Summative assessments

This section offers ways of using digital technologies to:

• Replace ‘hard-copy’ or in-class assignments with alternative (online) versions
• Create authentic assessments. Perhaps in collaboration with employers, civic society or other stakeholders
• Set group work and group presentation assessments online
• Give online and audio feedback
• Enable digital creativity and online showcase
• Choose assessments that have a digital legacy 

Tips and tools for creating summative assessments using digital technologies

• You can create assignments submitted to and marked through Turnitin within the KLE Assignments:
  • Turnitin guidance 
  • Turnitin Feedback Studio 

• Deploy multiple choice questions and other forms of Blackboard tests setup through the KLE:
  • Creating and administering tests in the KLE 

• Conduct live viva voces or panel assessments through MS Teams video meetings; panel cohorts can have private channels setup for discussion between themselves.
  • Overview of MS Teams  
  • Using video calls in Chat 
  • How to add / remove people to a chat 

• Use Microsoft Teams to invite external participants into the assessment process, choosing employers / civic organisations etc to add an assessor voice
  • How to add external/non-Team members to a call 

• Use PebblePad to create reflective and developmental portfolios: staff members can create templates for students to complete and submit through the assignments feature, and can grade and give feedback.
  • PebblePad Help
  • Turnitin Feedback Studio 
  • How to work with channels (including private channels) within a team