Abstract / Description of output
Marking is a central part of assessment, which is crucial to foster learning as well as the teacher-learner relationship as stated in the university's latest Taught Assessment Regulations. Offering feedback can help students check their understanding and progress, clarify expectations, offer encouragement, identify where and how they can improve. Finally, moderation is the important step of overseeing marking to ensure fairness and consistency between markers.
In the School of Informatics (SoI), marking, feedback and moderation processes vary considerably due to the variety of course and assessment types (e.g. programming vs. essays). However, and especially since the pandemic, most marking involves online tools.
Unfortunately, the university’s online marking tools do not cover the needs of many academics in SoI, and submission, marking and mark reporting tools are not integrated. As a result, many academics have developed their own tools that only work for their courses. This is unsustainable and leads to inconsistency in marking and feedback quality for the students.
Since 2019, several students and their supervisor have worked towards developing MarkEd: an online tool for SoI academics, markers and students, which considers their needs and includes pedagogic strategies for marking, feedback and moderation.
First, we collected requirements from potential end-users and built a low-fidelity interactive prototype of MarkEd’s design. Then, we extended the design to incorporate pedagogic strategies for fairer, more efficient marking and higher quality feedback. Finally, we implemented a prototype of the tool. Each stage involved at least one round of evaluation with a high number of academics, markers and students in SoI. Results were positive, and MarkEd shows potential for SoI.
In this workshop, we will present MarkEd’s evolution and demonstrate its functionality. Then, we will kindly ask for your feedback and discussion about its potential in your school.
In the School of Informatics (SoI), marking, feedback and moderation processes vary considerably due to the variety of course and assessment types (e.g. programming vs. essays). However, and especially since the pandemic, most marking involves online tools.
Unfortunately, the university’s online marking tools do not cover the needs of many academics in SoI, and submission, marking and mark reporting tools are not integrated. As a result, many academics have developed their own tools that only work for their courses. This is unsustainable and leads to inconsistency in marking and feedback quality for the students.
Since 2019, several students and their supervisor have worked towards developing MarkEd: an online tool for SoI academics, markers and students, which considers their needs and includes pedagogic strategies for marking, feedback and moderation.
First, we collected requirements from potential end-users and built a low-fidelity interactive prototype of MarkEd’s design. Then, we extended the design to incorporate pedagogic strategies for fairer, more efficient marking and higher quality feedback. Finally, we implemented a prototype of the tool. Each stage involved at least one round of evaluation with a high number of academics, markers and students in SoI. Results were positive, and MarkEd shows potential for SoI.
In this workshop, we will present MarkEd’s evolution and demonstrate its functionality. Then, we will kindly ask for your feedback and discussion about its potential in your school.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 16 Mar 2022 |
| Event | University of Edinburgh Learning & Teaching Conference 2022 - University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 14 Jun 2022 → 16 Jun 2022 https://universityofedinburgh.eventscase.com/EN/learningandteachingconference2022 |
Conference
| Conference | University of Edinburgh Learning & Teaching Conference 2022 |
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| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | Edinburgh |
| Period | 14/06/22 → 16/06/22 |
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