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Overview of how to design a digital learning activity where students develop an understanding of expectations, standards and the process of constructing assessment and feedback.
29 April 2021
About this activity
Students are shown听anonymised听exemplar of work/ previous assignments to develop an understanding of standards and criteria.听
Students can be asked to mark exemplar work individually or in groups to develop a better understanding of the process of assessment.听
Why use it
- Develop an awareness of standards;听
- Assessment literacy;听
- Enhance independence and evaluation skills;听
- Manage expectations.
When to use it
Mid-term;听In preparation for a piece of assessment.
Digital tools that might be used
- Moodle workshop tool听
- Moodle Forums听
- Annotation software听听
- Turnitin Peer-Review听
- Shared document听
Speed of set up time听
30 to 90 minutes
Once the activity is set up and can be 鈥榬eused鈥� then time will be considerably shorter.
Workload
Selecting exemplars:
- writing rubrics and criteria;
- setting up specific instructions for students.
听Please consider introducing the task during a session and model practice (this could include a video or screencast).听
听Please include a follow-up activity where feedback is provided.
Other resources
Any peer-feedback tool (Moodle workshop; Peer-review on Turnitin etc.)听
Examples of staff use
Arena toolkit for guided marking
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