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 

The Turnitin Integration with Learn Assignments allows instructors to use Turnitin's similarity checker within a Learn assignment. The similarity checker compares the text in a student submission against an extensive database of websites, academic reference materials and previously submitted work, to produce a similarity score and a similarity report. 

In this 1-hour session we will cover the setup and management of the Turnitin Integration with Learn Assignments submission box. There will be a short presentation followed by a demonstration with time for questions and discussion at the end. 

By the end of this course we will be able to: 

• Identify good practice in creating assessments.
• Create a Learn assignment drop-box and understand its settings.
• Add the Turnitin integration and understand its settings.
• Access student submissions.
• Release grades and feedback to students. 

The Turnitin Integration with Learn Assignments allows instructors to use Turnitin's similarity checker within a Learn assignment. The similarity checker compares the text in a student submission against an extensive database of websites, academic reference materials and previously submitted work, to produce a similarity score and a similarity report. 

In this 1-hour session we will cover how to access and mark student submission within the Turnitin Integration with Learn Assignments submission box. There will be a short presentation followed by a demonstration with time for questions and discussion at the end. 

By the end of this course we will be able to: 

• access and navigate student submissions.
• use Learn’s annotation tools.
• add general and multimedia feedback.
• mark using a rubric.
• access and interpret the 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 

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 Alan Hamilton from Educational Design and Engagement, Information Services Group. 

Learning Outcomes: 

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

• Identify good practice in creating assessments
• Add a Learn assignment drop-box
• Add a Turnitin assignment drop-box
• Apply a rubric to an assignment
• Create a rubric
• Copy a rubric from another course
• Enable anonymous marking
• Understand parallel marking
• Use accommodations