Assessment and Feedback
These resources will support you to develop effective assessments and provide appropriate feedback to facilitate inspiring learning. You may also find it useful to look at the resources on ‘adapting your assessments’ (these were originally created as part of the SSLO toolkit).
In this video, Professor Kay Sambell introduces the idea of Assessment for Learning.
To mark the launch of a new set of resources to help Heriot-Watt colleagues to make the most of assessment.
Kay briefly describes the principles of Assessment for Learning, and the benefits it can bring to courses and programmes.
the WATT WORKS quick guides
Commenting constructively on assessed work
Getting students to engage with feedback
Giving formative feedback prior to submitting summative tasks
Streamlining feedback on summative tasks
Getting students to self-assess to deepen their learning and develop feedback dialogues
Helping students appreciate what’s expected of them in assessment
Using exemplars to enhance learning and support achievement
Supporting international students in assessment
Helping students to benefit from feedback on exams
Meeting the challenges of programme focused assessment
Designing assessment and feedback processes to inspire learning
How to design assessments for learning
Key assessment challenges and how to deal with them
A step-by-step guide to designing more authentic assessments
Thinking programmatically about your assessment and feedback practices
Understanding academic integrity: considering the extent of student academic misconducts in Higher Education
Understanding academic integrity: exploring explanatory factors in Higher Education
Understanding academic integrity: strategies and interventions in Higher Education
Making the most of assessment and feedback: A guide for students
Addressing cheating by balancing academic integrity and assessment security
Choosing and using fit-for-purpose assessment methods
the WATT WORKS activity sheets
The Biscuit Game: Exploring criteria for assesssment
Providing formative feedback effectively and efficiently
How can we give students better quality feedback?
Benchmark your feedback quality (course or programme level)
Additional Heriot-Watt
Learning and Teaching Resources
The Learning and Teaching Policy Bank
The policy bank provides an alphabetical list of all policy, procedure
and guideline documents related to the University’s decisions on
academic matters, particularly learning, teaching and assessment.
Learning Technology
The learning technology team offer a suite of training and support benefit both face-to-face and online learning and teaching, especially in connection with the virtual learning environment. Find out more about learning technology training.
Library resources
The Information Services team provide an Academic Leadership and Development LibGuide. Access the Academic Leadership and Development LibGuide.