In addition to providing a mark and overall feedback, you can use Turnitin’s Feedback Studio to add in-line feedback directly on the student’s submission.
There 3 main ways to provide in-line feedback in a Turnitin submission are to add a comment, mark up selected text, and adding a QuickMark.
Using Quickmarks is the easiest way to annotate a student’s paper with your most frequently used comments. You can use the pre-defined sets of QuickMarks created by Turnitin and you can also create your own custom ones. The sets are groupings based on a topic such as composition, punctuation, or academic integrity.
QuickMarks are buttons that you can drag and drop to a specific point on a student’s submission. The button itself is a one or two-word description that when opened has pre-defined text to explain the comment as well as a text box so you can add additional information.
There are two main ways to add QuickMarks to papers. The first way described is best for when you are first familiarising yourself with the available options, as there is a larger area to see the text associated with the QuickMark. The second way is a bit faster, especially when you know what QuickMark you want to use.
Step 1: In the blue box on the right-hand side of the essay, click the blue tick mark button.
Step 2: Use the drop-down menu at the top of the sidebar to navigate between the pre-existing sets of QuickMarks.
Step 3: Click on QuickMark to view the text that is associated with that QuickMark.
Step 4: Once you have found the QuickMark you want to use, simply drag, and drop it to where you want it to appear on the submission.
Step 1: Click the area on the submission where you would like your QuickMark to appear. This will open a small menu with three buttons – a tick mark, a speech bubble, and the letter T.
Step 2: Click the black tick mark button. This will open a QuickMark menu on the submission.
Step 3: Use the drop-down menu to navigate between the QuickMark sets to find the mark you want to use.
To add any additional text to a QuickMark that has been added to a student’s paper, simply click on the QuickMark and scroll to the bottom of the provided text. There will be a small text box here to add your own custom comments.
To remove a QuickMark that’s been added to a student’s paper, simply click the QuickMark and click on the bin icon that’s in the bottom left-hand side of the box.
You can add a text comment that will appear as a bubble icon for the student to click on to reveal your comment, as text that appears directly on the submission, or you can add a comment tied to specific text in the student’s work.
Step 1: To add the comment bubble, click the area on the submission where you would like the bubble to appear. This will open a small menu with three buttons – a tick mark, a speech bubble, and the letter T.
Step 2: Click on the speech bubble and fill out the text box that will appear.
Step 3: Click outside of the text box when you are done to save the comment.
Step 4: If you wish, you can convert the bubble comment to a QuickMark.
You can add text to paper. This is visible within the paper, and student can read it without having to open it (as they do for bubble comments/Quick Marks). The drawback is that you have to be careful where you place the text - or it will overlap student work.
Step 1: To add text, click the area on the submission where you would like your text to appear. This will open a small menu with three buttons – a tick mark, a speech bubble, and the letter T.
Step 2: Click on the letter T and type out your comment.
Step 3: Click elswhere in the submission to save your comment.
Hint: Start between the text and the right hand margin - the box will not let you write 'off page' - but exends in height at you write.
Step 1: Select the text you want to highlight and/or be associated with a comment. This will open a small menu with three buttons – a tick mark, a speech bubble, and the letter S that has a strike through the middle of it.
Step 2: If you select either the QuickMark or the speech bubble (as above), ou will notice a coloured box in the top right corner – click on this to choose what colour to highlight the selected text. If you are in a teaching team, check to see if there is an colour coding scheme they are already using.
Step 3: If you realise the feedback is over the student's comments, you drag it to the side - a line links your comment to the highlight.
Step 1: To strike through the student’s text, select the chosen bit of text. This will open a small menu with three buttons – a tick mark, a speech bubble, and the letter S that has a strike through the middle of it.
Step 2: Click on the S.