Using Quickmark Comments in GradeMark

By using pre-written comments, providing feedback to students about common errors can be sped up considerably.

This guide shows you how to create your own re-usable comments, and how to use these and system comments to leave in-line feedback on assignments using Turnitin’s GradeMark tool.

• Select the assignment you wish to mark and get to it's Feedback Studio Interface as per these instructions.

Adding a QuickMark comment

• Click somewhere in the assignment, or drag to select a passage of text
• Select the Tick Box from the three options that appear
• Select one of the available pre-configured QuickMarks (click on the "Commonly Used" drop-down to see more choices)
• The full text of the comment will appear.  You are also given the opportunity to add your own text into the "Add comment" area.
• Click anywhere outside this comment box to see the blue comment symbol you just created.

Creating your own QuickMark comment

• Click somewhere in the assignment, or drag to select a passage of text
• Select the Speech Bubble symbol from the three options that appear
• Enter your full comment.
• Click Convert to QuickMark
  
  • Give this new QuickMark comment a Title.
  • Select the set it should be saved to
  • Click Save.