To ensure both you and your students get a positive experience of using online assessment, it is recommended you follow the advice below.
- As with anything, plan what you want to do first. Plan out your questions and feedback and give yourself plenty of time to create these using the online assessment software.
- Ensure that you adhere to the instructions on copying your module folders from the shared repository to your local and working in your local repository. This will prevent you having any issues when publishing your completed assessments to the shared repository and will give you a copy of any questions and assessments you have created.
- It is recommended that you also back your work up in order to always have a master copy in the eventuality of any problems with your computer or the shared repository.
- If you want to use online assessment to create and deliver summative tests (these can be in-class tests or end of year exams, or in fact any test which will form a contribution to the student’s overall grade) give the students an opportunity to access and use the online assessment system by giving them at least one formative test.
- If you wish to use online assessment to deliver summative tests, it is important that you read the guidelines
- As with point 1, ensure you have factored in enough time to plan, create and test your assessments before scheduling them to your students.
- Once your assessment is created, test it with other subject experts to ensure everything is correct and that your feedback and scoring are working as expected.
- Although support is available in the event of technical problems arising, please be aware that the responsibility for creating and scheduling the assessments is yours.
If you wish to revisit any aspect of the training, you can do so with the online training tutorials.