University assessment and quality assurance

Strategies to improve university assessment for students and educators. Here, academics offer guidance on assessment design, covering formative, summative and diagnostic approaches, authentic assessment and how to give useful feedback. You will also find advice on exam preparation, ungrading, managing GenAI, preventing cheating and upholding academic integrity.

By Laura.Duckett, 23 February, 2024

How to foster a civic mindset in the era of AI

Volunteers at a food bank
Create spaces that allow small groups of people to see themselves in a broader context, encourage them to dream of what possibilities and opportunities could exist and then help them to take action
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5minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 19 December, 2023

All’s fair in large-class grading

Man teaching a university class
When courses have so many students that multiple tutors are required for marking, consistency with assessment grading is a key concern. Here, Temesgen Kifle offers ways to support tutors to give fair grades and feedback
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4minutes
By dene.mullen, 2 November, 2023

Will ChatGPT change our definitions of cheating?

Brain supplanted by machine AI
We can’t yet know if we have a full taxonomy of ChatGPT-enhanced mischief, or whether certain uses should be classed as mischief at all, writes Tom Muir
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5minutes
By Laura.Duckett, 1 November, 2023

Can we detect AI-written content?

Cartoon of a detective with a magnifying glass analysing a piece of paper being held by a robot
A look at common features of large language model-created writing and its implications for how we might assess students’ knowledge and skills in the future
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4minutes
University assessment and quality assurance