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Curated by a range of stakeholders from across both academic and professional services teams, this resource aims to provide you with guidance and information to support the assessment and feedback journey from the design of inclusive, accessible assessment to the management of assessment activities and feedback methods through to reflecting on your module/course.

 

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This resource is split between:

• The 6 elements of assessment and feedback, as listed below.
• News, development and networking opportunities in assessment and feedback.

 

Course Design

• Design Principles: assessment and awards  * programme: quality specifications * course-focussed assessment * accessible and inclusive assessment  *  resources
• Assessment with ‘online in mind’: formative V summative assessment * digital technologies 
• Learning Outcomes: description * writing * university grade descriptors

Setting (module level)

• Module assessment: learning outcomes * criteria and type * tasks and methods * verification and moderation
• Regulations: tariff * word limits * university grade descriptors * rubrics 
• Feedback: design and types of feedback
• Re-assessments: departmental assessment boards (DABs) * extensions (request to repeat an assessment attempt (RRAA) and request to extend a submission deadline (RESD) * referrals * deferrals * continuing * sub-tasks * in-module retrieval * grade-based assessment
• Assessment scheduling: task clustering * statement * group work * examinations * calendar * to-do list 

Supporting students

• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)
• IT equipment and display screen assessment (DSE)
• Student Wellbeing 

Submitting / Sitting

• Submission of work: online management * Blackboard * formats * storage * instructions to students * submission: arrangements and points * capping report * in-module retrieval * exceptions * group work * rationale for online submission.
• Academic Advising Framework
• Portfolios: types * student guidance * collected work.
• Receipting: online * other.
• Referencing
• Originality Checking / Turnitin.
• Deadlines
• Examinations
• Feedback  

Marking / Feedback

• Marking assessments: allocating work * methods of marking * Blackboard * storage and system issues * originality checking / Turnitin * anonymous marking * grade-based assessments * legibility * deadlines * examinations * 
• Feedback on assessments: methods * electronic feedback / non-electronic assessment * examinations * 3 week turnaround * storage and system issues * 
• Internal and external moderation: external examiners.
• Recording and returning marks and feedback: Blackboard Grade Centre * deadlines * missing marks * student guidance  

Reflecting and Reviewing

Assessment reflections: annual review * course and module review (CMR) * module evaluation questionnaires (MEQs) * departmental periodic reviews * student attainment / voice * student surveys * external examiners * college and departmental * next steps

News, development and networking opportunities

May 2022: Advance HE have published their Impacts of Higher Education Assessment and Feedback Policy and Practice on Students: A review of literature 2016-2021 which provides an insight into the literature recognising that assessment and feedback practices are amongst the most powerful levers educators have for improving student learning. Read more about our Advance HE Membership Benefits. 

Take a look at the upcoming Assessment and Feedback events and activities on our Academic Essentials Events SharePoint page. 

Join our Assessment for Applied Learning Forum! 

 

Last updated: 21 June 2022 NB