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eMarking Assistant: 15 minute guided tour i Setting common options in Word before grading • use the Highlight in text option to highlight specific words e.g "singular" and "plural" • use the Highlight in text (inc sounds like) option to highlight words that sound Sometimes the rubric may be pasted in a frame (and display over the header and footer) If this occurs you can highlight the rubric, right click, select Frames and then click Remove frame You could then insert a general comment at the end of the marking rubric by clicking at the end of the rubric and typing your comment If you wanted to reuse the general comment you could highlight the comment, then using the Use selected document text to dropdown menu selecting save as a new reusable comment, and entering a name for the comment Exporting and importing comment banks Your reusable comments will be automatically saved and be available when you mark your next assignment but you may decide that you want to export the comments to give to another teacher or to use at home (you can install eMarking Assistant on two computers) To this click the Setup tab then use the Manage comment banks menu and select Export comment bank This will export your comment bank into a table in a new Word document and You could then save this document and move it to another computer and then use the Import comment bank option to load your comment bank into the new computer You may also want to edit the comments in the comment bank before loading them into another computer Export the current comments to share with another teacher or move to another computer Summary of this guided tour In this guided tour we have been using the eMarking Assistant macros that are embedded in this eMarking Assistant document When you install eMarking Assistant, the macros are installed into Word's startup folder so they are automatically loaded each time you open Word This means that you can use the eMarking Assistant toolbar with any document Take me to the eMarking Assistant installation page Recording audio feedback and embedding it into the assignment You might also want to record an audio comment (if you have a microphone) on part of the assignment The student can replay the audio by clicking the speaker in the margin Ironically it is easier to record such comments in earlier versions of Word with earlier versions of windows To record and insert an audio comment using Word 2003 (or earlier) on a computer with Gigabytes of memory (or less) you can: Copyright © 2007-2013 Peter Evans All Rights reserved http://eMarkingAssistant.com eMarking Assistant: 15 minute guided tour • • • • ii highlight the phrase "Prensky's distinction" in the assignment select A new audio comment in top field in the eMarking Assistant toolbar near the insert it in label, click margin the Sound Recorder application opens, you can press the round red record button, say your comment (the visual should show the audio being recorded) and then stop the recording, clicking the play button will replay the recording and click the close box at the top right to close the recording window If you are using a later version of Word or a more powerful computer you can: • highlight the phrase "Prensky's distinction" in the assignment • select A new audio comment in top field in the eMarking Assistant toolbar • near the insert it in label, click margin • follow the prompts to open any sound recording program to record your audio and then browse to it to insert it into the assignment The reference manual contains more information on common audio recording software While oversimplified, Prensky's distinction between "digital natives" and "digital immigrants" presents a vivid image of the speed and pervasiveness of changes in our students' expectations of what it means to communicate and learn Recording audio, screen or video and linking to it in the assignment You may want to prepare your feedback as a screen recording that contains your audio, a recording of the screen as you move through the assignment, and perhaps even video captured by your web cam Several free services cloud based services allow this including: • Jing from http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html: up to minute recordings and the recording can be password protected, private or public • Screenr from http://screenr.com: up to minutes of video which can be replayed from an URL or downloaded • Vocaroo from http://vocaroo.com/: does not require registration and records audio only which can be replayed from a URL or downloaded and embedded in the assignment • Screencast-o-matic from http://screencast-o-matic.com: up to 15 minutes screen recording or web cam and published to http://screencast-o-matic.com or to http://YouTube.com Copyright © 2007-2013 Peter Evans All Rights reserved http://eMarkingAssistant.com eMarking Assistant: helping teachers mark assignments & grade papers using Microsoft Word Complete reference manual (first time users should look at the fifteen minute guided tour before this reference manual) helping teachers provide feedback, mark assignments, and grade papers using Microsoft Word* for Windows** * ** compatible with Word 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013 (32-bit or 64-bit) compatible with Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Win 7, Win (32-bit or 64-bit) from Copyright © 2007-2013 Peter Evans All rights reserved Copyright © 2007-2013 Peter Evans All Rights reserved http://eMarkingAssistant.com eMarking Assistant: helping teachers mark assignments & grade papers using Microsoft Word Table of contents What is eMarking Assistant? .1 How will eMarking Assistant help me? 3 System requirements to use eMarking Assistant .4 eMarking Assistant user support and community .4 Starting to use eMarking Assistant 5.1 Look at the demonstration videos .5 5.2 Downloading eMarking Assistant 5.3 Enable Word macros in this document .5 5.4 Installing eMarking Assistant 5.5 Complete video guided tour of eMarking Assistant 6 Upgrading, uninstalling and troubleshooting 6.1 Upgrading to the most current version 6.2 Troubleshooting 6.3 Uninstalling eMarking Assistant .8 Licenses: trial, year single user or and site license 7.1 A 30 day trial license 7.2 Buying and activating a year subscription .8 7.3 Activating eMarking Assistant on a second computer 7.4 Buying and administering a site license 7.5 Distribute, recommend eMarking Assistant & receive credit Enabling macros and macro security 10 Preparing the assignment and instructions 12 9.1 Creating the assignment task 12 9.2 Creating instructions for submitting