access Cons Occasionally Clunky Groupwork feedback Rubric import/export - browser issue - resolved No hyperlinks in Quickmarks Rubric Banding Turntin, GradeMark and e-Sub Lawrence West August 09

11. Next steps Collate and analyse online questionnaire Paper January 2010 Follow-up project on pedagogic aspects of online feedback Lawrence.West@solent.ac.uk Turntin, GradeMark and e-Sub Lawrence West August 09