Unit Synopsis
As an educator in a tertiary or adult learning environment, you will consider the crucial role that assessment has on student learning. You will draw on scholarly literature to support your evidence-based decision making. This unit draws on best practice assessment methods that utilise technology, including artificial intelligence. You will examine a range of assessment strategies and be able to determine fit-for-purpose assessment to meet your contextual needs and align with taught content.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 8 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 1 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Pre-requisite: OLTC20003 Nature of Learning and Teaching or OLTC20005 Adult Learning in Practice Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2025
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Written Assessment | 0% |
| 2. Portfolio | 0% |
This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.
Past Exams
All University policies are available on the Policy web site, however you may wish to directly view the following policies below.
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of policies are available on the Policy web site .
Term 2 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 50.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 44.44% response rate.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: Student feedback
Review instructions around assessment
The Unit Coordinator will review the assessment instructions provided to students to ensure clarity and purpose
Refinements are made to the assessment instructions each year. Student feedback is valued.
Source: Lecturer
Mapping template
Recommendation Provide the mapping template to the students to complete
In Progress
Source: Lecturer
CQUniversity graduate attributes
Provide link to the Graduate Attributes to students.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Evaluate and improve assessment design
- Communicate principles of assessment design
- Design assessment informed by scholarship
- Examine the value of holistic and analytic rubrics
- Draw on technology to support assessment design
N/A
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | ||
| 2 - Portfolio | • | • | • | ||
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | • | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Communication | • | • | • | ||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | • | • | • | • | • |
| 4 - Research | • | • | |||
| 5 - Self-management | • | • | |||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | • | • | • | ||
| 7 - Leadership | • | ||||
| 8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | • | • | • | ||
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |