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Being the middle (wo)man Designing assessment workflows that make
everyone happy… ish
Adel GordonUniversity of Northampton
Durham Blackboard User Group, January 2013
Disclaimer
I’m not a Workflows expert
Background
• 2 x projects running in parallel
– QNIG (QL & NILE Integration Group)
– SaGE (Submitting and Grading Electronically)
• New sites for 12/13 based on QA templates
– As well as:
• SaGE across whole Institution
• New Blackboard theme
• Change of tools (Bb blogs & wikis, Kaltura, EduBlogs…)
Where are we now…
• First phase of SaGE up and running
• Piloting rubrics (to build grades and give clear criteria)
Next phase
• Integrate
Image source: http://channelnomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Integrate.jpg
Successes
• Student submission
• Basic level of online marking
• Provisional grades & feedback delivered to students online
• Initial procedures for second marking and external moderation (but…)
Challenges
• Timescales
• Training
• Grading challenges
– Letter Grades/Grading Schemas
– Turnitin
• Integration (naming conventions of submission areas)
• Getting all the information we need!
Who is involved?
LTExternals
Admins
Quality
Systems
Execs
Academics
Students
Lessons Learned
• Too flexible?
– Limit to one tool
• Student experience
– Limit to first year students
• Letter grading – a step too far?
• Paper processes
• Second marking and external moderation
Questions?
Adel Gordon
@adelgordon