We are happy to announce that a new assessment tool called Cadmus will be available to use in Blackboard across the University from Monday, 30th September 2024. What is Cadmus? Cadmus is a secure online assessment platform accessed through the University’s Central Learning Environment (Blackboard). It facilitates the whole assessment cycle from assessment design through […]
Lorna Dawson is the Interim Head of Teaching, Learning and Student Experience for the School of Natural Sciences. Here she provides an update on the developments in assessment and progression following the review in the summer of 2023. I think many colleagues will be familiar with the challenges we encountered regarding Assessment and Progression (A&P), […]
We are excited to announce a pilot program with Graide, innovative teaching and learning assessment software designed to enhance the educational experience for both educators and students. Register for our event on 12th September to find out more.
One of the key aims of the Teaching Academy is to promote good teaching practice, In this article, Martin Simmons, from the discipline of Civil Engineering, explains a little bit more about the purpose of the Teaching Focused Community of Practice.
Advances in Artificial Intelligence are already changing the way we think about Higher Education. One key impact will be how we assess student learning.
James Brooks has created two short videos that summarise the research on effective feedback and how we can improve our delivery of feedback.
Students often submit files in error to Turnitin which can create issues with the Turnitin Originality reports. Turnitin have introduced a new feature where staff can request files submitted in error be removed from the Turnitin repository directly from the Turnitin Inbox.
A guide to setting up and managing Turnitin PeerMark assignments.
The addition of a PeerMark assignment within Turnitin allows staff to allocate submissions to another student for peer review.
Lu Shin Wong, a Senior lecturer in Chemistry, used Gradescope Bubble sheets in a summative exam for over 200 students. Teaching Academy asked Lu Shin about his experiences of using the Gradescope Bubblesheets.
