Afterwards...

One of the really pleasant surprises this weekend was seeing some work from a former student on Facebook

It's a really powerful piece and nice to see that his film-making hasn't stopped.  Even better he's decided that he's going to make 9 more films this year, as an alternative to getting a student loan to do university study.  So hopefully there'll be plenty more to come.

Chris

Assessment engines

I've just been making final tweaks to the module website for our next (3rd!) presentation.  We've been able to streamline the early weeks a little, and have also added some material in a new FAQs section.  One of the things it's brought home to me yet again is just how much work goes into assessing student projects, and how many people are involved.  The trigger for thinking about this was having to explain that: 

Unfortunately that you can't make your videos 'private' and nominate who can watch them.  Your EMA films need to be accessible to all the people involved in the assessment systems, and we can't always name all the people you'd need to make it accessibe to before you submit.

The issue is that as well as first and second markers, the curriculum manager and the exam board, there are all sorts of other bits and pieces of the university with a legitimate interest in looking at student work - students services, projects and portfolios, etc. etc. and that's before we get into the territory of appeals, plagiarism and other queries that need to be investigated.

The positive side of all this is that I'm proud to work somewhere that takes assessment very seriously and puts a lot of staff time into being able to be sure our grades reflect the great work our students do.  Unfortunately it means I can't provide a list of everyone who might need to look at a video in advance.