Exemplar assignments

About this activity

Students are shown anonymised exemplar of work/ previous assignments to develop an understanding of standards and criteria. 

Students can be asked to mark exemplar work individually or in groups to develop a better understanding of the process of assessment. 

Why use it

• Develop an awareness of standards; 
• Assessment literacy; 
• Enhance independence and evaluation skills; 
• Manage expectations.

When to use it

• Mid-term; In preparation for a piece of assessment.

Digital tools that might be used

• Moodle workshop tool 
• Moodle Forums 
• Annotation software  
• Turnitin Peer-Review 
• Shared document 

Speed of set up time 

30 to 90 minutes

Once the activity is set up and can be ‘reused’ then time will be considerably shorter.

Workload

Selecting exemplars:

• writing rubrics and criteria;
• setting up specific instructions for students.

 Please consider introducing the task during a session and model practice (this could include a video or screencast). 

 Please include a follow-up activity where feedback is provided.

Other resources

Any peer-feedback tool (Moodle workshop; Peer-review on Turnitin etc.) 

Examples of staff use

Arena toolkit for guided marking

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