Assessment
Welcome to the UAL assessment website, which contains information for students and staff about recent and coming changes to assessment at UAL. These changes are designed to make marking and assessment easier to understand and to undertake, to improve the speed, clarity and helpfulness of feedback to students, to reduce the bureaucracy of inputting marks and calculating results, and to be fairer and more transparent.
Updates and Amendments
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Assessment Tool Update
Tuesday, 01 May 2012
The Online Assessment Tool (OAT) is proving very popular as the usage statistics indicate.
As of April 2012 the Online Assessment Tool:
- is available to 86 courses
- 131 tutors have provided grading and feedback using OAT
- 3646 students have received at least 1 instance of grades and feedback via OAT published on Blackboard
It is now possible for ‘Superusers’ to export grades as a .csv file - enabling them to be opened up in a spreadsheet programme such as Excel.
Academic staff can request that their course is enabled to use the Online Assessment Tool by completing the simple online form at http://tinyurl.com/oatsetup and the ‘Assessment Tool Help’ organisation within Blackboard provides further information and short ‘How To’ screencasts. Support and training is available from CLTAD - contact John Jackson (via elearning-support@arts.ac.uk or on x 2069) to discuss further.
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Updates to 15 Point Scale pages
Monday, 05 March 2012
Information on how the 15 Point Scale maps onto the old percentages and classifications is now available on the 15 Point Scale FAQ’s page.
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Overview of Assessment Changes
Monday, 12 December 2011
An overview of the background and context of recent changes to assessment, and updates on current progress and planned timelines, is now available on the assessment website.
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Marking Criteria Evaluation
Tuesday, 06 December 2011
A major evaluation of UAL’s Marking Criteria was completed in 2011, by Dr Duna Sabri. This research-based report investigated the perception and use of the marking criteria across UAL
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Assessment Tool goes live for summative assessments
Monday, 28 November 2011
We are pleased to announce that the Assessment Tool (Phase 1) is now in use. The first uses of the Assessment Tool for summative assessment are taking place in the week beginning 28th November 2011 at LCF, and at LCC in the week beginning 5th December 2011.
For now, the Assessment Tool is being made available via Blackboard only to staff who have undertaken training. If you would like to use the Assessment Tool, please contact John Jackson in cltad, or email your request to assessment@arts.ac.uk
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New Assessment Website & Course Regulations Website
Monday, 22 August 2011
We are pleased to announce the launch of the extended UAL Assessment Website and the new Course Regulations Website.
The Assessment website includes information for staff and students on the UAL Marking Criteria and the new University Marking Scale. The resources page includes a range of downloads including the new Marking Criteria Matrix and Assessment Feedback Forms, as well as video interviews, FAQ’s and text for course handbooks.
The new Course Regulations Website replaces the regulations section of the course handbooks. The site is divided into 9 clear areas, where you can find all of the regulations, guidance notes and proformas relating to that subject:
- Admissions
- Exam Boards
- Assessment
- Progression
- Final Examination
- Extenuating Circumstances
- Accommodated Assessment
- Academic Misconduct
- Assessment Appeals
If you have any questions about the website or about the new University Marking Scale, you can email assessment@arts.ac.uk.
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Marking Criteria and the UAL Marking Scale
Monday, 13 June 2011
From September 2011, all courses at the University of the Arts London will assess students against the UAL Marking Scale. Revised versions of the undergraduate and postgraduate Marking Criteria Matrices and Assessment Feedback Forms will be available on this website, in a range of formats, from July 2011.
The UAL Marking Scale is part of a series of integrated changes at UAL, designed to make assessment more intuitive and transparent, more helpful to students and less cumbersome for staff.
The new scale will be introduced for:
- all new undergraduate students
- all progressing undergraduate students
- all new taught masters students
Part time and ongoing postgraduate courses will introduce the scale at the start of their next academic session.
A number of courses across the University are currently piloting the UAL Marking Scale and their feedback is being used to inform the final versions of the matrices and forms which will be received at Academic Standards and Development Committee on 28th June 2011. Until then, draft versions of the matrices and forms are available here
Further information can be found on the UAL Marking Scale page
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Postgraduate Matrix Added
Tuesday, 01 June 2010
The following have been added to the website:
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Updated undergraduate matrix and feedback forms
Tuesday, 18 May 2010
Small changes have been agreed to the wording to increase the emphasis on inclusivity.
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Student Section Added
Tuesday, 01 December 2009
A Student Support section has been added to the site to address Students’ questions regarding the UAL Marking Criteria.
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Feedback Sheet updated
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
The document ‘FeedbackSheet_Computer.doc’ has been updated so that it is formatted in the same way as the .pdf version. This will hopefully improve consistency and avoid confusion as both versions should now appear the same when printed out. Please click here to obtain the updated version.
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Editing the Feedback Sheet in Word 2007
Friday, 15 May 2009
If you use Word 2007 to edit the feedback form please note that, due to a problem in viewing the gray dots on the form in older versions of Word, we recommend you do one of the following:
- Delete all of the gray dots before saving (i.e. any not turned black to indicate the achievement of the student).
- Save the form as a .pdf before making it accessible to the student (this can be done through ‘Save As’ function in Word 2007).
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CD circulation
Thursday, 30 April 2009
A CD has been sent to all UAL staff at Grade 5 and above, and all Associate Lecturers, in order to ensure it reaches all staff who are undertaking marking.
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Site Launch
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
Any necessary updates or corrections to the forms or the guidance will be posted here. All possible care will be taken to keep any amendments to a minimum.
