A QuickMarkSM standard editing mark is a commonly used or standard mark that can be used by an instructor when editing or grading papers. Administrators can create and share QuickMark sets through their Turnitin administrator QuickMark library. These marking sets will be available to all instructors on the selected account, but cannot be modified or deleted by the instructors.
1. Click on the Instructors tab at the top of any page
2. Select the QuickMark Library tab from the top of the Instructors page
3. Click on the “+” icon to the right of the SETS column header
4. Enter a title for the QuickMark set then click Save
1. Click on the Instructors tab at the top of any page
2. Select the QuickMark Library tab from the top of the Instructors page
3. Click the name of the set to add a new QuickMark to
4. Click the “+” icon to the right of the MARKS column header
5. Enter the following information for the new mark:
6. Click Save to save the new QuickMark symbol into the selected set. Click Cancel to abort the process.
The marks in a library can be edited or changed to alter, correct or update the information in the mark set. Any of the user-selected fields can be modified at any time after the creation of the mark. Any edits that are made to a QuickMark comment are applied to every instance where this mark appears in student papers.
1. Click on the Instructors tab at the top of any page
2. Select the QuickMark Library tab from the top of the Instructors page
3. Click on the name of the set containing the QuickMark editing mark to modify
4. Click on the QuickMark you would like to edit
The selected mark will appear in the right-hand column of the page
5. Below the search box, an Edit button will appear in the top right corner of the QuickMark manager. Click the Edit button to edit the QuickMark
6. Edit the information for the mark
7. Click Save to save the changes made to the mark in this QuickMark set
Note: A lock icon next to the QuickMark name indicates that the mark cannot be edited.
Marks in the QuickMark library can be copied between sets to provide instructors with the ability to customize their own QuickMark sets. When a mark is copied, it will appear in both the new set and the old set. The user can copy one, multiple, or all of the QuickMark editing marks from a set at the same time.
1. Click on the Instructors tab at the top of any page
2. Select the QuickMark Library tab from the top of the Instructors page
3. Click on the name of the set containing the marks to be moved or copied
4. Select the marks to copy. Multi select within the QuickMark manager can be done by holding the command (cmd) button for Mac users or control (CTRL) button for PC users while selecting marks. To select all the marks click on the Select all link to the right of the MARKS heading.
The selected marks will appear in the QuickMark Manager
5. Click on the Actions link in the right-hand corner of the right-hand column
6. Click on the Add to set button
7. Select the set from the list that you would like to add the marks to
The marks will now appear in the selected set.
Note: Marks can only be copied by their owner. A lock icon indicates which sets cannot be deleted by the current user.
Any QuickMark set in the administrator library can be shared with all instructors on an account.
1. Click on the Instructors tab at the top of any page
2. Select the QuickMark Library tab from the top of the Instructors page
3. Select the set you would like to share
4. In the right hand column, options will appear concerning the selected set; click the check box next to the Share this set to account option
The QuickMark sets selected to share to the account will appear for all instructors on the account as ‘locked’ sets which cannot be modified or deleted. QuickMark comments located within a shared set can be copied to new sets within an instructor’s QuickMark manager.
