Administration & IT Graded Unit - Delivery via VLE Glasgow Kelvin College

Centre’s Rationale Learner feedback Learners wanted to use their IT skills VLE used in most Units Easier to share marking, security improved Sustainability

Setting up for assessment Significant discussion at Course Team level Involvement of VLE Manager Discussion with SQA/Visit Piloted a ‘prelim’ first Separate exam course set up on VLE for security

Security Exam course hidden until exam time Separate login and password issued to each student Exam course shutdown at the end of the exam (timed automatically) Two invigilators in exam room Students screens also monitored remotely

Marking Course Team developed marking guide based on exemplar Included codes so that these could be attached to learners responses when marking Each Assessor marked their paper independently VLE totals marks automatically and gives overall grade

Internal Verification IV follows centre’s policy - supportive IV then chooses sample IV marks work online and annotates assessor’s feedback in green Any queries discussed with Assessors/IV IV report written

Preparation for External Verification Discussed with SQA in advance of event Login details, username and password sent to SQA EVs could only access the exam course Marking guidelines available in exam course VLE Manager ‘on-call’ throughout

Pros and Cons Pros Learner experience Logistically Security Good practice Sustainability

Pros and Cons Cons Time consuming to set up Requires commitment