Rationale

Focuses on assessment and feedback. I realised that if students were given detailed, specific and clear feedback on their first assignment, their level of performance in subsequent assignments improved significantly. This type of feedback cannot be given simply in overall statements, so I chose to provide it directly in the submitted document in a form that was accessible to all students (in the form of comments on the digital file).

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To provide such a detailed level of feedback takes a lot of time and effort. So it is necessarily restriced restricted to relatively small classes (see below). Feedback needs to be given promptly, otherwise students will not be able to use it in subsequent assessments. I normally try to provide all feedback within one week, but allow for a 2-week maximum period.

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It can be used generally in any report- or essay-based assessment, provided the number of reports to mark is below 20 (see above). No particular resources are needed, except a pdf reader that allows comments to be introduced directly in the file (e.g., Adobe Professional).

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