Top 10 Practical Insights from Turnitin Feedback Studio Vidbits

Turnitin offers educators resources to support usage of Feedback Studio through a curated library of videos. The videos are generally between 3 to 10 minutes long and viewers can activate Closed Captions (CC) or change the playback speed to match their preferences. Each video is supplemented by related links and materials. After watching these videos, here are my  top 10 practical insights for educators!

1. You are the most valuable resource your students have in their learning!

While Turnitin Feedback studio is resource-rich (rubrics, QMs, discussion boards, oh my!), these tools are means to an end in students’ learning! Intentionally setting aside time to explain to students how and why you are going to provide feedback, and the relevance of your feedback to their learning long term is critical to success. 

2. Formative feedback has never been easier to give students on their written work!

Whether you prefer to use in-line comments, give custom and holistic comments, or use pre-existing QuickMark sets, it has never been easier to provide students with feedback about their writing. Students can also provide comments to one another using PeerMark! You can also provide custom comments in an audio format so students feel connected!

3. Align feedback to learning outcomes and rubrics!

You can align your feedback to your rubric in one click! Then, when students are reviewing your feedback they will have specific and actionable areas for improvement in their written work, and will understand how your feedback reflects their grade.

4. Partner with your colleagues to develop and share common feedback tools, rubrics, and grading forms!

Reduce the collective time you and your colleagues spend developing formative feedback tools by sharing QuickMark sets, rubrics, and grading forms!

5. Reduce students’ confusion about deadlines!

Use the Class Calendar in Feedback studio to help students keep track of assignments, including reminders and notes about upcoming assignments.

6. Use data to drive discussions with students about their learning!

Your rubrics, QuickMarks, and Similarity report data can all be used as starting points for discussions with students about their growth as writers and thinkers.

7. Help students become independent thinkers and writers.

Students can learn how to interpret the Similarity report and improve their own academic integrity and citation skills, reducing your time spent teaching and reteaching content.

8. Save time on repetitive administrative tasks so you can focus on meaningful learning and feedback tasks.

Turrnitin Feedback Studio is feature-rich and intuitive to use, which will reduce your time setting up classes and assignments, creating rubrics, and providing feedback.

9. Maintain the quality of your instruction in any format.

Face-to-face? Remote? Hybrid? You can integrate Turnitin Feedback Studio seamlessly into teaching regardless of the format, and feel confident that students are receiving individualized feedback on their written assignments. Plus, with the range of feedback options available, you can provide feedback that engages students of multiple learning styles.

10. Communicate expectations clearly and consistently!

By using QuickMarks – whether your own or pre-existing sets – across all student work, you can convey consistent expectations around high quality thinking and writing.