Assessment
The use of online assessment is a powerful method to engage students and encourage learning and test student understanding of subject content. The LMS offers a wide variety of features to support assessment of students. Staff can offer both subjective and objective assessments using the following tools.
- Assignments
- The Assignment tool can be used by staff to facilitate easy collection of documents submitted electronically by students.
- Grade Centre
- The Grade Centre allows teaching staff to record and present grades to students through the LMS.
- Respondus
- The University of Melbourne has a campus-wide license for the Respondus software. Respondus is a Windows application that enhances the functionality and usability of Blackboard's quiz and survey tools.
- Respondus StudyMate
- The Respondus StudyMate tool provides an online space for staff and students to create and use revision materials in the form of fact cards, flash cards and quiz questions.
- Self and Peer Assessment
- The Self and Peer Assessment tool creates structures for students to review and grade their own submissions and those of other students.
- Tests and surveys
- Tests and surveys may be used to assess the learning occurring in a subject.
- Turnitin
- Turnitin is online web-based text-matching software that works by comparing electronically submitted papers to billions of pages of content located on the Internet and proprietary databases as well as the work of other students whose papers have also been submitted into the system.