Develop holistic assessment and rubric designs

This workshop is designed for educators aiming to enhance the quality and effectiveness of their assessments, as well as professional staff interested in deepening their understanding of assessment practices.

Assessment design can make or break your teaching effectiveness. We cover topics around how to design and develop effective assessments, rubrics, and feedback-giving practices to support your learners through integrating learning principles and educational technologies. Through a blend of theory, practical exercises, and collaborative discussions, participants will leave with the tools and insights needed to design assessments that truly contribute to a holistic and aligned learning journey.

Learning objectives

In this workshop, you will be supported to:

• recognise different assessment purposes and assessment types in teaching and learning.

• select appropriate assessment types and design assessments that:

  • align with the cognitive demands and complexity of Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)

  • accurately evaluate CLOs

  • foster learner active engagement and collaboration

  • promote academic integrity

  • economise time and effort

• develop high-quality rubrics to enhance the validity, equity, manageability, and authenticity of your assessments

• apply principles of effective feedback giving and choose appropriate feedback modes to optimise learners' chance of success

• integrate technologies such as Cadmus, Feedback Fruits, and Turnitin into your assessment design.

Workshop topics

• Constructive alignment, assessment purpose and assessment types

• Rubric development

• Academic integrity and AI in assessment design