1. Being the middle (wo)man Designing assessment workflows that make everyone happy… ish Adel Gordon University of Northampton Durham Blackboard User Group, January 2013

2. Disclaimer I’m not a Workflows expert

3. Background 2 x projects running in parallel –QNIG (QL & NILE Integration Group) –SaGE (Submitting and Grading Electronically) New sites for 12/13 based on QA templates –As well as: SaGE across whole Institution New Blackboard theme Change of tools (Bb blogs & wikis, Kaltura, EduBlogs…)

4. Student submissionFirst gradingInternal moderation Provisional grade & feedback to students Record grade in SISExternal moderation

5. Where are we now… First phase of SaGE up and running Piloting rubrics (to build grades and give clear criteria) Next phase Integrate Image source: http://channelnomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Integrate.jpghttp://channelnomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Integrate.jpg

6. Successes Student submission Basic level of online marking Provisional grades & feedback delivered to students online Initial procedures for second marking and external moderation (but…) Student submissionFirst gradingSecond grading Provisional grade & feedback to students Record grade in QLExternal moderation

7. Challenges Timescales Training Grading challenges –Letter Grades/Grading Schemas –Turnitin Integration (naming conventions of submission areas) Getting all the information we need! Student submissionFirst gradingSecond grading Provisional grade & feedback to students Record grade in QLExternal moderation

8. Who is involved? LT Externals Admins Quality Systems Execs Academics Students

9. Lessons Learned Too flexible? –Limit to one tool Student experience –Limit to first year students Letter grading – a step too far? Paper processes Second marking and external moderation

10. Questions? Adel Gordon adel.gordon@northampton.ac.uk @adelgordon