Category: Assessment
Constructive alignment in a nutshell: identifying what we want students to learn
Designing activities and assessment to best support the desired learning outcomes.
Rubrics: Why, What and How
A quick tour of the Why, What, and How behind rubrics - with links to resources.
Donate your rubrics
We're holding a donation drive for resources to put in our new teaching resource repository. First on our list - rubrics! Here's how you can donate to this worthy cause.
Academic Integrity – supporting our staff and students with a simplified approach
Key Academic Integrity resources for the end of session.
Preparing Final Assessments
Top tips for teachers to prepare a final assessment or online exam using Macquarie University iLearn (Moodle).
Online exam cheating or just confusion?
Academic integrity is complex, doubly so for online exams. Being clear to students about the exam rules will help everyone.
Examiners: Submitting on-campus exam files
Examiners: finalise and submit in-person on-campus final exam files to the exams office for the session 1 2021 exam period.
Do pharmacists explain medicines adequately? Ask students to use data to find out
From science to linguistics, early childhood education to accountancy, students studying these subjects will engage in collecting and using data by examining real-life scenarios – such as comparing the practices of pharmacists in their suburbs.
Why is a leaf green? How to change an assessment to an inquiry
A simple question like 'Why is a leaf green?' is a good basis for an internet search, and can be the starting point for an assignment whereby students write a report distinguishing 'good evidence' and 'poor evidence'.