assignments 12 10 Using, preparing and distributing grading sheets 14 10.1 Using an example marking sheet 14 10.2 Creating your own marking sheet 15 11 Using, Preparing and distributing eRubrics 17 11.1 A note on marks or mark ranges for each grade 17 11.2 A note on increments within a mark range 18 11.3 Grid type marking eRubrics 19 Format 20 Spelling, grammar and expression 20 Format 21 Spelling, grammar and expression 21 11.4 List type marking eRubrics 26 11.5 Modifying, managing and distributing eRubrics 31 12 Creating and managing comment banks .33 12.1 Creating and managing comment banks .33 12.2 Exporting comments to a comments bank 34 12.3 Importing a comment bank 35 12.4 Deleting comments you no longer use 35 12.5 Harvesting revisions and comments into a word document 36 13 Workflow for grading or marking assignments 37 13.1 Marking electronic assignments 37 13.2 Marking paper based (or read only) assignments 37 13.3 Batch download the unmarked assignments 40 14 Adding comments and feedback to the assignment 40 Copyright © 2007-2013 Peter Evans All Rights reserved http://eMarkingAssistant.com eMarking Assistant: helping teachers mark assignments & grade papers using Microsoft Word 14.1 Preparing Word before marking the assignments 41 14.2 Inserting saved comments into the document or in the margin .41 14.3 Creating new comments while marking the assignment .41 14.4 Creating reusable comments while marking the assignment 42 14.5 Using marking rubrics standards as assignment comments 43 14.6 Adding audio comments in the assignment 43 14.7 Add Word revision marks .45 14.8 Add comments to the end of the assignment 45 14.9 Highlight misused or overused or confused words & phrases 45 14.10 Google a word or phrase .46 14.11 Include screen snapshots and comments .46 14.12 Save the marked assignment on your hard disk 47 14.13 Batch upload the marked assignments and record the mark .47 14.14 Return the assignment via eMail 47 14.15 Second mark, moderate and return the assignments 48 14.16 Summarise the feedback to improve teaching .48 15 Different types of Word documents you will use 49 15.1 The eMarking Assistant document 49 15.2 The eMarking or eRubric template in the startup folder .49 15.3 Marking rubric or marking sheet 49 15.4 Comments bank document 49 15.5 Word autotext entries stored in normal.dot or normal.dotm 49 15.6 A student assignment 49 16 End-User License Agreement .50 16.1 General 50 16.2 Copyright Notice 50 16.3 License Agreements 50 16.4 Distribution 51 16.5 Modifications, Derivative Works, and Reverse Engineering 51 16.6 Limitations of Use 51 16.7 Limitations of Liability 51 16.8 Privacy 51 17 Appendix: Sample marked assignment 52 18 Appendix: Assignment submission instructions 56 19 Appendix: Sample screen shots and comments 57 20 Appendix: Default reusable comments & eRubrics 60 Copyright © 2007-2013 Peter Evans All Rights reserved http://eMarkingAssistant.com eMarking Assistant: helping teachers mark assignments & grade papers using Word of 92 What is eMarking Assistant? Take me to the installation page (I can always come back and read this later) Many formal educational settings require students to prepare assignments or papers, which are used both to assess student learning and provide feedback to the student to allow them to monitor and improve their learning outcomes While detailed and useful feedback is critically important to student learning, the provision of such feedback is often time consuming and places large demands on the teacher, marker or grader Students are also often dissatisfied with the timeliness, quality and quantity of feedback These leads to a vicious cycle where the feedback that is provided is not fully used, leading to difficulty justify the time needed to provide good feedback, leading to feedback that is even less used eMarking Assistant is a collection of software and processes which will assist markers to provide detailed and consistent feedback when marking assignments using Microsoft Word It will help the marker, the examiner, and the student by: • Making it easier and quicker to insert detailed comments into work • Allowing markers to spend more time providing customised feedback • Providing more detail in the comments to help students to improve • Doing repetitive tasks e.g adding or rescaling marks • Suggesting an efficient workflow to help markers • Allowing the use and sharing of standard comment banks If you are connected to the internet you can also watch the following 10 minute demonstration before doing the guided tour http://emarkingassistant.com/demo-videos/ In short, eMarking Assistant assists the marker and moderator by saving time doing repetitive tasks while helping them provide detailed and timely feedback to the student While eMarking Assistant will help you marking paper based assignments but it is most useful when marking electronic assignments The eRubric component helps teachers by allowing them to prepare automated marking rubrics which will automatically highlight standards and record marks and then add and rescale these marks and also convert them to percentages and grades eRubrics are also useful when grading or providing feedback on any assessed task e.g class presentations eMarking Assistant adds the following toolbar to all versions of Microsoft Word for Windows The toolbar contains a tabbed section which shows other functions e.g working with eRubrics or setting up The fact that eMarking Assistant works within Word means that people don't need to learn to use new software and can continue to use their existing processes and knowledge Copyright © 2007-2013 Peter Evans All Rights reserved http://eMarkingAssistant.com eMarking Assistant: helping teachers mark assignments & grade papers using Word of 92 8a 8c 8b 10 11 12 8d 14 16 13 17 18 15 19 Briefly the functions are: select a comment from the list of comments in the comment bank displays the text of the selected comment so you don’t have to remember cryptic codes insert the selected comment either into the margin or into the text of the assignment select some assignment text then save it as a new comment or a Google search or highlight it throughout the assignment delete the selected comment from the comment bank rearrange the toolbar vertically or horizontally to suit your work habits return the document via email show one of the tabbed panels a the comment tab showing the contents of the comment b the setup tab used before marking c the rubric tab for using the eRubric d the help tab for showing the help, license and checking for upgrades show or hide different things (spelling, grammar invisibles) when preparing to mark 10 show