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

adel.gordon@northampton.ac.uk

@adelgordon