Assessment non invigilated

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Assessment non invigilated

• ITMS Learning and Teaching Workshops Dec 2004

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Assignments Variety possible

• Labs sheets
• Projects- group - individual
• Portfolios
• Flowchart, concept maps
• Multimedia creation
• Essay
• Report
• Graphs, tables
• Problems
• Program
• Game

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Structuring an appropriate number of tasks

• Consider
• Distinguish between learning and assessment
• 4 tasks x 4 units 16 deadlines
• Not due week 13, not due week 1, week 2?
• 16 deadlines in 10 weeks
• 4 exams still 12 deadlines in 10 weeks

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General rule

• Once an assignment is set
• DO NOT make changes

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If a change is essential

• Make sure all students know by
• Announcement in lectures
• Announcement in tutorials
• Hard copy
• Notice on notice board
• Email as well if possible

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Is the task clear?

• Do the students know exactly what it is that they
  have to do?
• Do the students know what it is that will be
  valued in a response?
• For a pass
• For a good grade
• What errors or omissions will result in a fail?

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Encouraging and assessing higher order thinking

• Check unit objectives
• Set tasks which encourage learning
• Analysis
• Synthesis
• Application

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Make plagiarism an academic issue

• Think about wording
• Analyse
• Discuss
• In your own words
• Take a random sample
• Take a photo of yourself
• Consider a simple verification test
• Document section of code
• Draw basic flow diagram
• Prepare out of class write in class

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Consider marking

• Set tasks which do not take us as long to mark as
  it did the student to complete!
• Specify marking criteria
• Tell the students
• Create unambiguous marking guide