the original or the final with or without markup 11 load or save a comment bank from a file or harvest a comment bank from a folder of marked assignments 12 insert eMarking information for the student at the end of the assignment 13 highlight a standard in the rubric and record the mark 14 increase or decrease the mark within the mark range 15 total and rescale the marks and convert the mark to a grade 16 display help and documentation 17 display your license information and activate your trial 18 check for updates and show additional features 19 go to the eMarking Assistant community at http://eMarkingAssistant.com to look at FAQs, support forums and comment banks and marking rubrics contributed by others Copyright © 2007-2013 Peter Evans All Rights reserved http://eMarkingAssistant.com eMarking Assistant: helping teachers mark assignments & grade papers using Word of 92 How will eMarking Assistant help me? Take me to the installation page I can always come back and read this later When faced with a folder of electronic assignments, eMarking Assistant will: • save you time by allowing you to easily create and reuse detailed comments • let you modify and save comments for future use • help you to be more consistent in your marking by giving everyone similar detailed comments • let you devote more time to providing personalised comments to students by saving you time on the routine and repeated comments • let you more easily use features of Word in your marking e.g revision marks, comments, autotext The detailed automated marking rubrics will: • save you time by ensuing consistent marking using detailed criteria and performance standards • save time by doing mechanical processes of highlighting standards, and recording, totalling and rescaling marks and then converting them to a grade • produce a professional looking rubric using colours to demonstrate different performance levels • insert components of the eRubric into the both of the assignment helping students to see a link between marks and comments If you are a moderator or examiner and work with sessional markers, eMarking Assistant will: • let you distribute comment banks to your markers containing specific comments and also model the quality and quantity of the content based comments and the tone or style of feedback • reduce your second marking and moderation load through the use a consistent bank of detailed comments • let you quickly "harvest" comments from a folder of marked assignments to identify patterns in common problem areas, the quality and quantity of marker comments, and inconstancy between comments and marks Students also benefit from the use of eMarking Assistant because: • turnaround time is reduced • typed comments are more easily read and detailed comments can contain text, images, tables, audio and links to support materials making it easier to understand the comment and apply it to future learning • the criteria and standards of assessment can be more clearly provided and read without overwhelming either the marker or the student with detailed information The following figure show that students whose work was assessed using eMarking Assistant rated assessment much more positively (red) than did students in either: • the same course whose assignments were hand marked (dark grey) or • other courses taught at the university (light grey) Copyright © 2007-2013 Peter Evans All Rights reserved http://eMarkingAssistant.com eMarking Assistant: helping teachers mark assignments & grade papers using Word of 92 System requirements to use eMarking Assistant eMarking Assistant integrates into Microsoft Word within the Office suite of programs On a Windows computer, eMarking Assistant can be used with version 2000 or later of Microsoft Office (Office 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013) using Windows 2000 or later (Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8) And most importantly it operates in exactly the same way in all environments so you can easily move from one to another eMarking Assistant can't be used with Microsoft Office Starter Edition (support by ads) or Microsoft Office RT (used in low power tablets and laptops) (read more) On a Macintosh computer, eMarking Assistant can be if you are using Microsoft Office under either Boot Camp (from Apple) or Parallels A note on audio comments: Due to a fault in Microsoft Sound Recorder included in Windows XP (and earlier) you can only record sounds if you computer has less than gigabytes of memory More information on this problem with Microsoft Sound Recorder is available from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/284893 eMarking Assistant user support and community Support for eMarking Assistant is provided at http://eMarkingAssistant.com and you can send email to info@eMarkingAssistant.com This site allows you to: • Register to receive email notifications • Download the latest version of eMarking Assistant • View the Frequently Asked Questions • Use the support forums Copyright © 2007-2013 Peter Evans All Rights reserved http://eMarkingAssistant.com eMarking Assistant: helping teachers mark assignments & grade papers using Word of 92 Starting to use eMarking Assistant Depending on your preference you might decide to install eMarking Assistant and start your 30 day trial or follow the guided tour at the start of this document You could: look at the eMarking Assistant video demonstration if you are connected to the internet (optional) download the eMarking Assistant document and save it to your computer (already done if you have this document) enable Word macros in this document the 15 minute guided tour presented at the start of this document install eMarking Assistant and start your 30 day trial refer to the remainder of this manual as needed 5.1 Look at the demonstration videos Most people find the following online demonstration to be the fastest way to overview eMarking Assistant http://emarkingassistant.com/demo-videos/ 5.2 Downloading eMarking Assistant You can download the eMarking Assistant document from http://eMarkingAssistant.com You must save the eMarking Assistant document to your hard disk, rather than run or open it in your browser, or else the installation process will not complete Once you have saved the eMarking Assistant document to your computer you can open it in Microsoft Word 5.3 Enable Word macros in this document eMarking Assistant requires Word macros to be enabled and clicking the following link will display a message if macros have been enabled Click here to verify that macros are enabled If no message is displayed, you need to enable macros by using the options button