Assessment and feedback

Spotlight on the Assessment and Feedback Toolkit (2)

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In this week’s blog the spotlight is on the Formative Assessment section of the Assessment and Feedback Toolkit. https://staffintranet.bournemouth.ac.uk/aboutbu/professionalservices/flie/assessmentandfeedbacktoolkit/   Formative assessment that is aligned with summative assessment tasks can support learning, in line with the BU commitment to assessment for learning,  and provides opportunities for students to: make sense of assessment criteria develop their… Read more » about Spotlight on the Assessment and Feedback Toolkit (2)

Spotlight on the Assessment and Feedback Toolkit (1)

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The BU Assessment & Feedback Toolkit has been created to provide a collection of resources for all aspects assessment and feedback. In this series of blogs I will spotlight one section of this large resource collection – this week the spotlight is on Assessment Literacy. This section of the Toolkit contains a Brief Guide to… Read more » about Spotlight on the Assessment and Feedback Toolkit (1)

Lively debate in the FLIE Generic Assessment Criteria Workshop

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Assessment and Feedback toolkit

This week a FLIE Educational Enhancement workshop, led by Anne Quinney, focussed on using the generic assessment criteria. John Moran, Learning Technologist, contributed to the session and encouraged people to use the electronic rubric and to use the QuickMarks facility. The session covered how to use the Generic Assessment Criteria; where they are located in… Read more » about Lively debate in the FLIE Generic Assessment Criteria Workshop

Providing meaningful feedback for students

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Assessment and Feedback toolkit

Students at BU, when asked recently, have voiced their wishes for clearer expectations about assignments and for clearer feedback. One of the tools that can be used to enhance feedback is the BU Generic Assessment Criteria, revised in 2021. This recent version places more emphasis on skills such as team-working, group work/project work, self-management of… Read more » about Providing meaningful feedback for students

Updated guidance for uGrade

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uGrade is BU’s name for our online peer and self-assessment system called WebPA, a product of Loughborough University and the University of Hull. uGrade is open source, locally hosted and integrated with Brightspace. It allows groups of students to mark each other’s (and their own) participation in group work against set criteria. uGrade uses an algorithm to… Read more » about Updated guidance for uGrade

Assessment for Learning: Education Excellence workshop

Posted . Filed under Assessment and feedback, Curriculum design, Education, Events and workshops, FLIE.

Assessment and Feedback toolkit

FLIE’s Principal Lecturer Anne Quinney delivered an Education Excellence workshop on Assessment for Learning. The workshop focussed on the 6 dimensions of Sambell’s model (below) and provided opportunities to discover how to use these in unit design and in designing assessment. Sambell’s model underpins the BU Assessment Design policy (6c) and the BU Generic Assessment… Read more » about Assessment for Learning: Education Excellence workshop

Brightspace issue with large file submissions

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We are currently investigating an issue with large file submissions which is preventing students from submitting large files to Brightspace (files over 1.3 GB). A fix has been identified and D2L are actively working on resolving the issue. We’re hopeful this will be resolved shortly and will update you on any developments. How does this… Read more » about Brightspace issue with large file submissions

Online guidance for marking and feedback

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It’s that time of year when lots of people are involved in marking student assignment submissions. A reminder that there is lots of online guidance available to help you through the process, especially if this is something you haven’t done for a while. From the Brightspace Staff Resources area you can search on Guidance by… Read more » about Online guidance for marking and feedback

Brass bands and ballrooms: what can we learn about assessment and feedback from Strictly Come Dancing?

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A very long time ago, in the early 1970s, I competed at national level, even dancing in the finals at the iconic Blackpool Tower ballroom, and can share some insights from my ‘lived experience’ of dance competitions. There happened to be a ballroom dancing school in the village I grew up in, famous for its… Read more » about Brass bands and ballrooms: what can we learn about assessment and feedback from Strictly Come Dancing?

Compendium of Innovative Practice

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This month the open access Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education published a special edition, the Compendium of innovative practice; learning development in a time of disruption. (Issue number 22). https://journal.aldinhe.ac.uk/index.php/jldhe This timely peer-reviewed special issue contains 102 short pieces organised into 11 thematic sections that explore the challenges posed by the pandemic and the… Read more » about Compendium of Innovative Practice