Inspera proof of concept: exploring integrated assessment
UWE will be undertaking a Proof of Concept pilot of an integrated assessment system called Inspera in the academic year 2022/23. Find out more about Inspera or how to get involved!
summative assessment
Blackboard Rubric Tool Part 2: Creating and using rubrics
Creating and deploying a rubric using the Blackboard Rubric tool.
Blackboard Rubric Tool Part 1: An introduction to using rubrics.
An introduction to creating and using rubrics that can be used in the Blackboard Rubric tool.
Using PebblePad for assessment
How PebblePad can help with assessment of, assessment for and assessment as learning.
Group submissions for summative assessment
Please read this guidance if you are planning on using group work for summative assessment.
Assessed Student Presentations – which methods should you choose?
Panopto and Collaborate can both be used for assessed student presentations – which is best for your scenario?
Setting up a practice assignment in Blackboard
To avoid student panics on the day of assessment, consider setting up a practice assignment submission in Blackboard.
The Collaborate Assessment Tool
A series of short videos on how to use the new Blackboard Collaborate Assessment tool with your students.
Setting up folders in Panopto for assessment purposes
Important information for staff recording student presentations using Panopto
Student Presentations in PowerPoint
Some instructions for your students on using PowerPoint to record if they are unable to use Kaltura.
A guide to take-home exams
Advice for staff on setting take-home exams and advice for students on hand-written and hand-drawn answers
Contingency assessments – a guide to resources
As there have been a number of communications about assessments, this guide is designed to pull together all the information … Read more
Creating an Assessment Submission Point in Blackboard
These instructions cover how to manually set up a submission point for an online exam.
How to change your assignment deadline in Pebblepad
A short video guide to changing your assignment dates in PebblePad.
Writing Multiple Choice Questions
Read on for tips on how to create well-written, reliable and valid multiple choice questions.
Help students develop their academic writing skills with SafeAssign
Find out how Blackboard’s originality checker can be used to embed good referencing practice.
Grade Mapping in Blackboard
Easy-to-follow, step-by-step, visual guidance which will only take a few minutes of your time to follow.
Six staff describe how PebblePad has enhanced their module
Academics from FET explain how they have used PebblePad to deliver authentic and innovative assessments to students at all levels.
Three great things about PebblePad
Sharing content, giving feedback and using alumni accounts in PebblePad.
Summative Blackboard MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions) Exam
Step-by-step instructions for a controlled conditions multiple choice exam.
Dewis tests v Blackboard tests: which one do I choose?
A comparison of features in Dewis and Blackboard tests.
What is Dewis?
Does the module you teach involve numeracy and maths? You may want to know more about Dewis.
Blogging in Social Geography
In the first semester of 2014/15 I worked with a FET lecturer in Geography and Environmental Management, Sara-Jayne Williams, who teaches on a module called Society, Youth & Ageing. Together we developed a plan whereby students would blog about the subject matter and share their blogs with each other in order to construct subject knowledge as a class.