Assignment Handler and Gradetime: Optimising a VLE and the MS Word reviewer tool for electronic marking and feedback

1. Assignment Handler and Gradetime*: Optimising a VLE and the MS Word reviewer tool for electronic marking and feedback. Philip Denton Faculty of Science Learning Development Manager Liverpool JMU *Not affiliated with ‘Grade Time Dreams’: The internet’s premier dream interpretation website.

2. How the process works e-submission e-collation e-marking e-feedback Assignment handler in Blackboard Download folder of Word files Mark work using Gradetime Upload marks and feedback JMU Email marks and feedback You? Assignment submission VLE tool Save email attachments to a folder

8. … balloon type format was clear and easy to understand… … sometimes i struggle to understand peoples handwritting… … I found the feedback very helpful … Students’ reaction (n = 19) … this would be my prefered method of feedback… It is printer friendly … … The balloons highlight the area relating to the comment … … it’s easier to cross-reference with your work as it is marked on the same sheet… … I much prefer this kind of feedback, to written… … I like the fact that it's a bit more personal… … Getting it by e-mail is so much easyer… … i can clearly read the comments without having to struggle with handwriting … … personally i prefer hand written notes on my work… … you save paper this way … … i was able to identify the positive and negative points of my work in the correct sections… … my favourite way of receiving feedback so far… … I can save a copy to my desktop… … via email (so) you can contact the tutor directly about the assignment … … your feedback (is) a lesson in itself… … much more in depth marking. (Web)links could be embedded in the notes… … we can access it from anywhere at any time… … we need a hard copy for our records…