Assessment Models Using Moodle Activities Phil Danby, Emily Webb, Chris Meadows Presented at Moodlemoot Edinburgh 2014 www.moodlemoot.ie

1. Manchester Metropolitan University
Assessment Models Using
Moodle Activities
• Emily Webb
• Phil Danby
• Chris Meadows

2. Introduction
• Self-selecting assessments
• Activities for formative and peer assessment
• Activities for critique and reflection

3. Self-selecting assessments
Emily Webb
• BA Honours Contemporary Theatre and Performance
• 28 first year full-time students

4. Self- selecting assessments
• Uses choice and group
• Choices are constructively aligned to provide a
complete summative assessment
• 4 blocks, complete each assignment type twice
• Proactive

5. Assessment

6. Choice tool and groups
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7. Advantages
• Control
• Choices
• Flexibility
• Time
• Configurations of groups
• First years
• Tutor

8. Student’s view
• Best thing about this unit
– having the independence to go off in groups and
devise a piece on the subjects we are researching
• Working with a variety of people, learning new things

9. Phil Danby
Manchester Metropolitan University
Using Moodle activities to provide the opportunity for
formative and peer assessment within a blended learning
environment.
Comprised of structured forums and Moodle assignments
to support classroom and online collaboration activities,
providing assessment milestones throughout.
Engagement in the activities informs and enables students
to undertake 2 summative assessments.

10. Overview of the unit

11. Leading on a Discussion (formative)
Preparation Forum (separate groups)
Follow-up Discussion (open forum)
Informs the summative activities

13. Forum Activity
Example of Preparation Forum Peer Assessment

14. Summative
Assessment
Preparation Forum
Follow-up Discussion
Personal
Presentation &
Submission of
supporting materials
Submission of summary
– feedback provided
Peer Assessment
Submission of 3500
word report

15. Activities for critique and reflection
Chris Meadows

16. Conclusion
• Self-selecting assessments
• Activities for formative and peer assessment
• Activities for critique and reflection

17. Contact details:
• e.webb@mmu.ac.uk
• p.danby@mmu.ac.uk
• c.meadows@mmu.ac.uk
cc Bilal Kamoon