Tag: assessment
PCUTL Projects:
An exploration of assessment practices at Cardiff University’s Schools of Engineering, Psychology and the Centre for Lifelong Learning
Wouter Poortinga (ARCHI/PSYCH), Jeremy Hall (ENGIN), Nick Jones (LEARN) An exploration of assessment practices at Cardiff University’s Schools of Engineering, Psychology and the Centre for Lifelong Learning
Submitting assignments electronically can speed up the assessment and feedback process and present opportunities to benefit from originality checking and online feedback techniques. Different online submission processes are supported by different tools available at Cardiff University, and choosing the most appropriate will ensure you maximise the benefits offered. Advantages For students the submission process may [...]
The purpose of these pages is to provide a collection of resources on assessment and assessment related issues.
Creating assessments Assessments are created from pre-existing questions, so you will need to have access to at least some questions before creating an assessment. However, it is simple to add in extra questions later. Guide to creating an assessment It is important to take a moment to set the options on your test correctly. Otherwise, [...]
A collection of audit tools from the Higher Education Academy. assessment audit assessing group tasks assessment and grades assessment of portfolios Self peer and group assessment resources assessment audit tool
Challenges in Formative Assessment Group Presentation
Learning Central includes two tools for creating tests and surveys. This document describes a simpler tool that allows instructors to create an online graded test, as well as ungraded self-assessment tests. You can use a variety of types of questions (multiple choice, true/false, matching, short answer, etc.). A more sophisticated tool, Questionmark Perception, provides a [...]
Creating Online Tests (PDF)In Questionmark, creating questions and assessments are two entirely seperate processes. You create the questions first, and then when creating your assessments, you chose which question you want to draw in. This means that if you need to change a question, for example in the light of some new research, or a change on professional [...]
William Hook An exciting new development in technology to support learning, teaching and assessment is being rolled out at Cardiff University.
This Module 2 project explores the opportunities and challenges of engaging diverse cohorts of adult learners in module assessment and reports on a cross team (26 staff) initiative turning theory into practice. Preliminary results suggest improved learner retention and assessment completion rates and internal staff consensus / dialogue about the role and challenges of assessment.
The participants undertaking this project have all entered HE from careers in private and public services. Despite their expertise in professional fields, they struggled to embed employability skills development within the curricula of their HE programmes. Working closely with the CU Careers Service, the team have created a tool that will help curriculum developers embed [...]
Information for Staff and Students for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Taught Programmes As part of the University-wide project, Assessment Matters, the policy and practice related to Extenuating Circumstances is currently under review. Consultation with Schools and the Students’ Union is being undertaken to allow a consistent and comprehensive approach to the reporting and consideration of Extenuating [...]
We all know the University has Assessment Regulations but how do we implement them locally especially in the challenging area of ‘Extenuating circumstances’? In this project we look at how two Schools are working towards maintaining transparency and fairness. Simon Brodbeck (SHARE): brodbecksp@cf.ac.uk Christina Hopfe (ENGIN): HopfeC@cardiff.ac.uk Daniel King (SHARE)
Provision of generic, cohort-level feedback on examination performance. PSYCH (APRE) 2008/09 Prof Bob Snowden
PCUTL Projects:
Feedback: What do students want? A comparative study of students’ expectations of ENGIN and SOCSI assessment feedback
A particular concern for undergraduate students across Cardiff University has been the feedback received on formative and summative assignments (see, for example, Arora, 2009). The aim of this project was to better understand students’ perspectives on the feedback they receive. It was a comparative study conducted across two Cardiff University departments – the School of [...]
For each assessment you can have a column in the grade centre to record and distribute students’ grades and feedback. Columns can be automatically created for assessments you have set up within CUE (for online tests, assignments submitted online, assessed blogs or wikis, etc.) but you can add a column for anything else you choose. [...]
Grade Centre Columns (PDF)Dr Dianne Watkins (SONMS), Prof. Paul Dummer, (DENTL), Dr Kamila Hawthorne (MEDIC) led a project to pilot the use of Grademark to provide electronic feedback across their schools. The report showed that it was generally very well received by students and assessors, but that there are issues that need to be overcome. GradeMark Project
Innovative Education Project Reports 09-10:
Integration of digital film technology into teaching and assessment
Dr J Anderson (CPLAN) Using digital film technology to enhance student learning.
