ANGUS: its origins, challenges and where it’s going!! Ian Grigor (Healthcare) Roger McNally (ISS) Calvin Clarke (Healthcare)

The early days…  NSS results – quick, comprehensible feedback and provisional marks  Used ANGUS to get it to a usable version  TQEF grant to enhance the software  ADF grant to build a product that can be used around the University

First year feedback from staff (School of Healthcare)  End of semester 1, –Voluntary basis only –42 responded to survey questionnaire (40 first markers: 11 moderators) –72% found ANGUS helpful: 6% unhelpful –Time-saving, ease of entering and editing comments –Need a spell-checker and easier identification of student IDs

First year feedback from staff (School of Healthcare)  End of semester 2, –Mandatory for feedback on Advanced Diploma –54 responses to online survey questionnaire (64% for Advanced Diploma: 36% other Frameworks) –91% found ANGUS helpful: 4% unhelpful –Ease of producing reports of different types

First year feedback from students (School of Healthcare)  89% of Advanced Diploma students reported that they had received s about remote access to feedback and provisional marks  94% of these students made use of the facility  Students were very positive about the resource  Problems related to inability to access ANGUS (setup preferences on own computers)  11 students expressed interest in helping develop ANGUS

Next steps  SLTC agreed to develop ANGUS  ANGUS development group (staff and students)  Prioritise developments from feedback (staff and students)  Allow confirmed marks to be released by ANGUS  Involve external examiners ( )

Things to bear in mind…  Training for staff –Developing confidence, especially for those less computer-literate colleagues –One-to-one or group sessions –Involvement in development of software –Respond favourably to critics  Updates to user documentation

Technical challenges and their solutions  Securely providing a service to staff off- campus  DPA (1998) issues  Avoiding caching on home computers  Providing a standardised printing service