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Transforming Assessment Webinar Update [via JISC emailing lists - this is not direct mail - apologies for any cross posting] In this issue: 1. Recording available 'Designing e-Assessment Activities for Online Courses' webinar held 6 August 2. Next session 3 September 'CodeRunner: authentic e-assessment for computer programming'. 1. Recording available for 'Designing e-Assessment Activities for Online Courses', held 6 August. Presented by Mary Jacob, Aberystwyth University, UK. This session discussed both good and improvable practice across the types of assessment currently used in MOOCs. . View it via http://bit.ly/TA6A2014 ---------------------------------- 2. Next session 3 September 'CodeRunner: authentic e-assessment for computer programming' Presenter: Richard Lobb, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. This session will explore the features of CodeRunner; a Moodle question type in which student submitted program code is automatically evaluated against a range of test criteria and a grade assigned. In introductory programming courses the question might be as simple as "Write a Python function sqr(x) that returns its parameter squared" however more advanced exercises can also be handled, such as "Modify the compiler discussed in lectures to handle the following language extensions". The submission is graded by running a series of tests on the submitted code within a sandbox, comparing the output with the expected output. Students receive immediate feedback and are able to resubmit (for a small penalty). It is also possible to process the responses to questions in which the student answer is not program code at all. Instead the question type can be used to accept any text as a response which can then be assessed against a set of test criteria defined by the instructor in the form of program code. Coderunner is used at the University of Canterbury for laboratories, assignments and mid-course tests in several courses and is to be used in a final exam for the first time this year. The talk will report on experiences with CodeRunner in several courses and will demonstrate the authoring of questions and the range of different questions that can be asked. Hosted by Prof Geoffrey Crisp, Dean T&L RMIT University and Dr Mathew Hillier, University of Queensland. Session details, time zone conversions and RSVP instructions. http://bit.ly/webinar3sep2014 ---------------------------------- Further information: The Transforming Assessment webinars are part of a series of free events covering a range of e-assessment topics. Further information on this and future events, recordings of past sessions, project information and participation/technical help on using the virtual classroom system can be found on our website at transformingassessment.com Acknowledgements: Support for this activity has been provided by the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching, RMIT University and the Teaching and Educational Development Institute, University of Queensland. The views expressed in this publication/activity do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsoring institutions. ---------------------------------- Why am I receiving this? You are receiving this particular message because you signed up to one of the email lists on JISC. Please logon to the JISCmail website to remove yourself from JISC lists. regards, Dr Mathew Hillier The University of Queensland, Australia -------------------------------------------------- Transforming Assessment