Online Marking and Feedback

To initiate the online marking process, click on a student's name or on '1 attempt to grade' in the assessment task in Grade Centre:

A screenshot of the Grade Centre. Red outline and arrows indicate what you can click on to initiate the online marking process.

Alternatively, go to the submission area of the assessment item (drop box) in the relevant assessment folder and click on the number of submissions noted above the settings cog:

A screenshot of the submission area of the assessment item. Red outline and arrow indicate what to click on to go to submissions.

BB Annotate is the new inline marking tool available from LearnJCU. It allows teachers to access a student’s submitted assignment online and provide inline grading feedback.

After you post the grade students can access their annotated submission.

→ Assignment inline marking - BB Annotate

A diagram of the features available in BB Annotate's menu.

Assign the rubric to the assignment drop box/submission area prior to commencing marking. Marking via  a rubric provides structured feedback directly related to the marking criteria and provides opportunity to facilitate a constructive ‘learning through assessment’ feedback loop.

View a demonstration of marking online with a rubric (Youtube, 1.04 minutes).

A screenshot of the student submission. Red outline and arrows show the feedback and marking icons.

The feedback icon appears at the top of the marking submission page.

You can add feedback in a variety of formats - from the traditional text based feedback and inserting feedback files, to the more contemporary and personally inclusive strategy of inserting a feedback recording (Youtube, 1.26 minutes) – audio or video.

Feedback in the feedback panel should build on the structured rubric feedback to include constructive feedback.

A screenshot showing the overall feedback panel.

Find out more about recording audio feedback (Blackboard help).