In some circumstances, when using Turnitin assignments it is possible for students to see their marks in the gradebook in NILE prior to the Turnitin feedback release date.
When a mark is added to a Turnitin assignment, the mark is passed to the gradebook in the NILE course and there are settings in the gradebook which can allow students to view their marks prior to the Turnitin feedback release date. The following guide explains how to check that the gradebook has been correctly set up so as not to disclose marks to students in advance of the Turnitin feedback release date.
Please note that where a Turnitin assignment has been set up following the Turnitin guides on the Learning Technology Team's website (see link at the bottom of this page) it will have been set up so that marks are not released to students in advance of the Turnitin feedback release date.
And regardless of the Turnitin feedback release date and the settings in the gradebook, once marks have been passed to Student Records and entered into the Student Records System, they will be visible to students via the MyNorthampton app even if they are not visible to students via NILE.
Marks entered into Turnitin assignments in Ultra courses will normally be automatically hidden from students during marking, and need to be posted in order to be visible to students. If, in the gradebook, it does not say 'Posted' below the mark, the mark will not be visible via the gradebook. Marks will be automatically posted in the gradebook by Turnitin on the feedback release date, or staff can manually post some or all marks prior to the Turnitin feedback release date. However, posting marks prior to the Turnitin feedback release date will not release the marks or the feedback in Turnitin.
In the example below, students cannot see their marks in the gradebook for 'ES1 Essay', even though marks for all six students have been entered. However, for 'AS1 Assignment 1' all of the students can see their marks, as indicated by the green 'Posted' message below each of their marks. Marks in the gradeboook can be posted individually or all at once, and 'ES2 Essay' shows an example of some marks which have been posted, and some which have not. It also shows a submission which has yet to be marked, as indicated by 'Mark Now: New Submission, and a non-submission, as indicated by 'Mark Now'.
Once marks have been posted the only way of hiding them from students is by setting the Turnitin submission point to be 'Hidden from students'. This will hide both the submission point and the gradebook column from students, thus hiding their marks. However, it will also mean that students can no longer submit any assessments to the hidden Turnitin submission point.
Please note that the posting of marks in the gradebook and the Turnitin post-date are independent. For students to see their marks in the gradebook and to be able to read their feedback in Turnitin, the Turnitin feedback release date must have passed and the marks in the gradebook must have been posted.
If the Turnitin feedback release date has passed but the marks have not been posted in the gradebook, then, assuming that the Turnitin assignment submission point has not been hidden, students will be able to see their marks and feedback via Turnitin submission point.
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Full details of how to set up and assess Turnitin submissions are available on the Learning Technology Team's website (see the guides linked below).