at the top of this document or reading the section on macro security and then enabling macros 5.4 Installing eMarking Assistant Once you install eMarking Assistant, it is automatically loaded each time you open Word This means that you can use eMarking Assistant with any document Copyright © 2007-2013 Peter Evans All Rights reserved http://eMarkingAssistant.com eMarking Assistant: helping teachers mark assignments & grade papers using Word Name mswordheaders and footers and msword-indent 72 of 92 Content Please use headers, footers and page breaks in Word and this will mean that you will not have this type of problem It is best to use the margins within the Word ruler to control the indenting rather than add spaces or tabs to the start of the line This button turns paragraph marks on so you can see spaces and tabs The following paragraph uses indent markers msword-keep with next msword-line spacing http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/word/HP100165281033.aspx If you use PAGE BREAKS (INSERT > BREAK > PAGE BREAK) and KEEP WITH NEXT (FORMAT > PARAGRAPH > LINE BREAKS > KEEP WITH NEXT) in Word you will avoid these types of problems with pagination In Word you should not press the "enter" key at the end of each paragraph To get double spacing use the FORMAT menu > PARAGRAPH > LINE SPACING msword-make 72It is usually a good idea to make links clickable In Word you can this clickable links by highlighting the text then INSERT > HYPERLINK or if the text is a fully formatted link starting with http:// you can just press space and the link will be automagically formed mswordIf you use outline mode in Word (VIEW > OUTLINE) and headings you can outline, get Word to automatically generate a Table of Contents (INSERT > headings, toc REFERENCE > TABLES > TABLE OF CONTENTS) with page numbers and links msword-page Once you learn about page and section breaks in Word you will not have this breaks problem with things being on the wrong page msword-paste This contains simple grammar and spelling mistakes An easy way to scan to check web pages, blog posts or forum messages for spelling mistakes is to paste it spelling into a Word document (you might want to use EDIT > PASTE SPECIAL > UNFORMATTED TEXT to speed up the paste) and then use Word's spelling and grammar checker Copyright © 2007-2013 Peter Evans All Rights reserved http://eMarkingAssistant.com eMarking Assistant: helping teachers mark assignments & grade papers using Word Name mswordposition picture inline 73 of 92 Content There are two main ways to positional images in the text in WordThe first anchors it to a position on the page and the second floats up and down as you add to delete text … the second way (inline) is generally best and you can set this by Right clicking the picture > FORMAT PICTURE > POSITION > INLINE This will stop the text and the picture being in on top of each other msword-show invisible chars Clicking the reverse "P" will display invisible characters such as space, tab or the return character at the end of paragraphs This will often help you to sort out formatting difficulties if you can't see these invisible characters e.g the following lines will look exactly the same when invisible characters are not shown but they will behave differently when you format them They are formatted using: • Multiple spaces • Multiple tabs • Single tabs and the ruler • A hidden table Option and are probably the most flexible when you are designing a table or a document Copyright © 2007-2013 Peter Evans All Rights reserved http://eMarkingAssistant.com eMarking Assistant: helping teachers mark assignments & grade papers using Word 74 of 92 Name Content msword-show invisible chars Clicking the reverse "P" will display invisible characters such as space, tab or the return character at the end of paragraphs This will often help you to sort out formatting difficulties if you can't see these invisible characters e.g the following lines will look exactly the same when invisible characters are not shown but they will behave differently when you format them They are formatted using: • Multiple spaces • Multiple tabs • Single tabs and the ruler • A hidden table Option and are probably the most flexible when you are designing a table or a document msword-tabs Use of Tabs on the ruler in Word and/or setting the first line indent will and ruler avoid these types of problems msword-TABS It is generally better to use the TABS on the ruler or even a table (with or tables for without the border showing) to align elements in this type of layout layout msword-TABS It is generally better to use the TABS on the ruler or even a table (with or tables for without the border showing) to align elements in this type of layout layout msword-TABS It is generally better to use the TABS on the ruler or even a table (with or tables for without the border showing) to align elements in this type of layout layout mswordI was surprised to see a message that this document contains a Word macro unexpected There are many good reasons why you might have a Word macro in your macro document but it is probably a good idea to tell the reader of the document what the macro is and what it does Without this information people will disable the macro and thus not see the functionality you might have included in the macro More information about Word macros is available from http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/187243 or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macro_virus_(computing) msword-using Using the numbered and bulleted list structure in Word will help to make the list structure structure of your ideas easier to see These also add to the visual interest of the page and make the text much easier to read if it is ever put online msword-using Using the numbered and bulleted list structure in Word will help to make the list structure structure of your ideas easier to see These also add to the visual interest of the page and make the text much easier to read if it is ever put online Copyright © 2007-2013 Peter Evans All Rights reserved http://eMarkingAssistant.com eMarking Assistant: helping teachers mark assignments & grade papers using Word 75 of 92 Name Content msword-using Using a table (with the borders hidden or shown) is one way of laying out tables to multicolumn page layout within Word or controlling where information is shown on the page msword-word If you have been given a word limit it is a good idea to show the number of count words (excluding cover page, references, appendices) on the cover page organisationA Use Arabic numbers followed by a period to list items where order can be PA-numbered