Assessment design : Support and guidance : Educational Enhancement : Staff Hub : University of Sussex

Explore guidance on principles and approaches to designing assessment, feedback and marking.

Authentic assessment

What is authentic assessment, why it is important, and what it looks like in practice. This brief guide offers a few answers and some thoughts on where to start.

Developing student feedback literacy

Curriculum design principles and strategies for helping students master feedback literacy skills, attitudes and approaches.

Developing writing assignments

Create AI resilient assignments which encourage higher order thinking.

Effective feedback

Discover the principles for providing your students with consistent and useful feedback.

Efficient and consistent marking and moderation

A step-by-step guide to efficient and consistent marking for individuals and marking teams.

Flexible assessment

Guidance on what flexible assessment is, what it looks like in practice, things to consider when designing flexible assessments, plus links to further reading.

Peer scoring and evaluation

How to enable and support peer evaluations of contributions to group work.

Rubrics and grading forms

Find out how rubrics and grading forms are defined and used, their value for students, tutors and markers, and a few ideas for designing your own.

Using exemplars

Policy and practical tips on collecting and using exemplars to enhance student assessment literacy.

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