Assessment at SouthamptonPresentation of Gradebook and E-assignment

Liv Støbseth-Brown 03 August 2011

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AAS - Governance

Assessment at Southampton Project

Ownership Board (POB)Chair: Rosalynd Jowett

iSolutions workstreamProject Manager - Beccy LewisBusiness Analyst – Will EagleTechnical Lead – Fiona Lewis

Southampton Learning Environment (SLE)

Chair: Debra Humphris

Student and Academic Administration Board

(SAAB)Chair: Debra Humphris

Student and Academic Administration Workstream

Senior User - Gillian Holf, Head of Student Information and Records

Project Team MembersJenny Atkins, Faculty Education Manager, FBL

Jayne Brown, Student Records Manager, SAA HubCatherine Hann, Faculty Education Manager, FEEJackie Lupton, Exams, Awards and Graduation

Manager, SAA HubLiv Støbseth-Brown, Business Change Manager, SAA

Hub

Assessment Review Group

Chair: Rosalynd Jowett

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AAS : Faculty Representation on POB

• Business and Law - Jenny Atkins, Tim Metcalf, Gill Sivyour,

• Engineering & Environment - Catherine Hann, Ian Williams

• Health Sciences -Claire Atkins, Rosalynd Jowett

• Humanities - Lynn Godfrey

• Medicine - Susan Ponsford, Sally Skidmore, Sally Rushworth

• Natural and Environmental - Jeremy Hinks, Mandy Pervin

• Physical & Applied Science - Andy Gravell, Dain Mead

• Social & Human - Aiden Gregg, Peter Smith

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E-assignment

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Submits oneor more files

One or more assessors(e.g. double marking)

Confirmatione-mail

Moderator

External Examiner

Marks & Feedback

Academic IntegrityChecking

E-ASSIGNMENTSYSTEM

AssignmentCoordinator

Confirmatione-mail

Marks report, comments and feedback files

Marks Generation/Calculation

Student & Staff AdministrationSystem

Student & StaffDetails

One or more students

Assignment Configuration

Other InformationSystems

Proposed Institutional System

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Features• Multiple documents can be submitted

• Documents types specified (Word, PDF, Excel, SPSS…….)

• Virus Checking

• Academic Integrity declaration and Checks (TurnitIn)

• Specify dates for:

– Start & End of submission period

– Extension

– Completion of Marking

– Release of Marks

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Features continued• Percentages or Graded Criteria (converted to

percentages)

• Makers can upload documents for student

• Export of Marks and submitted work

• Roles: Administrator, Marker, Moderator,External Examiner

• Marking approaches: Single, Double, Blind, 1st marker then 2nd marker

• Notification of Penalties

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Benefits• For Students

– access to all assignment criteria and marking descriptors

– consistency of submission, marking and feedback, 24/7

• For Markers

– access to assignments online (?no physical copies)

– very similar to peer reviewing

• For Quality Assurance

– transparency of assignment criteria and marking descriptors

– consistent process of marking & easy access for externals

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Benefits• For the Institution

– Efficiency of administrative processes, faster turn rounds

– Harmonisation of assessment processes across the Institution

– Quality Enhancement

– Analysis of assessment at the criteria level

– Performance feedback to markers leading to improved marker commitment

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Eassignment Links• Humanities Student example

• http://www.jisc-ea.soton.ac.uk/resources/studentsubmission/humanitiesexample/

http://www.jisc-ea.soton.ac.uk/resources/administration/initialassignmentcreation3/initialassignmentcreation3.htm