Teaching Academy

Links to support and guidance for staff on delegated marking

Running a mid semester survey can be an effective way to get useful feedback from students in a timely fashion, to assist anyone keen to adopt such an approach a Mentimeter template has been created with some suggested questions and settings. Staff are free to access this and customise the template to suit, obviously alternative formats and technologies can be used to achieve a similar results.

An example of good practice that Teaching Academy is championing is the use of Mid-Semester Surveys across your course units. This simple check-in with students can reveal aspects of their learning students are enjoying and, most importantly, highlight any issues that could be a very simple fix, asking these questions in the middle of the survey gives you an opportunity to act on that feedback and improve the student experience.

Tom Rodgers has used a number of approaches to managing peer assessment and group work. In this case study, Tom tells us about his experience with Buddycheck and the benefits of the using Buddycheck.

A standard practice across the University is to ask students for their feedback on a course unit at the end of the semester. This can be a frustrating arrangement for both Staff and Students as by the time feedback is available there is no opportunity to make any adjustments that may benefit the cohort providing the feedback.

In September 2023 there was a showcase and discussion of ‘Creating a sense of community and inclusion through T&L’, which brought together speakers from across the Faculty. The talks from the showcase event are uploaded here.

Dr James Brooks, our faculty lead for pedagogy, is inviting expressions of interest for our next SETA Showcase to be held on Wednesday 13th September.

Find out how to add grades or brief text comments to Gradecentre, for an existing column or new column via bulk upload.

Identify students who have passed or failed a test using a smart view. Download data and email relevant students via the Gradecentre.

How to customise the staff view of Gradecentre, to show/hide and re-order columns.