When I can, Friday afternoons are a good time to fiddle with things. EVERYONE it seems has been fiddling with the OpenAI ChatGPT this week and much larking about and amusement has been had with the churning out of mostlyContinue reading… AI and implications for HE assessment – my tuppence worth*
Workshops on Academic Integrity
The Digital Assessment Team have been working with the Student Changemakers team (Sandra Lusk and Abbie King), Arena (Jenny Griffiths and Simon Walker) and the Academic Communication Centre (Ariane Smart) to design a series of workshops that explore how weContinue reading… Workshops on Academic Integrity
Using Wiseflow to support administration in Natural Sciences
AssesmentUCL was mandated for centrally managed exams in 2021-22 but is optional for all other assessments. The Digital Assessment Team have collaborated with a number of academic units to support both widescale adoption of Wiseflow and smaller scale ‘pilots’ thatContinue reading… Using Wiseflow to support administration in Natural Sciences
An institutional environment that increases academic integrity
Reposted from the Digital Education Team blog. Over the last two years UCL has made major strides in its use, support and understanding of digital assessment at scale. Prior to the pandemic there had been interest in providing a centrally-managedContinue reading… An institutional environment that increases academic integrity
Turnitin Summit EMEA 2022
Turnitin Summit EMEA virtual event was held across two days November 2-3, 2022. The summit focused on student success, academic integrity, and supercharging assessment with: Best practice and case study from Kings College London institution Enhancing the student experience –Continue reading… Turnitin Summit EMEA 2022
Negative marking to check understanding of key concepts
AssessmentUCL (Wiseflow) is the institutional digital assessment platform. AssesmentUCL was mandated for centrally managed exams in 2021-22 but is optional for all other assessments. The Digital Assessment Team have collaborated with a number of academic units to support both widescaleContinue reading… Negative marking to check understanding of key concepts
MCQs and Rubrics: two routes to more efficient marking
[How to improve marking and feedback is one of the things that we in the Digital Assessment Advisory are asked about the most. As well as the workload involved, especially for large cohorts, the challenge is to ensure that assessmentContinue reading… MCQs and Rubrics: two routes to more efficient marking
Using Crowdmark for maths assessments
Maths-related disciplines often require students to hand write answers in the form of equations, formula or graphs. If the assessment is online the these answers will then need to be scanned using a tool like Microsoft Lens, and then uploadedContinue reading… Using Crowdmark for maths assessments
New features of the AssessmentUCL platform (October 2022 release)
October saw the release of UNIwise’s major upgrade to the WISEflow platform – known more widely at UCL as the AssessmentUCL platform. In this release, there are several new features introduced to improve the marking, management and authoring of assessmentsContinue reading… New features of the AssessmentUCL platform (October 2022 release)
Engaging students in interdisciplinary teams and real life case studies
Following on from our recent case study Authentic assessment on the Clinical Exercise and Physical Activity module, the Digital assessment team would like to share another example of authentic assessment at UCL. BENV0056 Health and Wellbeing in Cities: Theory andContinue reading… Engaging students in interdisciplinary teams and real life case studies