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Related technology
There are a number of technologies you can use for assessing student work. The following guide provides information about key technologies that are part of the Monash suite and how they can support graded assessment.
Using Moodle for assessments
Moodle has a number of activity types that can be used for assessment with a Moodle grading component that can be linked to Gradebook.
Assignments
The Assignment activity can be set up in various ways for students to upload assessments in various file formats.
Turnitin
You can also set an assignment up with Turnitin integrated within the activity.
Use Forums as an assessment
Moodle Forums can be used as a type of assessment; for example, students can make a range of forum posts, respond to questions, or contribute to discussion, which are then assessed in some way.
Moodle activities and resources
The following outlines some of the learning technologies within Moodle that you can use to create questions for assessment tasks, including quizzes, lessons and scheduled timed assessments. Some technologies can also efficiently check questions, provide feedback, and give the educator indicators of student understanding to allow adjustments to content delivery.
| Technology | Use | Question formats |
|---|---|---|
| Moodle quiz | Formative and summative assessment with quick feedback and marking | Multiple choice, embedded answers (Cloze), numerical, calculated (arithmetic), drag and drop, multiple response, true/false, short answer, essay, matching, select missing words |
| Moodle Lessons | Adding questions within a stream of content and/or activities | Multiple choice, multiple response, true/false, short answer, essay, matching |
| H5P activity | Adding questions within a stream of content and/or activities | Multiple choice, multiple response, true/false, short answer, essay, matching, interactive video, arithmetic quiz, drag and drop, drag the words, image hotspots, mark the words, speak the words |
| Polling tools | Quick gauge of understanding or to frame discussions | Multiple choice, word cloud, up-vote down-vote, rank order, open ended question, clickable image |
| eAssessment | Online summative exams and assessments | Multiple choice, true/false, matching, embedded (cloze), short answer, essay, composite (case study, multi-part questions), drag and drop, hybrid |
Tools for group and peer assessment
There are a range of collaborative platforms that can be used to facilitate group assessment, peer assessment and feedback, and peer assessment. The list below contains some of the key technologies that may assist you.
Group assessment
Google Suite
Google Suite has a variety of tools to support group work from document collaboration, note sharing, collecting feedback and video meetings. Students can use productivity tools such as Google Keep to share 'to do' lists, sketches, or voice recordings with one another and keep each other up to date on their progress.
Feedback Fruits
FeedbackFruits Group Member Evaluation is a tool within Moodle that allows students to share their work, give and receive feedback and grades, and gives a platform for educators to also provide feedback and allow for student interaction.
Peer assessment
Feedback Fruits
FeedbackFruits Group Member Evaluation is a tool within Moodle that allows students to share their work, give and receive feedback and grades, and gives a platform for educators to also provide feedback and allow for student interaction.
Moodle Forums
Assign a student or a group of students to a specific discussion thread to provide feedback on the student’s work.
Moodle Workshop
Workshops are a student-focused learning activity that allows students to engage in peer review and assessment in a structured multi-part activity. The workshop activity collects and distributes student work to student peers to be assessed.
Using the eAssessment platform
eAssessment
The eAssessment platform can be used for assessments that require invigilation, such as end of semester scheduled timed activities.
Relevant policies and procedures
Monash has specific policies and procedures related to academic integrity. Take the time to review these to inform your teaching practice.
Assessment and academic integrity policy
Describes the principles of assessment at Monash University to maintain academic standards of student achievement, support students in their academic development and uphold standards of academic integrity.
Assessment regime procedure
Explains requirements of developing and implementing an assessment regime for a unit, rules around scheduling, extensions, hurdles, alternative and supplementary assessments, and communicating assessment requirements.
Explains the final grades that are used at Monash in a range of assessment contexts, calculations of WAM, GPA and CGPA, and rules around the use of the withdrawn incomplete (WI) grade.
Marking and feedback procedure
Outlines processes and principles for marking, blind marking, second marking, double marking, provision of feedback, quality assurance, finalising results, responsibilities, and re-marking requests.
Scheduled Final Assessments procedure
Explains the requirements for timed major assessment tasks that are scheduled after the end of the teaching period including closed-book tasks, open-book tasks, and open-access tasks, as well as eAssessments.
Assessment and academic integrity procedure
This policy describes the principles of assessment at Monash University to maintain academic standards of student achievement, support students in their academic development and uphold standards of academic integrity.
