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Enhancing the assessment experience through closer integration between the SRS and VLE University of York, UK Dr Richard Walker bett 2015 January 21 - 24
Enhancing the assessment experience through closer integration between the SRS and VLE
1. Enhancing the assessment experience through closer
integration between the SRS and VLE University of York, UK Dr
Richard Walker bett 2015 January 21 - 24
2. Yorks journey 2004 Establishing an institutional LT
infrastructure: Implementation: delivering efficiencies in scale
& support Phased rollout of Institutional LMS, CMS &
Community System (Blackboard Academic Suite): self-managed SITS
integration Integration of reading list software Development of
anonymous e-submission 2007 2008 Consolidation Embedding,
integrating & extending LT services VLE strategic review Launch
of Video streaming service Shibbolizing VLE (outreach, admissions
& transition) Mobile Learn, lecture capture & e-assessment
(QMP) trials 2011 2012 Renewal Re-envisioning LT services:
Empowering the learner Launch of cloud services: Google Apps for
Education; Echo 360; Bb Collaborate and inline grading Release of
E-learning vision statement (June 2013): setting the agenda for
next Learning & Teaching Strategy
3. Yorks service portfolio
4. Yorks technology adoption cycle Adapted from the Gartner
Hype Cycle
http://www.gartner.com/technology/research/methodologies/hype-cycle.jsp
5. Yorks technology adoption cycle Would you like to see an
online submission option made available for all assessed work that
you need to turn in to your department for marking? Response
Percent Response Count Yes 76% 354 No 11% 54 Not applicable 13% 59
Agree Neutral Disagree Not Appropriate Submission of student work
83% 10% 5% 2% Management & allocation of work for markers 51%
34% 10% 6% Marking 66% 17% 12% 5% Creation of feedback 66% 22% 10%
2% Return of work/marks/feedback to students 68% 25% 5% 2% Source:
University of York Technology Enhanced Learning Student Survey 2014
Source: University of York Technology Enhanced Learning Staff
Survey 2014 It is important for the University to provide online
support for all assessed work turned in by your students for
marking It is important for the University to provide *GOOD* online
support for the listed activities. I don't believe this is
sufficiently the case.
6. Joining up SRS and assessment systems A challenging problem
for the HE sector: Despite the relatively limited nature of the
core product set, the key integration points between these
technologies remain problematic and a source of considerable manual
intervention. (Jisc, 2014: p12) Jisc (2014). Electronic Management
of Assessment (EMA): a landscape review.
http://repository.jisc.ac.uk/5599/ (pdf)
7. Original anonymous submission and feedback workflow
(summative assessment) Replacing file name with student exam number
from SITS eVision: Who Original Process (2007 2013) Students Submit
work online through VLE, automated e-mailed receipt VLE instructors
Download anonymised, work and summary sheet Markers Mark work,
create feedback, record marks Admin Archive work, individually
match and return feedback and marks (through e-Vision or office)
Students Access / collect feedback and marks
8. Enhanced anonymous submission and feedback workflow (Phase
1: 2013-14) Who Process Students Submit work online through VLE,
automated e-mailed receipt VLE instructors Download anonymised
work, summary sheet, individual feedback forms* and mark-sheet
Markers Mark work with disability info, complete feedback forms,
record marks in mark-sheet Admin Archive work, batch upload
feedback & marks to SITS / e- Vision Students Access / collect
feedback and marks from e-Vision
9. E-Assignment architecture
10. Revised workflow Plan Assessment Assessment created Coded
in SITS Anonymous Assignment Set up submission point Associate with
SITS assessment Student Submission Students submit work Marking
Feedback documents downloaded Marks spreadsheet download Disability
stickers and information included Department sends documents to
markers Uploading into SITS Documents uploaded into SITS Feedback
and marks released to students E-Assessment, marking and feedback
work-flow
11. Workflow benefits Generation of (configurable) feedback
docs (MS Word) inheriting exam ID and disability sticker fields,
bundled with assignment scripts in zip file faster work allocation
to markers Batch upload of marks and feedback docs to SITS Speeds
up return of feedback and marks to students 1 weeks administrative
time saved across Politics department (for mark entry for 1600
submissions) use of feedback template *may* lead to greater
transparency in marking process (standardisation & quality)
Summer pilots have led to the following enhancements..
12. Enhancements to the anonymous submission & feedback
workflow (Phase 2: 2014-15) file submissions restricted to a
specific file type (pre-selected by the assessment manager)
assessment manager(s) alerted when late submissions have been made
reporting on SITS registered students who have not yet submitted
facility for markers to annotate / insert comments into file
submissions as student feedback to be batch uploaded to SITS
Student view of all previously submitted files
13. Next steps: Phase 3 - enhancing the management and practice
of online marking (2015 - ) Processes to support work allocation:
Automated allocation of feedback sheets and scripts to markers
Enhancements to marking experience Blind marking (student IDs
concealed) Automatic plagiarism checks (Safe Assign & Turnitin)
Assessment management Reporting & moderation screen Support for
supervisors access to marks & feedback Building on SITS
Blackboard data integration (based on LIS 2.0 standards
development)??
14. Next steps: Phase 3 - building a student feedback hub (2015
- ) Creation of individual marks & feedback hub for each
student; automatically drawing on formative and summative records
stored in VLE Grade Centre, with hooks for data ingest from other
sources Supervisor sets key questions / reflection template
Automated transfer of assessment feedback / marks to individual hub
Student reflects on mark / feedback (feed forward) Supervisor
reviews & comments on student's progress
15. Questions? University of York, UK Richard Walker Reports
and summaries on e-assignment workflow management and marking
provision are available at: http://elearningyork.wordpress.com
@RichardM_Walker [email protected]