The Feedback Release Date in Turnitin
Feedback Studio - known as the Post Date in
previous versions - is a determined date that
is set by an instructor, as part of the
assignment settings, which indicates the date
on which students will be able to access and
review grades and feedback for a submission.
Grades and feedback become available
automatically on the Feedback Release Date at
the time specified.
Up to the Feedback Release Date,
students will only be able to view the content
of their submission and access a digital
receipt for the upload.
The Feedback Release Date is a
mandatory setting in a Turnitin Feedback
Studio assignment.
The Feedback Release Date is part of
three important dates what are configured
during assignment creation, these being:
- Start Date: the date and
time from
which your assignment will accept
submissions from students;
- Due Date: the date and time
by which
submissions are due (this date should not
be
changed once the Start date has
passed; with the correct settings, your
assignment will continue to accept late
submissions and will identify them as
such);
- Feedback Release Date: the
date and time after
which grades, GradeMarks and feedback are
automatically released to and viewable by
students.
The Feedback Release Date may be
amended at any time, but it is important to
choose
this date judiciously, according to the
specific needs of your assignment. For
example:
- For Formative Assessment, you may
choose to set a post date that releases
results and feedback immediately on
grading or shortly after grading: in this
case a date close to the Due Date is often
appropriate.
- For Summative Assessment, you may
be required to submit details of
assessment to an exam board for
confirmation prior to the release of
results to students. In this case it is
usually appropriate to set a Post Date
shortly after the release of student
results.
In general, the sooner students can
access feedback on their work, the better, as
they can formatively benefit from constructive
feedback.
To change the Feedback Release Date on a
Turnitin Feedback Studio
Assignment:
- Access the required assignment through its
associated Moodle module.
- In the External tool tab section titled Student submissions, click on the Edit Settings option at the top right.
- When the Edit assignment page opens, locate the Assignment
Details tab and within
this tab locate the Scheduling section.
- Update the Feedback release date with regard to the specific needs of the assignment. Include the release time also, in 24-hour format. The date and time may be manually typed or may be selected from the calendar icon to the right of the field.
- Review the updated date and confirm any other permitted settings changes. When satisfied with Assignment Details click Save Assignment to apply your changes.
Note: Changing the Feedback Release Date to a date/time earlier than the date/time of editing will make grades and feedback available immediately.
Worked Example
The following example may guide the
use of dates.
You wish to create an
assignment for
students as follows:
- In your Assignment Brief you have
specified that students can start
submitting to your assignment from midday
on 19 October: this is your Start
Date. This date is
required and must be added to your
assignment.
- Students have four weeks to complete the
assignment, and you have specified that
submissions must be made by 11 December at
5 pm: this is your Due
Date. Again, this date is
required and must be added to the
assignment.
- As the task will form part of your
module's Summative Assessment and will be
Exam
Board reviewed prior to the Release of
Exam Results on 22 January, you use this
Results day as the date on which students
can access grading and feedback. You
determine that exam results are released
at midday, so the same time is appropriate
for feedback release. This is your Feedback Release Date. This
is also a mandatory date to be added to
your assignment.
- This schedule would appear in Turnitin Feedback Studio as follows: