Electronic Assessment Management

Sue Lee

s.c.lee@staffs.ac.uk

Aim

To enhance the students’ experience of assessment through the application of

technology

Project Scope

Publication of Assessment tasks and deadlines to delivering marks and feedback to students

Project Focus

1. To improve the students’ experience of receiving timely and good quality feedback

2. Wherever possible students should be able to submit assignments electronically

Student Experience

• Consistency across award– Location of assignment details AND feedback

• Consistent format • Clear processes• Ease of use• Submit online

Academic Staff Experience

• Enhanced feedback approaches• Easy to use• Consistent• Robust• Clear guidance for a range of

assessment types• Well supported

Administrative Staff Experience

• Clarity of roles and responsibilities• Cut down on paperwork• Consistent processes avoiding duplication• Effective management of exceptions• Easy to use

Phase 1 - Proposed Plan

• Baselining Exercise• Indicative Processes/initial design • Technical Requirements • Staff Engagement• Staff Development, training and resources• Project Communications• Identifying Pilots - planning

Project Timeline• Phase 1 - Oct 2012 – Dec 2012 – Establishing current practice, initial design

consultation and refinement• Phase 2 – Jan 2013 - May 2013– Systems and process Development and Piloting

• Phase 3 – June 2013 – Jan 2014–Rollout to level 4

• Phase 4 – Feb 2014 – June 2014–Review, Enhancement and Improvement

How will it actually work?

• Submitted Assessment– Digital Assessment (1 or more)

• Word document, Powerpoint slides, video, audio file

– Non Digital Assessment (1 or more)• Presentation, Exam, artwork, performance

– Mixture of both• Feedback

– Created on your PC• Word document/rubric/annotated script, audio feedback

– Created offline, digitized where possible • Verbal feedback, hand marked exam

– Mixture of both– Created online/Online Marking

• Turnitin

Assessment Pattern 1

Coursework = 100% Part 1 = 100%

Pattern Parts Feedback

Part 1 Feedback

Module

Assessment Pattern 2

Coursework = 60%

Part 1 = 10%

Part 2 = 40%

Part 3 = 50%

Exam = 40% Exam = 100%

Pattern Parts Feedback

Part 1 Feedback

Part 2 Feedback

Part 3 Feedback

Exam Feedback

Module

Assessment Pattern 3

Module

Coursework = 60%

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Exam = 40% Exam = 100%

Pattern Parts Feedback

Coursework Feedback

Exam Feedback

Digital Assessment: Feedback produced online

Accesses Assignment

Feedback

ServerUploads Assignment

StudentLecturer

Feedback

Record of Submission

Digital Assessment: Feedback produced Offline

Student Lecturer

Create feedback

offline

Upload Feedback

(digitize feedback)Desktop

Downloads Assignment copy

Feedback

ServerUploads Assignment

Record of Submission

Non-Digital Assessment:

Upload Feedback (digitized)

Student

LecturerServer

View student’s non-digital submission

Admin Role

Submit non-digital assessment

Feedback

Create feedback

offlineDesktop

CreateRecord of Submission

Pilots – We need.....• 1 Awards/programmes per School– Current user of eSubmission & eFeedback• Walk through process together, identify issues, good

practice, potential

– Not presently using eSubmission– Assigned eLearning Facilitator & Learning

Development Specialist– Range of assessment types– Range of cohort sizes

Any Questions?