Online Exams and Assessments

FBE Marking Insights: Advantages of Gradescope

Are you unsure as to whether to use Gradescope or SpeedGrader to administer your exam? Dr Georgy Artemov (Economics) shares his evaluation of Gradescope and why it provided a superior solution.

WCLA Guide: Preparing Instructions for Online Exams

With students having to take exams in their own homes or personal spaces, there will be different ways in which exams will be delivered. In light of this, the WCLA has compiled this guide to assist you in preparing your online exam instructions in Canvas.

WCLA Guide: Writing Effective Take-home Exams

This guide will provide you with tips on the development and management of take-home exams. In particular, this guide will provide you suggestions on ensuring that the question(s) for a take home exam closely align with learning outcomes

WCLA Guide: Exams Advice - Communications for FBE

This guide covers advice for academics conducting exams including Playpen expectations, dealing with technical issues, using Turnitin and much more

How to set up and create an online assignment

A guide to using Turnitin: an online assignment tool that provides 'similarity' checking, allows staff to give curated online feedback, and includes options for creating and managing peer review activities and assignments

FAQs: FBE Online Exams

LE: Assessing 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

LE: Assessing collective output for an online group task

A page outlining a range of approaches to creating, facilitating, assessing and providing feedback on tasks that involve group work

LE: Assessing input into online group tasks

A guide to assessing students contribution to group online assessment tasks via Canvas

LE: assessing students’ knowledge and understanding in an authentic, simulation-based digital environment

A guide to assessing students knowledge in a digitally simulated environment. Digital simulations can provide rich and authentic learning activities and can be based on workplace environments, case studies and branching scenarios

LE: Alternate Assessment Options for Semester 1 2020

The COVID-19 situation means the University will not be able to conduct ‘in-place’ assessments at the end of Semester 1, 2020. This site outlines assessment options that are being advocated

LE: Assessing students using automated grading and feedback

A guide to providing automated grading and feedback which allows students to receive and act on feedback early and more frequently

LE: How to prepare students to assess their own work in order to develop their skills and judgement

A guide to helping students assess their own work to identify their strengths and weaknesses, to set goals and to reflect on their overall progress

LE: Supporting and assessing students to develop their writing skills

A guide to helping students develop writing skills and how to assess their progress

Gradescope

Gradescope is an assessment tool that supports online submission, grading, and feedback. It is particularly relevant for STEM subjects and other areas that require hand written and hand drawn responses from students

Exams Office Guide: Guide for Semester 1 Exams - Subject Coordinators

This practical guide compiled by the Exams Office covers the roles and responsibilities for Subject Coordinators with regard to exams and assessments

WCLA Guide: Developing and Managing Teams & Team Assignments

This resource guide has been produced to help instructors (lecturers and tutors) to manage and support face-to-face and virtual teams and team assignments in FBE

Providing Student Assessment and Feedback

The University of Melbourne Assessment Policy provides guidance on ways to evaluate students and provide feedback to them.

WCLA Guide for Semester 2 Exams - Subject Coordinators (2020)

A guide by the WCLA to help academics preparing for the Semster 2 2020 exam period.