When the grades and feedback are released by your module convenor, you will receive an email to your University email address saying that your feedback is ready to view.  Depending on whether or not Turnitin is applied to your assignment inbox, you will be able to access your feedback in a couple of different ways.  

You may have submitted to a Moodle assignment that is using Feedback Studio for marking and feedback. You'll know if this is the case as you would have received a digital receipt from Turnitin via email when you submitted, and you'll also potentially see a similarity score next to your submission in the Moodle assignment.

• In the module that you submitted your assignment, find the Moodle assignment inbox in the Assessment and Feedback section and click on its title.

• On the page that loads, "Submission status", you will note that the grading status has changed to released; general grade feedback information is at the bottom (you may have to scroll down slightly to view this); and the Turnitin similarity (coloured percentage) blue pencil and rubric icons beneath your submitted file name. To access your more in depth feedback in Feedback Studio, click either the blue pencil or similarity icons.

Having clicked either the similarity (coloured percentage) or blue pencil icon, Turnitin's document viewer will open with the overall comment visible to the right of your assignment (4). It is possible to open this comment if you click on the assignment title - click on the blue comment button (2) to open the overall comment box.    

On screen you will see (numbers correspond to the orange circles above):

1. Your mark - the overall mark for the assignment.
2. Click here to switch the comment 'layer' on and off. If your work has been marked using a rubric, click "View Rubric" to view the marked rubric (2).
3. Comments. Click on each one to see specific comments. The marker's initial may be shown, as in the screenshot (SG). Some comments have text subjects ('Reference' and 'Example of...').
4. Overall comment. If this is not visible, click the large blue speech bubble under no. 2. To hide this comment, click the X at top right (2) or the smaller icon to the left of the other no. 2. If your marker is using a rubric, use the 'view rubric' button, above the text comment area, to see comments.
5. Click here to download. Choose 'Current View' to download the marked file (highly recommended), 'Originally Submitted...' for your original document.

Some assignment inboxes may not have Turnitin enabled as the submitted files may exceed Turnitin’s upload limit of 100MB as they may feature a high proportion of images for example. If this is the case then accessing your grades and feedback will be different.

• In the module that you submitted your assignment, find the Moodle assignment inbox in the Assessment and Feedback section and click on its title.

• On the page that loads, "Submission status", you will note that the grading status will have changed to released and, if you scroll down there is a feedback section detailing the grade, any online comments made by the lecturer and / or a file containing more in-depth feedback that you can download for your own records by clicking the link.

Located in your Profile settings in Moodle, It’s a great way to track your progress over time, spot patterns in your performance, and identify areas to improve across your whole course.

Using My Feedback regularly helps you build feedback literacy - understanding how to interpret and act on feedback. It also supports goal setting, such as improving essay structure or time management as there are fields where you can add your own reflections on the grades and feedback you have received for an assignment (see screenshot below). You can also download your feedback and these reflections in Excel to have them for your own record and to use them in progress meetings, such as with your module convenor, academic adviser or the Skills for Academic Success Team.

Once you graduate, having a downloaded copy of your grades and feedback means you’ll still have access to your feedback - even after you lose access to Moodle. So why not give My Feedback a try?