Evidence shows that students and teachers can benefit from providing real time feedback. Teachers can instantly identify knowledge gaps and provide more emphasis on topics where it is needed. Real-time feedback informs the student on the current task whilst also
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Supporting Academic Integrity Guideline
As many more assessments are being conducted online the scope for contract cheating has increased. This document is intended to be a quick and practical guide to contract cheating, what you can do to mitigate against it, and what to
Help! I need to upload a picture as a PDF from my phone
As we move to file upload questions in quizzes, and take home assessments increasingly students are solving problems on a physical piece of paper, and then taking a photo to upload it to Canvas. If a student uploads and image using the canvas app, not all of the
Updated Creds Support (May 2020)
As of 1 May, 2020 the Cred Support options have been updated and improved: Support for All Technical issues E.g. enrolment issues, badge claim issues, system errors. Raise an Incident (select RMIT Creds in the Business service field) Support for
Detecting Source Code Similarities in Programming
In educational institutions, the problem of plagiarism is not just confined to written essays and other text-based assessments. Source code plagiarism is also a growing concern in programming-related courses (Joy et al., 2011). The availability of “web-based solutions for programming
Transforming assessment webinars (session review)
Recently I attended two webinars conducted by the Transforming Assessment group, hosted by our previous Dean of Learning and Teaching, Professor Geoff Crisp and Dr Matthew Hillier. The webinars explored topics related to assessment in the age of Covid-19. I
Transforming Assessment Webinars
The Transforming Assessment webinars are part of a series of free events covering a range of assessment and e-assessment topics. Sessions are hosted by Professor Geoffrey Crisp, PVC Education, University of New South Wales and Dr Mathew Hillier, Monash Education
New assessments means new rubrics; some reminders
With the move to online assessment, many will now need to write new rubrics. To assist with this, we recently conducted a webinar in writing assessments that you can listen to here. We also shared a Rubrics Terminology Guide to
Solutions Lab 6 – Virtual Laboratory Simulations for STEM teaching
One of the biggest challenges in the current climate is how to transfer lab sessions online. Don Wlodkowic has been using Labster – a simple virtual laboratory simulation tool – to teach his practical lab classes online. Labster is an
