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. - 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. - Gradebook
The Gradebook tool allows teaching staff to record and present grades to students through the LMS. - Tests and surveys
Tests and surveys may be used to assess the learning occurring in a subject. - 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.