University of Tasmania, Australia

Online assessment feature

Value in assessment

Assessment elements

Automatically corrected diagnostic quizzes/self tests

• Students can monitor their level of understanding and receive immediate, targeted feedback.

Automatically graded quizzes

• You can set a variety of questions for automatic marking and return of results and feedback to students.
• The quiz can be taken independent of time and/or place.

Media incorporated into questions, tasks (e.g. images, audio)

• Tasks can be more authentic (i.e. realistic).
• Multiple media presentation can better cater for differences in individual learning styles, or preferences.

Electronic submission of assessment tasks (assignments, exam questions etc.)

• Quick turnaround times are possible.
• You have an electronic tracking record.
• You can provide general and individual feedback efficiently.
• Submissions can be media-rich.

Online survey (anonymous), e.g. about attitudes, opinions etc.

• You can automatically collate, process and report on data.

Asynchronous (non real time) discussion

• The text record allows you to assess participation objectively.
• You can use the text record as the basis for an assessment task
• The discussion tool(s) can be used for assessable group work.

Questions database

• This makes searching, selecting and editing questions for an assessment task easier.
• Questions can be reused for a number of different assessments.
• You can deliver ‘unique' assessments to individual students, through random question selection from the database.

Management tools

Grade Book tool

• Automatically enters results for electronically handled assessment tasks.
• It can be linked/integrated with other electronic records.
• It will generate statistics.
• It's a record which can be shared with other teaching staff.

Tracking/progress tools

• You have a record from submission through to return to students.
• You can monitor individual student progress.

Selective release tools

• This gives you control over when, under what circumstances, and to whom assessment tasks are released.

Publishing tool

• You can provide students with examples of assessed work, and hence expectations.
• You can release submissions for peer assessment.

Statistical presentation and reporting tools

• Question items can be analysed for their assessment value.
• You can analyse and report on student performance.

Collaborative tools

• You can assign students to groups to work collaboratively on assessment tasks
• Students can share work in progress and provide both diagnostic (formative) and final (summative) assessment.