specified (see APA 6th Ed section 3.4, p 63-64) e.g lists The following groups were identified: Individual people … Non-depressed people Depressed people organisationA Use small circles or squares to create a bulleted list where no order is implied PA-unorded (see APA 6th Ed section 3.4, pp 63-64) e.g lists The following fruit were used: • apples • oranges • bananas pageNumAPA Page numbering is needed on each page (see APA 6th Ed section 2.13, p 41, -needed section 8.03, p 230) pageNumAPA Page number should be flush right and on the same line as the running head -position (see APA 6th Ed section 2.13, p 41, section 8.03, p 230) para-long & There are many separate ideas in this paragraph and this makes it more many ideas difficult for the reader The OWL has some good information on paragraphs at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/606/01/ http://www.usq.edu.au/learningcentre/alsonline/acwrite/parstruct or http://unilearning.uow.edu.au/effective/4.html and the following pages (click NEXT at the top right) are also worth looking at How would you break this into several paragraphs? para-not The sentences in this paragraph are not logically ordered Generally a topic logical sentence will be followed by sentences that elaborate or provide supporting structure evidence and end with a concluding sentence See http://unilearning.uow.edu.au/effective/4.html for more information para-struct What is the main idea in this paragraph? The main idea should be in the with topic sent topic sentence, which is generally the first sentence After this, you can expand or support the idea with reference to the literature Structuring your paragraphs in this way helps the reader to know what to expect and see where the augment is going See http://www.usq.edu.au/learningcentre/alsonline/acwrite/parstruct for more ideas on paragraphs para-too short Avoid breaking paragraphs where there is no natural division in the thought Successions of extremely short paragraphs tend to fragment ideas and onesentence paragraphs should generally be avoided See http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/724/02 punctAPAUse a comma to separate items in a list of or more items (see APA 6th Ed comma section 4.03 pp 88) e.g remember apples, oranges, and bananas Copyright © 2007-2013 Peter Evans All Rights reserved http://eMarkingAssistant.com eMarking Assistant: helping teachers mark assignments & grade papers using Word Name punctAPAcomma punctAPAcomma separate 76 of 92 Content Use a comma here items (see APA 6th Ed section 4.02 pp 88) Use a comma to separate items in a list of or more items (see section 4.03 pp 88) e.g remember apples, oranges, and bananas punctAPAUse single quotes to signify the presence text that was quoted in the original double or quoted text (see APA 6th Ed section 4.08, pp.92) single quote e.g smith (1999) found "the 'placebo effect',…" punctAPAUse double quote marks around text quoted directly from a source, to double quote introduce an ironic comment, slang or coined expression, to surround the title marks if used in text, or mark materials used in a test (see APA 6th Ed section 4.07, pp.91) punctAPAUse a period to complete a sentence, with Latin abbreviations (e.g a.m.), or period initials (see APA 6th Ed section 4.02, pp 88) Do not use periods with capital letter abbreviations, web addresses, or measurement abbreviations (see APA 6th Ed section 4.02 pp 88) punctThe apostrophe has three uses: apostrophe To form possessives of nouns e.g "the cat's tail" To show the omission of letters e.g "don't" instead of "do not" To indicate certain plurals of lowercase letters e.g "mind your p's and q's" punctThis is an incorrect use of an apostrophe An apostrophe is used to: apostrophe • to form possessives of nouns • to show the omission of letters • to indicate certain plurals of lowercase letters The Purdue Online Writing Lab has a good explanation of these issues at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/566/01/ and exercises at https://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/3/3/10 punct-colon- You have incorrectly used a colon or semi-colon here Colons are used to semicolon introduce lists and semi-colons are used to before connective words such as "therefore" See http://unilearning.uow.edu.au/writing/3c.html for more information and an activity punct-comma You have incorrectly used a comma here See http://unilearning.uow.edu.au/writing/3ai.html for more information and an activity punct-double Use single quotes to signify the presence text that was quoted in the original or single quote quoted text (see section 4.08, pp.92) e.g smith (1999) found "the 'placebo effect',…" punct-double Use double quote marks around text quoted directly from a source, to quote marks introduce an ironic comment, slang or coined expression, to surround the title if used in text, or mark materials used in a test (see section 4.07, pp.91) punct-general This is an incorrect use of a The Purdue Online Writing Lab has a good explanation of these issues at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/566/01/ Copyright © 2007-2013 Peter Evans All Rights reserved http://eMarkingAssistant.com eMarking Assistant: helping teachers mark assignments & grade papers using Word 77 of 92 Name punct-period Content Use a period to complete a sentence, with Latin abbreviations (e.g a.m.), or initials (see section 4.02, pp 88) Do not use periods with capital letter abbreviations, web addresses, or measurement abbreviations (see section 4.02 pp 88) quoteAPAIn APA format there is no need for quotation marks if you are using a block block no quote indent for quotations longer than 40 words marks quoteAPADo not omit citations from the quote You not need to include citations containing included in quotations in your references (see APA 6th Ed section 6.09, p citations 173) quoteAPAIn APA format you need to use double quote marks for quotations double quotations quoteAPAIn APA format you need to use double quote marks for quotations double quotations quoteAPAThe following changes need to be indicated (see APA 6th Ed section 6.08, pp explanation 172-173): required • Omitted text: indicated by three ellipse points i.e "…" If the omitted text overlaps two or more sentences then use four ellipse points • Inserted material: use brackets to indicate text has been inserted to make the quotation clearer • Add emphasis: insert [emphasis added] if you italicise any part of the quotation to add emphasis • Confirm accuracy: if the quotation contains errors in spelling, punctuation, or grammar that might confuse the reader then [sic] immediately after the error quoteAPAIn APA format