This session introduced TurnitinUK’s Grademark online marking tool, demonstrating it’s integration with CUE (Blackboard). The session gave a hands-on opportunity to experience the tools available within GradeMark designed to help speed up the marking process.
PCUTL Projects:
Investigating the explicitness of written language skills assessment criteria within the sciences
The Cardiff University Assessment Strategy is underwritten by three core and mutually reinforcing principles of assessment. The focus of our group project was the third principle: explicitness.
The external examiner identified the use of a panel to mark presentations in the module Employment tribunal skills and discrimination law as a particularly good example of the way to assess verbal presentations fairly. LEARN (APRE) 2008/09 Jan Stephens
e-magic Audio feedback has the potential for delivering richer feedback in faster turnaround time than written feedback, and sending audio using the new Wimba Voice tool via the VLE is now easier than ever before. Staff who have used audio to provide feedback to students at Cardiff University shared their experiences at a recent QUILT [...]
GradeMark is part of the Turnitin suite and is a tool that can be used for providing feedback on assignments that have been submitted in Learning Central as a TurnitinUK assignment.
Online Marking with Grademark (PDF)It is possible to deliver your Questionmark assessments through Blackboard. This process is not yet as smooth and simple as would be desired, and there are some important things to note. Pitfalls in delivering QMP assessments through Blackboard In order to be use QMPs reporting functionality, you need to assigned to the correct group Assigning [...]
This session provided an introduction to authoring questions and assessment with Questionmark Perception’s browser authoring tool. By the end of the session, delegates were able to create questions, use them in assessments, deploy those assessments in Blackboard, or make them available via the Internet.
We recommend identifying and supporting practices which emphasise the tangible benefits to students of exceptional performance during the course of the degree. It is important to focus as much attention on challenging high-achieving students as with supporting weaker students. BIOSI (APRE) 2008/09 Prof. Bernard Moxham, Dr Stephen Rutherford
Self and peer assessment can be administratively complex. The PeerMark tool manages the administration for you, providing that the assignment that will be peer-assessed is submitted electronically as a TurnitinUK assignment. It allows for saving and sharing peer assessment questions, and provides fine grained control of who will assess which assignments.
Setting up a PeerMark peer assessment (PDF)To enable students to submit assignments electronically, you must set up the assignment in Learning Central. This allows you publish details and a submission point anywhere within the content areas for your module. You can also opt to have an entry added automatically to the Grade Centre where you will be able to enter marks [...]
Setting Up Assignments (PDF)When you create a test or survey, each question you can add can be one of a range of question types. The different types of question are described in this document, with step-by-step instructions on how to use them.
Test and Survey Question Types (PDF)This project explored the use of a self-assessment tool as a means of improving student performance in written assignments by encouraging students to engage with the Law School assessment criteria and to reflect on their own performance. Students on two separate courses were given a specially developed self-assessment form and asked to complete and submit [...]
The School is to be commended for introduction of a triple marking process for the final year projects – a very significant undertaking on behalf of the staff to try to ensure equity of marking across projects which can be challenging” [in respect of a large UG programme]. PHRMY (External Examiner) 2008/09
Turnitin is an online service which can help students and staff evaluate the quality of referencing in written work. The colour-coded reports generated by Turnitin help identify the source materials used in assessments and the extent to which these have been properly incorporated into the text. It can be a useful tool as both a [...]
Turnitin Overview (PDF)Creating a Turnitin Assignment From the main Learning Central page (learningcentral.cf.ac.uk), click on the relevant module for your assignment. Ensure that: Edit Mode is switched on at the top right corner of the screen The full list of options is visible in the box at the left side of the screen. Click on the module [...]
Turnitin Quick Guide (PDF)Support for Turnitin i. General Turnitin guidance and support Turnitin maintain an excellent suite of support materials and guidance. Users with particular questions on Turnitin functions are encouraged to consult the following in the first instance: Turnitin Training and Support Centre Turnitin Help Centre ii. Support at Cardiff Schools and staff considering using Turnitin should [...]
Turnitin Support (PDF)