This article provides a Glossary of Inspera terminology. Term Definition Candidate This is the term used for Student Committee Committees are used in Grade. A Committee refers to a group of one or more graders who are responsible for assessing and grading candidate work. It is possible to create a…
Inspera is a cloud-based assessment platform that has been selected by Coventry University Group as its digital assessment platform. The long term vision is to use this platform to manage all our assessment workflows. For Academic Year 2023-24 the focus will be on using Inspera for its quizzing functionality and…
Time Constrained Assessments (TCA) are those for which students have a fixed period to complete the assessment, usually measured in hours, from an identified specific start time. This guidance sets out recommendations for the time windows used with different types of TCA. As there are several variables in setting up…
AI tools do present many opportunities for their application in higher Education. However, they also present challenges through concerns on academic integrity and also in recognising the limitations and ethical implications of using these tools. This article explores these challenges and what actions can be taken to address these challenges. …
AI tools are no longer niche technologies, but are being widely used, discussed and publicised. The University Group has acknowledged that; ‘we need to be future-focused and ensure we take advantage of what AI has to offer […] However, whilst taking advantage of what AI has to offer our students,…
The rate of change in AI is currently rapid and much of our current understanding, including the tools and their use cases, will be outdated in a matter of weeks. Although it is impossible to accurately predict where the technology is going, it is reasonable to assume AI will be…
Introduction This article sets out a position statement on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) within teaching, learning and assessment. Detailed guidance for both staff and students is provided in the accompanying articles. Our position The University Group recognises the potential of AI tools in our teaching, learning and in…
This article explains how questions can be imported into Inspera from an Excel spreadsheet or from existing question banks in Moodle. Inspera Assessment supports IMS Question & Test Interoperability (QTI) Specification so that questions can be imported from third-party item banks. However, please note that not all question types are…
This article pulls together information on using Groups in Aula. Understanding how to get up and manage groups will inform creating group assignments and being able to allocate markers. Creating and managing Groups Whatever the purpose for setting up groups, for assignments or to manage the allocation of markers, the…
An Introduction This guide is an introduction to: Clear and explicit assessment criteria and rubrics are meant to increase the transparency of the assessment and aim to develop students into ‘novice assessors’ (Gipps, 1994) and facilitating deep learning. Providing well-designed criteria and rubrics, contributes to communicating assessment requirements that can…