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Smart Annotator?

While there are well known tensions around the use of AI for grading and giving feedback on work, are there any plans for a hybrid system where I can make a comment at the top of a paper regarding a particular grammatical issue (full stop in wrong place for in-text citation) and then Turnitin could identify any subsequent and repeated error and add my original comment in multiple places?

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    • Karen_Turnitin
    • 10 hrs ago
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    Hi 

    I believe that creating a new QuickMark will do what you're asking for. I've linked to the guides for the New standard assignment, but if you're still using the classic, there is a link at the top of that page that will give you the same information. 

    Hope this helps!
    ~K

      • Emma_DukeWilliams
      • 9 hrs ago
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       I think Ben was hoping that TII could find all of those misplaced full stops, in the same way Gradescope can scan all the question 2s from all students to find all those that made the same mistake. 

        - I'm not sure what your institution's marking policy is, as to me, that sounds moving into the proof reading aspect. When marking, I'd point out errors in 1 location, and then say - this isn't the only one, make sure you remember in the future to check *all* instances. Or something similar depending on whether it's formative or summative feedback. 

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      • Karen_Turnitin
      • 9 hrs ago
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       Thank you! On reading this again, I see that you're likely correct.

      I apologize   -- I'll flag this one for our Community Mgr to pass on.

      • Ben_Jane
      • 9 hrs ago
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       Thanks, Emma & 

      I'm OK with QuickMarks and feel most of mine are optimised for regular use and signposting to my recommended help resources. 

      I see your point about proof-reading, Emma, and do agree. Your suggestion is my practice really but a) early on, we can't quite see how often the same thing has been done across the whole piece b) I think it might carry more weight and get noticed more if all the errors were identified - students won't all read the full feedback in a quickmark but if there were lots of annotations the same colour they might feel obliged to act more. 

      My suggestion came to me as a) something I would like, but also b) a potential use of AI that is not entirely "AI doing the marking".

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