{"id":9094,"date":"2022-04-26T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/?p=9094"},"modified":"2022-06-07T09:20:38","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T08:20:38","slug":"feedback-templates-designing-flexible-rubrics-and-grading-forms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/2022\/04\/26\/feedback-templates-designing-flexible-rubrics-and-grading-forms\/","title":{"rendered":"Feedback templates: designing flexible rubrics and grading forms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>During the summer of 2020 the University of Sussex Business School worked with a team of student connectors to co-create a series of new marking criteria for each level of study. The project sought to ensure quality and provide consistency, using wording that was accessible to students. You can read more about the project in our past post &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/2020\/09\/29\/co-created-marking-criteria\/\">Co-created marking criteria<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2020\/09\/USBS-marking-criteria.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2020\/09\/USBS-marking-criteria-1024x574.jpg\" alt=\"USBS marking criteria video\" class=\"wp-image-8491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2020\/09\/USBS-marking-criteria-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2020\/09\/USBS-marking-criteria-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2020\/09\/USBS-marking-criteria-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2020\/09\/USBS-marking-criteria-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2020\/09\/USBS-marking-criteria-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2020\/09\/USBS-marking-criteria-200x112.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2020\/09\/USBS-marking-criteria-450x252.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2020\/09\/USBS-marking-criteria-600x336.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2020\/09\/USBS-marking-criteria-900x505.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2020\/09\/USBS-marking-criteria.jpg 1411w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Business School has since run an additional connector project which aimed to understand how to provide a framework to improve feedback consistency and usefulness within the School. The student connectors analysed a range of real, anonymised, feedback that they and other students had received and decided upon the following ingredients of good feedback:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Be honest &#8211; use an appropriate language and tone (kindness)<\/li><li>Be specific &#8211; keep it focused, refer to the School\u2019s generic marking criteria<\/li><li>Be personal &#8211; focus on the student&#8217;s work<\/li><li>Be timely &#8211; a different discussion but may be supported by more focused feedback<\/li><li>Show areas for improvement &#8211; feedforward<\/li><li>Be accessible<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to support staff in using the new marking criteria and to put into place the ingredients of good feedback identified by students, Technology Enhanced Learning created a series of feedback templates for the school in the form of rubrics and grading forms. Markers are able to select either a rubric or grading form (you can read more about rubrics and grading forms in our post <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/2022\/02\/22\/rubrics-and-you\/\">Rubrics and you<\/a>) for assessments marked in both Turnitin and Canvas SpeedGrader. Once they have selected the type of template they would like to use, staff can then download the correct version for the level of their module and upload it and attach it to their assessment. Staff also have the option to edit each template in order to adapt it to their specific assessment, for example by removing the \u2018Teamwork\u2019 criteria if there is no group work element or by providing additional contextual information.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For assessments that are submitted to and marked in Turnitin we have also created a series of QuickMarks. These are a set of saved comments which can be shared with staff and then used to annotate students\u2019 submissions during marking. As with the rubrics and grading forms, these comments can be edited to provide further contextual information and personalise them for the individual student. Again, we have created a set for levels 4, 5, 6 and 7 so that comments are tailored to the level of study and each set mirrors the information that is provided within the marking criteria. When downloading their rubric\/grading form staff can download their chosen QuickMark set at the same time and make use of this while marking. This will help students to easily identify which comments relate to different elements of the marking criteria as they view their feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2022\/04\/2022-04-13_09-41-39.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"612\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2022\/04\/2022-04-13_09-41-39.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2022\/04\/2022-04-13_09-41-39.png 612w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2022\/04\/2022-04-13_09-41-39-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2022\/04\/2022-04-13_09-41-39-100x58.png 100w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2022\/04\/2022-04-13_09-41-39-150x87.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2022\/04\/2022-04-13_09-41-39-200x116.png 200w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2022\/04\/2022-04-13_09-41-39-450x262.png 450w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2022\/04\/2022-04-13_09-41-39-600x349.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>QuickMarks aren\u2019t yet available to use within Canvas SpeedGrader, however staff can make use of the Comment Library which allows you to save your own comments. This guide will tell you more about the Comment Library and show you how to save your comments &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Instructor-Guide\/How-do-I-use-the-Comment-Library-in-SpeedGrader\/ta-p\/469482\">How do I use the Comment Library in SpeedGrader?<\/a> Within the guidance for the Business School we have provided the text for the generic feedback criteria which can be copied and pasted into SpeedGrader to save as a template for providing feedback. Staff can also choose to save any comments that they find they use frequently.<br>If you are not in the Business School and would like to know more about how your School uses rubrics and grading forms then please contact your Director of Teaching and Learning or Curriculum and Assessment Officer. 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One of those techniques, and the focus of this blog post, is using rubrics. What is a Rubic\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;feedback&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2022\/02\/unnamed.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8489,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/2020\/09\/29\/co-created-marking-criteria\/","url_meta":{"origin":9094,"position":1},"title":"Co-created marking criteria","date":"29th September 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Thankyou for reading this EE blog post this is representative at the time it was written. Over this summer the University of Sussex Business School embarked on a project to co-create new marking criteria for assessments within their courses. This project saw students, academics and professional services staff come together\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Marking and assessment&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2020\/09\/list-2389219_1280.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4204,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/2016\/06\/07\/constructively-aligning-criterion-feedback-using-turnitin\/","url_meta":{"origin":9094,"position":2},"title":"Constructively aligning criterion feedback using Turnitin","date":"7th June 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Implementing processes to support the electronic management of assessment has been a priority for many universities and colleges in recent years, with many making use of Turnitin as a means\u00a0of checking the originality of submitted work and providing feedback to students. \u00a0 The University of Sussex have been using Turnitin\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Marking and assessment&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Capture","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2016\/06\/Capture-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9290,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/2022\/10\/04\/the-f-word-or-how-you-can-learn-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-process\/","url_meta":{"origin":9094,"position":3},"title":"The F word or, how you can learn to stop worrying and love the process","date":"4th October 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes, we're of course talking about feedback. 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The 2021 Student Academic Experience Survey from Advance HE and Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI)\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;feedback&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2021\/10\/Figure_2.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9781,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/2024\/01\/25\/your-students-dont-know-what-a-rubric-is-and-maybe-you-dont-either\/","url_meta":{"origin":9094,"position":5},"title":"Your students don't know what a RUBRIC is \u2013 and maybe you don\u2019t either?","date":"25th January 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"by Sam Hemsley, Academic Developer, University of Sussex One of the first pieces of work I took on when joining the Educational Enhancement team as an Academic Developer in September 2021, was to contribute to the content of a guidance page on the \u2018Principles of rubrics and grading forms\u2019. 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