Students are shown anonymised exemplar of work/ previous assignments to develop an understanding of standards and criteria.
Students can be asked to mark exemplar work individually or in groups to develop a better understanding of the process of assessment.
Why use it (students and staff)
- Develop an awareness of standards;
- Assessment literacy;
- Enhance independence and evaluation skills;
- Manage expectations
When to use it
Mid-term; In preparation for a piece of assessment
Digital tools that might be used
- Moodle workshop tool
- Moodle Forums
- Annotation software
- Turnitin Peer-Review
- Shared document
Speed of set up time
30 to 90 minutes
Once the activity is set up and can be ‘reused’ then time will be considerably shorter
Workload
Selecting exemplars:
- writing rubrics and criteria
- setting up specific instructions for students
Please consider introducing the task during a session and model practice (this could include a video or screencast)
Please include a follow-up activity where feedback is provided
Other resources
Any peer-feedback tool (Moodle workshop; Peer-review on Turnitin; etc.)