E-assessment

E-assessment is a vital tool in education. Used to offer a range of creative alternative assessments the learning experience will lead to increased usability and accessibility for a diverse range of students.

E-assessment potentially offers advantages over traditional modes of assessment, including, for example, greater speed of marking, immediate feedback to both learner and assessor, and a more entertaining assessment experience.

There are a variety of useful discussions, projects, university and college pages and tools available on the web, and the following page will list a selection of resources that will enable you to get started in considering the usability, inclusion and accessibility issues pertaining to e-assessment.

JISC TechDis have produced a Staff Development Pack entitled E-Assessment. This is written with the aim of enabling staff developers or other intermediaries to deliver a workshop introducing the principles of accessible assessment to practitioners.

A list of further resources and a brief description of their content can be found by following the link below.

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