Fundamentals to programmatic approaches to assessment
Overview
Traditional assessment often treats each unit in isolation – but what if your assessments could tell a bigger story?
This self-paced module introduces the fundamentals of programmatic approaches to assessment, helping you move beyond single tasks to design assessment as a holistic, developmental journey. You’ll explore how assessments connect across a course, support student progression over time, and align with broader learning outcomes.
Through guided activities, you’ll learn to map your unit’s role in the bigger picture and reimagine assessment as a powerful tool for long-term student growth.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this module, you will be able to:
- Apply principles of programmatic assessment to evaluate your current approach.
- Analyse how particular unit-based assessments connect to a student’s broader course learning journey.
- Evaluate how knowledge or skills develop vertically across your program and appreciate implications for assessment design.
Assessment
- Assessment Task: Complete a structured reflection template that includes your shifting assessment perspective, a unit-in-context analysis, and a mapping of student progression across program stages.
Module details
- Online mode of delivery
- Self-paced, allowing you to engage with the content at a time and pace that suits your schedule