1. eAssignment An institutional submission and management system for assessment of open-ended assignments Peter Silvester, Gary Jones

2. A Typical Scenario 3 rd year Bachelor of Medicine essay assignment ~250 students (on attachments in remote locations) ~150 markers (University and Hospital staff) Duplicate marking 3 copies of each marking/feedback form Paper copies Distributed by post At least one week administration time

3. Our Institutional eAssignment System

4. Demonstration… www.soton.ac.uk/eassignment www.soton.ac.uk/eassignment eAssignments

5. Lessons learnt Harmonise your Institutional Assessment processes Communicate across the institution Involve cross section of the institution Manage expectations Find champions, do not impose Promote online submission, entry of marks and comments – not online marking

6. What next? Implementation & further testing during 2010-2011 Available Institution wide 2011-2012 Version 2.0 –Student feedback to markers I agree with your comments I do not agree with your comments I do not understand your comments –Additional features Based of experience of version 1.0

7. Further Information: www.jisc-ea.soton.ac.uk Peter Gibbs, P.W.Gibbs@soton.ac.ukP.W.Gibbs@soton.ac.uk Trevor Bryant, T.N.Bryant@soton.ac.ukT.N.Bryant@soton.ac.uk Peter Silvester, P.Silvester@soton.ac.ukP.Silvester@soton.ac.uk Gary Jones, G.Jones@soton.ac.ukG.Jones@soton.ac.uk Martin Chivers, M.C.Chivers@soton.ac.ukM.C.Chivers@soton.ac.uk Questions?