Assessment and Feedback

BadgEd is a new Service that staff can use to create and issue digital badges to learners.

This online session will introduce the Service, how to access it, how support is provided etc. The session will last for 50 minutes, including time set aside for Q&A. 

Learning Outcomes:

In this course you will learn:

• What a digital badge is
• Why awarding digital badges could be beneficial to your School/College, the University and learners
• How to learn more about BadgEd including how you could get involved

This session provides an overview of how to make the most of PebblePad for some of the more complex blogging exercises (for learning and teaching) which might involve pre-structured forms, progress tracking, peer-review, rich feedback templates, etc. 

Apart from the relevant guidance and examples, the session will allow time for questions and answers.

Learning Outcomes: 

• Understanding of PebblePad’s pros and cons when used for assessment of blogs
• Practical application of different types of assessment workflows for blogs in PebblePad
• Overview of the ATLAS setup for managing assessed blogs in PebblePad
• Hands on experience with the creation of the feedback templates
• Basic understanding of day-to-day ATLAS housekeeping for assessed blogging (feedback release, user settings, reporting, etc.)

Course description 

In this one-hour session we will cover the setup and management of a Learn Assignment submission box including the integration with Turnitin's similarity checker for the three submission workflows.

• Essay Submission: Any paper-based submission, including lab reports.
• Media Submission: Any multimedia submission (audio/video).
• Group submission: Any submission where students work as a collective group.

The Learn Assignment tool is used for students to submit their essay, media and group submissions for course assessment. During this training session, there will be a short presentation followed by a demonstration with time for questions and discussion.

By the end of this session you will, using principles of good practice, be able to:​

• Create and manage (essay, media and group) Learn assignments. ​
• Create and manage student groups.
• Release grades and feedback to students. 

Course description 

In this one-hour session we will cover how to mark a Learn Assignment including the integration with Turnitin's similarity checker and the additional functionality of the following workflows:

• Essay Submission: Any paper-based submission, including lab reports.
• Media Submission: Any multimedia submission (audio/video).
• Group submission: Any submission where students work as a collective group.

The Learn Assignment tool is used for students to submit their essay, media and group submissions for course assessment. There will be a short presentation followed by a demonstration with time for questions and discussion.

By the end of this session you will, using principles of good practice, be able to:​

• Access and navigate student submissions.    ​
• Add feedback and grade (essay, media and group) Learn assignments.
• Access and interpret the Turnitin integration similarity score.

Event Description: 

Learn is the University’s virtual learning environment. This session will cover the topics below and give you the opportunity to ask questions about them. The session will last for 1 hour, including time set aside for a Q&A. 

This is a live, instructor-led event presented by James Slack from Educational Design and Engagement, Information Services Group. 

Learning Outcomes: 

By the end of the course you will be able to: 

• Create a test
• Understand the different question types available
• Mark a test
• Delete a test
• Create a question bank
• Edit existing question banks
• Copy existing question banks