UNSW Assessment as Learning Toolkit

Welcome to the Assessment Toolkit. Here you will find an evolving collection of practical resources to help you with assessment. The Premise throughout this Toolkit is that assessment should focus primarily on learning and the achievement of intended learning outcomes. This reflects the premise on which the UNSW Assessment Policy is based.

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Assessing Laboratory Learning

The laboratory is a unique learning environment that enables and consolidates "learning through doing". Assessing this learning can enhance students' conceptual understanding of the theory-practice…

Assessing Large Classes

The student cohort is becoming ever more diverse and more active, and student class sizes are increasing. Classes of 1,000-2,000 are becoming more common; but even 80 can seem to be a large class…

Assessing Studio-Based Learning

Teachers typically use studio-based learning in the fields of architecture, design, engineering and creative and performing arts. Although diverse in its forms, studio-based learning always focuses…

Assessing with Blogs

A blog is a website where people publish short items on a continuing basis. A blog can have one author or many. Blog entries (posts) display in reverse chronological order (that is, the most recent…

Assessing with ePortfolios

Overview An ePortfolio is "a digitised collection of artefacts including demonstrations, resources, and accomplishments that represent an individual, group, or institution" (Lorenzo & Ittelson…

Assessing with Role Plays and Simulations

Role plays and simulations are forms of experiential learning in which learners take on different roles, assuming a character, personality or function within a group, and interact and participate in…

Assessing with Wikis

Wikis are online collaborative writing spaces that have multiple authors and contributors. The most well known wiki is Wikipedia. You can use wikis to develop a community of practice and establish…

Assessing Work-Integrated Learning

Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) at UNSW enables students to engage in authentic, purposeful, partnered, supervised and assessed work-based learning experiences that integrate academic learning with…

Assessment and Feedback

The UNSW Assessment Policy provides detailed guidance on assessment approaches and strategies at UNSW. The Assessment Development Framework is a good place to start - this interactive…

Assessment as Learning

In current scholarship, the idea of assessment is often divided into three categories: assessment of learning, which is designed to measure the degree to which a student has achieved particular…

Assessment by Case Studies and Scenarios

Case studies depict real-life situations in which problems need to be solved. Scenario-based teaching may be similar to case studies, or may be oriented toward developing communication or teamwork…

Assessment Development Framework

The Assessment Development Framework provides six dimensions for teachers to consider when developing their assessment. The interactive framework connects to resources on the Teaching Gateway that…