Do you want to assess and provide feedback to your students effectively and efficiently?
As part of the FlexAP project the strategies below provide advice about a range of assessment types supported by a suite of digital tools.
-
How do I assess students for meaningful participation in online discussions?
Online discussions allow students to collaborate and to co-create knowledge over time, and can be used to assess the quality of students’ contributions.
-
How do I assess students’ collective output for an online group task?
There are many approaches to creating, facilitating, assessing and providing feedback on tasks that involve group work.
-
How do I assess student's input into online group tasks?
Online group tasks offer a range of opportunities for students to engage collaboratively with their peers, and to demonstrate their contribution to a team.
-
How do I assess students’ ability to analyse and discuss critical readings?
A student’s depth of understanding and engagement can be developed by providing a collaborative peer-supported learning environment around the readings.
-
How do I assess and provide feedback easily on students’ presentations or task performance?
For assessment tasks that are performed in a face-to-face setting, for example an oral presentation, performance piece, place-based or clinical task, you can provide grades and timely feedback to students online.
-
How do I support and assess students on the development of their writing skills?
Writing skills are essential for learning and professional life, and there are many ways students can be supported to develop these skills.
-
How do I prepare students to assess their own work in order to develop their skills and judgement?
Students can benefit from assessing their own work to identify their strengths and weaknesses, to set goals and to reflect on their overall progress.
-
How do I assess using automated grading and feedback?
Assessment tasks that provide automated grading and feedback allow students to receive and act on feedback early and more frequently.
-
How do I assess students’ knowledge and understanding in an authentic, simulation-based digital environment?
Digital simulations can provide rich and authentic learning activities and can be based on workplace environments, case studies and branching scenarios.