The following article discusses providing student feedback through Turnitin Feedback Studio to support efficient digital marking and feedback to students using a feedback summary, Quickmarks and text comments.

For details on navigating to student Turnitin submissions in Feedback Studio, see Marking assessment using Turnitin Feedback Studio.

What type of feedback does feedback Studio Support?

Turnitin provides two main types of feedback;

Summary feedback: overall voice or text comments about the student's work
Direct feedback: individualised feedback directed at certain sections of students' written work, which can be linked to rubric criteria.

Ideally, an assignment will include both types of feedback. Given the time-intensive nature of providing direct feedback, markers may decide to minimise the amount of feedback provided or only focus on certain sections of the student's paper. The following article explains how both types of feedback can be provided to students.

How does feedback help?

Good feedback not only helps students improve, it also reduces arguments about how a graded result was determined by drawing attention to what was present and what was lacking about the work. Quality feedback also supports faculty moderation processes.

Explicitly teach Students about feedback

Don't assume students will know that Turnitin feedback is available for a written assignment. Spend the time to talk to students about the importance of accessing and reviewing their Turnitin assignment feedback as an essential part of being a lifelong learner and succeeding in their studies.

Feedback Summary

The Turnitin Feedback Summary provides overall Voice and Text Comments about the student's assignment. Students often say they enjoy hearing a person talking them through feedback as this is more personal, so consider using voice comments.

Adding a Feedback Summary

Open a Turnitin student assignment and access the Turnitin Feedback studio.
Click on the pencil icon from the right side menu to open the Feedback Summary screen.
To add a voice comment, click on the circle icon to start recording and the pause icon to pause the recording.
Click the square icon to finish the recording.
Once the recording is stopped click on the Save icon to save the recording.
To add a text comment, write in the Text Comment box. The comment will automatically save when you click outside the box.

The following video shows how to use the feedback summary in Turnitin Feedback Studio.

Direct Feedback using Quickmarks and text comments

You can apply feedback directly on top of a submitted Turnitin assignment, similarly to hand written comments you would write on a physically printed paper assignment. Students can view the feedback provided when they open the Turnitin graded assignment.

Relating feedback to rubric criteria

You can link direct feedback to rubric criteria, to draw students' attention back to the criteria and learning outcomes they are being graded on.

Feedback in Turnitin can be provided through text, QuickMarks (comment library) or inline. For more ideas about feedback see Marking, feedback and grading.

Adding text comments

Open a Turnitin student assignment and access the Turnitin Feedback studio.
Click anywhere on the student paper to access direct feedback. The following menu will appear.
Click on the speech bubble icon and write a comment in the box.
You can click Assign Criterion to link the text comment to rubric criteria
Click the trash can icon the delete the comment.
To add this comment to the Quickmarks library, click on Convert to QuickMark.
When you click on the paper the text will become a bubble icon you can move around.

Adding inline text comments

Open a Turnitin student assignment and access the Turnitin Feedback studio.
Click anywhere on the student paper to access direct feedback. The following menu will appear.
Click on the T icon and write a comment. It will appear where the cursor is located
To delete an inline comment select it, and click the trash can icon to delete.

Adding Quickmarks

Open a Turnitin student assignment and access the Turnitin Feedback studio.
Click anywhere on the student paper to access direct feedback. The following menu will appear.
Select the tick icon and then search for the Quickmark you wish to use.
Select a Quickmark to add it to the student's paper.
Click Assign Criterion to link a Quickmark to a rubric criteria
Click the trash can icon the delete the quickmark.

Further resources

(Please note - it's better to refer to the Online version rather than export, as it's always up to date)