Online feedback
What is online feedback?
Online feedback software (such as ReView currently in development) allows students to:
- view the criteria alignment to aspects of an assessment item
- they can self-assess their submision against those criteria, and
- view their self-assessment along with the marker's assessment for each criteria
- develop their understanding of that criteria with the aim of improving their performance for the next assessment.
Online feedback focusses on helping students understand and improve their understanding of criteria based on the University's graduate attributes and does not replace Blackboard or the official University administration system that provides marks and grades for Units of Study at the end of each semester.
Why use online feedback?
Research shows that if something is not assessed, it is low priority for students. Assessment for learning helps students become lifelong learners. One of the important factors of assessment is providing students with feedback in a way that allows them to act upon it and improve their performance in subsequent assessments.
Online feedback software uses the graduate attributes - which employers value in graduates - as a basis for staff to define their specific assessment criteria. Giving students a visual and interactive tool with which to engage with assessment criteria and graduate attributes fosters reflection, which in turn is a key step in cognitive development and supports learning outcomes.
How do you use online feedback?
Please contact Lesley Treleaven (Senior Lecturer - Academic Adviser) for information and support.
For technical information, support, or a demonstration, contact Lucy Taylor.
Online feedback links
NB: Watch the student view of Blackboard and online feedback (requires Flash plugin) (602Kb)
Online feedback guides
- Aligning assessment with learning outcomes and graduate attributes: Example 1, Example 2
- Online feedback: Setting up (294Kb)
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Online Feedback FAQ (202Kb)
- A student view of Blackboard and online feedback (requires Flash plugin) (602Kb)
- Online feedback: Using Divisions and Teams (264Kb)
- Online feedback: Marking and publishing results (196Kb)
- Online feedback: Uploading grades to Blackboard
- The eLearning Helpdesk has a macro that merges marks from two files (such as the Online Feedback and the Blackboard Grade Centre files). You will need to download and use that in order to copy files into Grade Centre.
- Online feedback: Information for your students (171Kb)