Using structural and stylistic domains within formative feedback to enhance students’ writing and communication at Level 3
Professor Caroline Walker-Gleaves used formative feedback extensively with final year students to improve professional skills.
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Over the Threshold: formative work in the first days at university
Archaeology students submit a formative piece, “What will I get from my degree?” near the start of Semester 1. Find out more from Dr James Gerrard in this Case Study.
Supporting summative sustainability analysis using formative tests
This case study describes how formative tests are used in the School of Engineering to scaffold students learning prior to summative assessment.
Using ArcGIS StoryMaps to practice digital storytelling
Dr David Hope reflects on using ArcGIS StoryMaps as a summative assessment for a second-year undergraduate module and offers practical advice and inspiration for colleagues interested in the potential of this digital tool as a form of authentic assessment.
Boosting digital literacy through phonetics learning
Dr Cong Zhang, Lecturer in Phonetics and Phonology in ECLS, discusses embedding authentic, engaging, and practical digital literacy skills into phonetics learning through interactive tools, online assessments, and creative multimedia projects.
Group Work & Assessment in Engineering
Dr Henny Mills, Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering discusses creating inclusive groups and supporting collaboration in Civil Engineering.
Using Inspera Digital Exams for a Language Module Assessment Strategy
Loiana Leal, Lecturer in Modern Languages, worked with the LTDS Digital Exams Team to introduce digital exams using Inspera in a Portuguese module—co-creating authentic assessments with students to improve marking, feedback, and the overall experience.
“Who wants to be millionaire” as a game to enhance students’ engagement and teamwork skills in life sciences curricula
Does the competitive nature of a game help to improve student knowledge retention, while making a seminar session more fun and engaging? Dr Alessio Iannetti investigated this and shares the results in this case study.
Developing diverse skill-sets, student engagement, and self-evaluation in a poster assessment
Dr John Holton, Senior Lecturer in Ancient History, describes designing a poster assignment for his stage 2 module that builds and tests diverse skill-sets, promotes student engagement by enabling students to self-select and then personally research their choice of topic, resulting in students showing an increased assessment confidence and unusually high engagement with the task.
Working in Partnership with the Academic Skills Team to Develop Effective Student Guidance on Designing and Producing an Infographic Assessment
Dr Angela Mazzetti from NUBS explains her partnership work with Liv Jonassen of the Academic Skills Team from the Library to produce engaging and informative assessment support videos on the subject of designing infographics for BUS2040, resulting in an improvement in student achievement, and increased confidence when engaging with the assessment.