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  1. How do I mark using SpeedGrader?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. How can I access only the students I need to mark?<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. How do I check which students are in a section?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Accessing and filtering SpeedGrader<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Accessing Turnitin Similarity reports<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Downloading submissions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    How do I mark using SpeedGrader?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

    SpeedGrader allows you to annotate\/add inline comments to written submissions, complete a marking rubric (if appropriate) and also add feedback in a variety of other ways (eg. speech to text recognition, record\/upload media, add a file attachment).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Go to the Marking and feedback guidance<\/a> if you need further information about marking with SpeedGrader and using rubrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    How can I access only the students I need to mark?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

    All assignments in Canvas, will appear under the Assignments<\/strong> tab within the course menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In Canvas, students can be allocated to ‘marking groups’ via Differentiation Tags<\/a>, or simply tags<\/em>. Tags are hidden from students so they do not see which tag they have been allocated to. Staff can filter submissions by tag, to view the students they need to mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    How do I check which students are in a marking group?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

    If students have been allocated to a marking group via tags, you can view your marking group via the Canvas Gradebook, by following the steps below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n