you should use an indented block and no quotation marks for greater 40 wds quotations longer than 40 words See http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/apa/sources/quotes.html The first line of the quotation does not need to be further indented If the quotation contains a new paragraph the first line of the new paragraph should be doubly indented (see APA 6th Ed section 6.03, p 117-171) The following screen image shows a block quotation with paragraph marks turned on showing the indent marker on the ruler This button turns paragraph marks on quoteAPA-less Quotations of less than 40 words should be incorporated into the text and than 40 wds enclosed with double quotation marks (see APA 6th Ed section 6.03, p 117171) Copyright © 2007-2013 Peter Evans All Rights reserved http://eMarkingAssistant.com eMarking Assistant: helping teachers mark assignments & grade papers using Word Name quoteAPAneed author & year quoteAPAneed page numb quoteAPA-no explanation quoteAPApage or para number refAPAalphabetical order refAPAalphabetical order refAPAampersand 78 of 92 Content Quotations much include the author, year and page (see APA 6th Ed section 6.03, p 117-171) You need a proper APA intext citation for a direct quote (Author, date, page or section) The case of the first letter of a quotation or the punctuation at the end of a quotation can be changed to fit the context of the quotation (see APA 6th Ed section 6.07, p 172) Quotations must include the page number or page numbers If the work does not include page numbers then paragraph numbers must be (see APA 6th Ed section 6.05, pp171-172) e.g "…" (Smith, 1998, pp 4-5) or "… " (Smith, 2007, para 7) The references should be in alphabetical order The references should be in alphabetical order Use an ampersand in in the reference list if there are more than two authors (see APA 6th Ed section 6.27, pp 184) e.g Smith, A A., & Jones, B B (1999) refAPAThe general format for an article reference is as follows (see APA 6th Ed articles section 7.01 pp.198-202): Scruton, R (1996) The eclipse of listening The New Criterion, 15(3), 5-13 See http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/07/ for specific examples of different issues for this type of reference refAPA-author Up to seven authors can be listed with surname and then initials e.g Authora, A A., Authorb, B B., & Authorc, C C Use "&" and not "and" between authors Use a space after the command and after the period after initials (see APA 6th Ed section 6.27 p 184) See also examples at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/06/ refAPA-books The general format for a book reference is as follows (see APA 6th Ed section 7.02 pp.202-205): Calfee, R C., & Valencia, R R (1991) APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication Washington, DC: American Psychological Association See http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/08/ for specific examples of different issues for this type of reference refAPA-date in If the work has been accepted for publication but not yet published then use press "in press" (see APA 6th Ed section 6.28, p 185) e.g Smith, S, S (in press) refAPA-date If there is no date then use n.d (see APA 6th Ed section 6.28, p 185) e.g no date Smith, S, S (n d.) Copyright © 2007-2013 Peter Evans All Rights reserved http://eMarkingAssistant.com eMarking Assistant: helping teachers mark assignments & grade papers using Word 79 of 92 Name refAPAdissertations Content The general format for a published dissertation is as follows (see APA 6th Ed section 7.05 pp.207-208): Lastname, F N (Year) Title of dissertation (Doctoral dissertation) Retrieved from Name of database (Accession or Order Number) See http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/09/ for specific examples of different issues for this type of reference refAPA-double The reference list should be double spaced and use a hanging indent (see APA spaced and 6th Ed p.180) indent refAPA-editor The editor should be included after the title of the chapter (see APA 6th Ed section 7.02, pp 202-205) e.g Author, A A Title of chapter In A Editor, & B Editor (Eds.), Title of the book (pp, ??-??) Location: Publisher refAPAelectronic The general format for referencing an electronic reference is to provide similar information to a non-electronic reference ensuring that you provide enough information for retrieval Several examples are (see APA 6th Ed section 7.11 pp.214-215): Bernstein, M (2002) 10 tips on writing the living Web A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites, 149 Retrieved from http://www.alistapart.com/articles/writeliving Brownlie, D (2007) Toward effective poster presentations: An annotated bibliography European Journal of Marketing, 41, 1245-1283 doi:10.1108/03090560710821161 Smyth, A M., Parker, A L., & Pease, D L (2002) A study of enjoyment of peas Journal of Abnormal Eating, 8(3), 120-125 Retrieved from http://www.articlehomepage.com/full/url/ United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (2008).Indiana income limits [Data file] Retrieved from http://www.huduser.org/Datasets/IL/IL08/in_fy2008.pdf See http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/10/ for specific examples of different issues for this type of reference refAPA-italics In the references the journal, book, symposium, and paper or poster title should be italicised (see APA 6th Ed section 6.29, pp.185-186, section 7) refAPA-no In APA format, if the reference does not have a known author, you should author and use the title of the page You need to give the exact URL for the page exact URL refAPA-no In APA format, if the reference does not have a known author, you should use author and the title of the page You need to give the exact URL for the page exact URL refAPA-order Order references alphabetically and if the same first author then based on number of authors and the year of publication (see APA 6th Ed section 6.25, pp.181-183) If there is no author, the first significant word in the title should be used to order the reference list (see APA 6th Ed section 6.25, p 181-183 Copyright © 2007-2013 Peter Evans All Rights reserved http://eMarkingAssistant.com eMarking Assistant: helping teachers mark assignments & grade papers using Word 80 of 92 Name refAPAreferences or reference refAPAreferences section refAPA-title journal newspaper refAPA-title needed Content The heading of the section containing the reference list is References (see APA 6th Ed section 2.11, p 37) ref-heading The "References" heading should be centered and not bold or italics and on a new page The heading is not "Reference list" In APA format this section should be called "References" Use title capitalisation in titles Characters after a colon or dash should be capitalised (see APA 6th Ed section 6.29pp.185-186) Journal of Nervous Diseases Use sentence capitalisation in article or chapter titles Characters after a colon or dash should be capitalised (see APA 6th Ed section 6.29, pp.185-186) e.g Mental and nervous diseases refAPA-URL- Because URLs can change it is preferable to give a DOI if possible (see APA DOI 6th Ed section 6.31 pp.187-189) ref-but no cite This reference item does not appear as an in-text citation ref-comma In references, use commas to separate authors, surnames and initials ref-date Use the full date e.g (2012, March 7) newspapers Copyright © 2007-2013 Peter Evans All Rights reserved http://eMarkingAssistant.com eMarking Assistant: helping teachers mark assignments & grade papers using Word 81 of 92 Name Content rubric-grid eg This example eRubric is stored as a reusable comment called "rubric-grid eg Aust Aust." You can: • create your own erubric by entering your own grading levels, mark ranges, and performance descriptors (see video) • complete the erubric by clicking a performance level cell and pressing either F6 to select or F5 or F7 to vary or F8 to total (see video) Criteria Content (90%) Rating of self as an ideal voter M ax m ar k 13 Explanation of rating Article on federal political issue Analysis of article Presentation Grammar, spelling and syntax Spelling & writing Penalties or bonuses (10 to +10) Totals 15 Percentages 10 0% Ma rk 10 335 Gr ad e Fa Resu il bmit (F (R) ) Pass (P) Credi t (C) Distin ction (D) High Distinctio n (HD) 45% % to to 49% 44 % 50% to 64% 65% to 74% 75% to 84% 85% to 100% example performan ce descriptor C D descri descri ptor ptor D 11 D 925 10 8.6 HD ( ) 30 20 85 C 10 6.9 C 10 7.9 D 88 pre ss F8 pre ss F8 pre Mark for this 20 Copyright © 2007-2013 Peter Evans All Rights reserved http://eMarkingAssistant.com example performan ce descriptor eMarking Assistant: helping teachers mark assignments & grade papers using Word 82 of 92 Name Content rubric-grid eg The example erubric (with no explicit performance statements) is stored as a US reusable comment called "rubric-grid eg US" You can: • create your own erubric by entering your own grading levels, mark ranges, maximum marks, and performance descriptors (see video) • complete the erubric by clicking a performance level cell and pressing either F6 to select or F5 or F7 to vary or F8 to total (see video) Criteria Ma x ma rk M ark Gra de F g r a d e G P A ( F ) 0% to 59 % Content (90%) Rating of self as an ideal voter Explanation of rating Article on federal political issue Analysis of article Presentation Grammar, spelling and syntax Spelling & writing Penalties or bonuses (-10 to +10) 13 12 35 A 15 12 68 3.7 B 10 D 30 28 A 10 2.9 F 10 2.9 F Copyright © 2007-2013 Peter Evans All Rights reserved http://eMarkingAssistant.com D gr a d e G P A 1 ( D ) 60% to 69% C grade GPA 1.5 2.49 (C) B gra de GP A 2.5 3.4 (B) A gra de GP A 3.5 -4 (A) 70% to 79% 80% to 89% 90% to 100% performan ce descriptor C descrip tor D descri ptor eMarking Assistant: helping teachers mark assignments & grade papers using Word Name rubric-list eg 83 of 92 Content This example list type rubric is stored with the name "rubric-list eg" You can: • create your own erubric by entering your own grading levels, mark ranges, and performance descriptors • complete the erubric by click in a cell in the first column and press either F6 to select or F5 or F7 to vary or F8 to total Criteria Max mark Your mark type = list Correct Bibliographic reference (Harvard style) and correct link for both articles 10 Both not present (Mark=0 to 4) 3-7 mistakes in referencing in Harvard style for both articles (mark = to 7.4) Minor mistakes (>3) in Harvard style references for both articles (mark = 7.5 to 8.4) 7.95 Every detail of reference present and correct for both articles (mark = 8.5 to 10) Summary of article content 20 Summary not provided or far too brief (only up to lines) (mark = to 10) Information provided is either very limited (lacking specific main points) or has far too much detail (including examples and references and additional information) (mark = 10 to 13.9) Summary of information is adequate but lacks clarity and depends overly on article’s own phrases and words (mark= 14 to 17.9) Information provided is in own words and in enough detail so that the purpose, main points and conclusion are clearly understood (Mark = 17 to 20) Article critique - Authority Author and journal not both discussed (Mark = to 2.4) Discussion of author and journal brief (Mark = 2.5to 3.14) 2.82 Discussion of author and journal adequate Overall evaluation of credibility either not made or not well argued (Mark = 3.15 to 4) Excellent discussion of both author and journal’s credibility Overall evaluation of credibility made and well argued (mark = 4.5 to 5) Format (3), referencing (5), expression(4) Referencing (mark = to 4) Copyright © 2007-2013 Peter Evans All Rights reserved http://eMarkingAssistant.com 12 eMarking Assistant: helping teachers mark assignments & grade papers using Word 84 of 92 Name Content rubric-marking This example marking sheet is included as a reusable comment with the name sheet eg "erubric-marking sheet" You can: • create your own marking sheet by entering your own grading levels, mark ranges, and performance descriptors • complete marking sheet click in a cell in the first column and press either F6 to select or F5 or F7 to vary or F8 to total Criteria Max mark Your mark Comments Introduction according to the lab report guide 10 This is an example comment that I have entered Body of the report including the procedures Results presented in both tabular and graphical format Conclusion summarising the results and marking recommendations for future research and implications Penalties or bonuses (Mark = -10 to +10) Totals 30 20 13 type = sheet Percentages Maximum Marks for this assignment 20 80 press F8 100% press F8 20 press F8 Grade running hdAPAformatting running hdAPA-needed running hdAPA-not suitable sentencefragment The running head should be flush with the left margin and be in all capitals (see APA 6th Ed section 2.13, p 41; section 8.03, p 229) e.g Running head: EFFECTS ON AGE ON DETECTION OF EMOTION A running head is required (see APA 6th Ed section 8.03, p 229) The running head must start with the words "Running head:" followed by an abbreviated title of no more than 50 characters counting letters, numbers, punctuation and spaces (see APA 6th Ed section 8.03 p 229) This is a sentence fragment because it lacks an essential part of the sentence