Learning and Teaching topics

Assessment

Assessment at USQ is managed and directed through the Academic Regulations (Section 5.6 Assessment). Final Report of the Assessment Working Group (PDF* 536kb)

Assessment checklist

This checklist will help in making decisions about the design of a course assessment plan.

USQ exemplars of good assessment practice

A suite of over 15 examples including descriptions, interviews, videos and marking criteria.

EASE, Moodle Assignment Submission and Turnitin

Up to date information about electronic assignment tools

Audio-visual resources

Professor Geoff Crisp** - breeze presentation, interview, web links
Professor Merrilyn Goos** - interview, breeze presentation, blog
Assessment beyond intuition** - Janice Orrell presents a workshop conducted at Central Queensland University in 2007
Karen Miller (USQ Faculty of Business) discusses the use of Turnitin software in her teaching - interview**

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Other resources

Australia	International
AUTC project on assessing learning in higher education - University of Melbourne Teaching strategies - Flinders University Assessing students with disabilities	REAP project (Scotland) - case studies Good practice examples of e-Assessment - Oxford Brookes University

Information flyers

Assessment by discipline

Engineering
Biological sciences
Accounting
Media and communication (group assessment)

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