Overview
There is an online ‘Module Box’ block on the right-hand side of the every Moodle course page. The purpose of this block is to provide an easy and familiar way to deliver all module materials to you as an External Examiner, from one location within the DLE (Moodle). This can also include sharing sample submissions and feedback files with you as URL links, or as files from an ‘Assignment’ activity/submission point.
This article outlines how to link student submissions and feedback files to Module Boxes with or without using Turnitin.
Please note, it is no longer possible to directly link feedback created in Turnitin to your Module Box. You will therefore need to use one of the options outlined below.
How to link student submissions and feedback to Module Boxes
Regardless of the chosen channel (Moodle or Turnitin) for providing feedback on student submissions, you will need to pick one of the options below and send our supporting materials created for External Examiners as instructions. This will help them know how to access the student paperwork and the feedback files/comments/Rubrics or any other grading form you used for marking.
Link to the grading table and provide names to search
In case you wish to share multiple sample submissions and feedback files with your External Examiners, we recommend providing the URL link of the main submission point to the External Examiners.
Please make sure you provide the list of the student submissions you wish them to look at. Also make sure you share the following supporting material with them, so they will know how to access these in Moodle.
To use this method, please navigate to the status/grading summary page of the ‘Assignment’ activity and then click on the ‘View all submissions’ button to access all the uploaded files by students.
Once there, copy the URL link from your browser URL bar, and then share/paste into the Module Box. For more information about how to add a URL link to the Module Box, please visit the following supporting material.
After the External Examiners receives the URL link, they can then either use the alphabetic filters to filter out the submissions or manually search for the names/submissions on the list by scrolling up or down.
Upon finding a/the student, they will either need to click:
- on the blue ‘Grade’ button if the grade and feedback has been applied in Moodle only; or
- on the blue pencil icon if the grade and feedback has been applied in Turnitin as well.
Link to the grading page for the student
In case you wish to share single submissions and feedback files with your External Examiners, we recommend providing the URL link of the main submission point to the External Examiners.
Please ensure you also share the following supporting material with them.
To use this method, please navigate to the status/grading summary page of the ‘Assignment’ activity and then click on the ‘View all submissions’ button to access all the uploaded files by students.
Once there, copy the URL link from your browser URL bar, and then share/paste into the Module Box. For more information about how to add a URL link to the Module Box, please visit the following supporting material.
After the External Examiners receives the URL link, they can then check the grade and feedback provided here (if it has been applied in Moodle only) or click on the blue pencil icon to access any additional feedback provided in Turnitin Feedback Studio.
