Smart Assessment Design Toolkit

Difficulties with assessment practice may arise due to changing or new circumstances, such as curriculum change to reflect the external environment or assessment tasks that cause unexpected difficulties for students. Assessment issues can be resolved by designing or redesigning assessment tasks to suit specific needs. This toolkit details a range of approaches to assessment design that can help to resolve assessment issues.

Discipline and context specific advice

Find resources that assist with designing authentic assessment tasks that align with unit learning outcomes. There are also tips on making existing exam questions more authentic to your discipline.

Designing alternative assessments

Find resources that assist with writing questions for online exams and provide strategies for reducing contract cheating. Also find tips on designing group work and writing rubrics.

Alternative Assessment Case Studies

These case studies demonstrate a range of alternative approaches to assessment developed by staff at Western

Resources for setting up assessments in vUWS can be found here. This includes instructions on submitting handwritten work online and exceptions for students with alternate requirements.