Providing responsive and consistent feedback to students is an important if challenging part of assessment, however there are techniques and tools that can help you as a marker to leave great feedback. One of those techniques, and the focus of…
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Rubrics and you
Tagged with: assessment, Canvas, feedback, Feedback Studio, Rubrics, Turnitin
Posted in feedback, Marking and assessment
Posted in feedback, Marking and assessment
Writing effective multiple choice questions
The quiz tool in Canvas is fantastic for creating multiple choice quizzes. There are currently two quiz tools available within Canvas, we currently recommend using the Classic quiz engine for graded assessment rather than the New quiz tool due to…
Co-created marking criteria
Over this summer the University of Sussex Business School embarked on a project to co-create new marking criteria for assessments within their courses. This project saw students, academics and professional services staff come together to collaborate on and produce a…
How to enhance your assessments with video presentation
In this blog post, I will explore the potential and possibilities for assessing students’ presentation skills through the medium of video. With the affordances of modern technology, the possibilities for students to create video presentations are now much more accessible.…
Tagged with: assessment, digital skills, Inclusive practice, Multimedia, Video
Posted in Apps and tools, digital skills, Marking and assessment, Mobile learning
Posted in Apps and tools, digital skills, Marking and assessment, Mobile learning
Are electronic examinations the future?
Electronic examinations are exams that are carried out on computers or mobile devices rather than on paper. Paolo Oprandi shares his insights from the ‘Remaking Marking: Electronic Management of Assessment’ event in Reading on emerging practice in this area across…
What does the update to Turnitin mean for students?
Turnitin is the software used for providing marks and feedback and checking for similarity on text-based assessments as part of the e-submission system at the University of Sussex . Current students will most likely have used Turnitin at some point…
Autumn 2017 TEL Workshops
Image: “My Life Through A Lens” Over the Summer we’ve been beavering away developing an exciting menu of workshops and training activities for the Autumn term, blending our most popular sessions from last year with a range of new workshops…
Professional Development Opportunities for the Start-of-Term
We’re pleased to announce a new programme of professional development opportunities for the beginning of the new term, which are open to all academic and professional staff. These seven workshops, running at various times over the next three weeks, provide…
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