All Things Assessment

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Across
  1. 4. For students who do not pass sufficient modules to proceed to the resit period or progress to the next part of their programme, they can be required to take modules again in the following academic year (6)
  2. 5. A question or a statement with several possible answers, typically notated with letters (e.g., A, B, C, D)(abb.) (3)
  3. 6. A long-form academic research project undertaken by students as part of an undergraduate or postgraduate degree programme (12)
  4. 7. This is technology used to capture human-marked data from documents such as surveys and tests. It is commonly used for processing multiple-choice question papers (abb.) (3)
  5. 9. An assessment task designed to help students learn more effectively by giving them feedback on their performance and on how it can be improved or maintained but does not count towards the module mark (9)
  6. 14. An assessment task used to demonstrate a student’s level of performance contributing to the module mark (9)
  7. 15. A measurement of the amount of work or learning that a student has completed in a particular module (or overall within a programme of study) at the University (6)
Down
  1. 1. This is a clear framework for both staff and students, outlining what is expected for an assignment or task and how it will be assessed (6)
  2. 2. A formal record of the academic achievement of a student, identifying (as a minimum) the modules passed, the grade achieved, the level and the credit value of the completed modules (10)
  3. 3. When the expected standards of academic practice, integrity and engagement have been breached (10)
  4. 5. The processes undertaken through which assessment outcomes are confirmed as valid and reliable and that assessment criteria have been applied consistently (10)
  5. 8. Information or responses about the academic performance of a student, given with the intention of aiding improvement (8)
  6. 10. Following ratification of a failed module result at a progression and/ or award board, a student can be given another opportunity to attempt a failed assessment, usually in August(5)
  7. 11. A request for a review of a decision made by an exam board (6)
  8. 12. Where an assessment or overall module marks are adjusted (up or down) for an entire cohort or group of similarly affected students to ensure that the academic standards achieved by students are equivalent to previous years (7)
  9. 13. This is a Cardiff University tool that enables you to automatically export marks from Grade Centre/ Gradebook into SIMS (abb.) (3)