Sentence fragment can usefully be fixed by changing the punctuation How can this be rewritten to be a complete sentence See the section starting at http://unilearning.uow.edu.au/writing/2a.html for more information on sentence fragments How could you rewrite this sentence? Copyright © 2007-2013 Peter Evans All Rights reserved http://eMarkingAssistant.com eMarking Assistant: helping teachers mark assignments & grade papers using Word 85 of 92 Name Content sentence-runon This is a run on sentence because it contains more than one idea Run on sentences can generally be repaired by inserting full stops How can this be rewritten to avoid the run on sentence See the section starting at http://unilearning.uow.edu.au/writing/2b.html for more information How could you rewrite this sentence? sentence-sub- The subject and verb in this sentence not agree in number or person See verb agree http://unilearning.uow.edu.au/writing/2c.html for exercises on subject – verb agreement How could your sentence be rewritten? stagesProofreading is an important stage of assignment preparation When you proofreading proof your work you should check for the following issues: • structural (structure checklist for an essay) • grammatical and • technical To slow yourself down when proofreading, place a ruler under each line and read the text line by line Look for the slips you know you often make The OWL at Purdue has suggestions you can use to make your proofreading more effective http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/561/01/ stagesproofreading Proofreading is an important stage of assignment preparation When you proof your work you should check for the following issues: • structural (structure checklist for an essay) • grammatical and • technical To slow yourself down when proofreading, place a ruler under each line and read the text line by line Look for the slips you know you often make The OWL at Purdue has suggestions you can use to make your proofreading more effective http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/561/01/ structure-bad transition structure-no conclusion How these two paragraphs relate? Generally you should tell the reader what the connection is and then develop that connection throughout the paragraph Every essay needs an ending to convey a sense of closure Your conclusion does not necessarily have to summarize your entire essay; it should, however, reinforce the point you are making in your essay and perhaps place your argument into a larger perspective Be sure to signal the beginning of your conclusion, and beware of introducing a totally new point in your conclusion The organisation of your paper is not clearly organised to help the reader Use a clear pattern of organization Consider such strategies as stating a thesis and then giving a number of supporting arguments; stating a problem and then examining one or more possible solutions; stating a course of action and weighing its advantages and disadvantages; or stating and then refuting a series of arguments against your thesis There are many acceptable patterns; just be sure that the one you choose suits your material, groups related ideas together, and gives your readers the information they need to understand every point as they come to it The ideas in your paper should be organised into a clear, logical and coherent structure This clear logical sequence controls how paragraphs are ordered in paper For more information see the section that starts at http://unilearning.uow.edu.au/effective/2.html and pages that follow when you click the next link structure-no organisation structure-not logical Copyright © 2007-2013 Peter Evans All Rights reserved http://eMarkingAssistant.com eMarking Assistant: helping teachers mark assignments & grade papers using Word Name structure-not related 86 of 92 Content It is not clear how this is related to the thesis of your paper It is not enough that all your ideas and arguments are relevant to your general subject The reader must understand how they clarify and support your overall argument or thesis structureIt is not clear why you have ordered the paragraphs in this way More ordering information on structuring your argument is available from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/588/03/ studentI also STRONGLY suggest that you contact and work with someone at The learning centre Learning Centre or other services provided by the Learning and Teaching Support Unit (LTSU) at USQ The URL is http://www.usq.edu.au/learningcentre/ These people have experience helping students to succeed in tertiary study and you should take advantage of their services word-easily Do not confuse words such as to and too, effect and affect, then and than, confused and, there and they're Check such words when proofreading as they are easy to confuse word-wrong This is not the correct word in this sentence Make sure that you are using the word correct word in the sentence writAPA-bias Avoid bias in language concerning race, disability or sexuality See http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/14/ for specific guidelines on avoiding bias (see APA 6th Ed pp 70-77) writAPAWhere possible write as concisely as possible Short sentences are easier to economy of understand than long sentences and remove redundant words whenever expression possible (see APA 6th Ed., section 3.08, p 67) See also http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/15/ writAPAMake sure that your writing is precise and clear by choosing words carefully precision & and avoiding unnecessary jargon (see APA 6th Ed p 67) See also clarity http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/15/ Copyright © 2007-2013 Peter Evans All Rights reserved http://eMarkingAssistant.com [...]... using eMarking Assistant you may be asked to copy the details of your installation by highlighting them with the mouse and pressing CONTROL C and pasting them into an email to info@eMarkingAssistant.com You can also view the online eMarking Assistant Frequently Asked Questions or go to the forums at http://eMarkingAssistant.com Copyright © 2007-2013 Peter Evans All Rights reserved http://eMarkingAssistant.com... install eMarking Assistant or send an email to info@eMarkingAssistant.com If you include a phone number, country and a suggested time I will attempt to call you Once macros are enabled you can return to installing eMarking Assistant After you have installed eMarking Assistant you can reset your macro security level to your original setting Copyright © 2007-2013 Peter Evans All Rights reserved http://eMarkingAssistant.com... 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