Assessment and Feedback

The UNSW Assessment Policy provides detailed guidance on assessment approaches and strategies at UNSW.

The Assessment Development Framework is a good place to start - this interactive framework connects to resources on the Teaching Gateway that will be useful to the design process dependent on varying stages of assessment development, time available and teaching context. 

In the Assessment Toolkit you will find ideas, guidelines and practical strategies on all aspects of the assessment process.

UNSW is adopting Inspera as the primary digital assessment platform. The rollout begins in 2022. Find out more.

The Digital Assessment toolkit provides a directory of examples.

Further resources:

  • Designing Assessment
    Topics in the Designing Assessment section deal with the broader aspects of assessment design, reflecting the principles of assessment AS learning.
  • Assessment Methods
    In the section on Assessment Methods, there are topics dealing with tasks and activities for diverse purposes, diverse student groups, and diverse contexts of learning. 
  • Grading and Giving Feedback
    Topics in the section on Grading and Giving Feedback include practical advice and strategies on interpreting and marking students' assessment performance, and engaging them in the critical feedback process.
  • Reviewing Assessment Quality
    The section on Reviewing Assessment Quality provides a broader perspective on the cycle of assessment quality from design, through implementation, to reviewing of grades and learning outcomes, all informing improvements to design.
  • Assessment research and practice at UNSW
    Current practices and scholarly research in assessment within the Faculties are highlighted in the Spotlight on Assessment at UNSW section.

For a complete list of topics in the Toolkit, see the Assessment Toolkit Index of All Topics.

COVID-19 - Exam Adjustment Guide for Online Delivery

This guide is aimed at supporting academic staff to implement a student’s exam adjustments according to their Equitable Learning Plan (ELP) to suit the new online delivery.  

Community of Practice

The Education Focused 'EF Central' initiative provides a number of professional development opportunities for education focused academics and others!

  • The Digital Assessment community of practice has produced significant output in the form of the Digital Assessment Toolkit that contains numerous examples of use at UNSW. For further information on the Digital Assessment CoP please contact the Digital Assessment CoP leader: Louise Lutze-Mann
  • A community driven forum for online teaching resources has developed examples including Moodle course landing pages, quizzes, virtual reality, adaptive tutorials, student forums and online role play. To visit the Moodle site for the forum and select the 'student' access option (registration key: CoPOR). For further information please contact A/Prof Socrates Dokos directly, via [email protected] or +61-2-9385-9406.

The EF team can be contacted via: [email protected]

Related seminar recordings for UNSW staff

The Connections Seminar series and the annual Learning and Teaching Forum provide platforms for UNSW staff to explore different aspects of learning and teaching, share ideas and get feedback on practice and research.

These recordings and presentations related to assessment can be found on the respective Moodle course sites (self-enrolment key provided)

Connections Seminars

2019 Learning and Teaching Forum

2018 Learning and Teaching Forum