Advantages
Through offering various options in terms of content, mode of submission, and due date, this assessment caters to student diversity and provides flexibility. This assessment teaches multi-literacies and the ability to communicate effectively across various
written
and audio-visual outputs, allowing for independence and creativity.
Highly transferable to all courses that wish to provide student flexibility, teach multi-literacies, or that wish to combine deep theoretical thinking with a skills focused delivery mode.
Challenges
Students may be worried that the various modes of submission, topics and due dates may result in an inequitable distribution of grades – be sure to explain that students will be marked according to clear marking criteria regardless of modality.
Tips for implementation
Ensure assessment rubrics and marking criteria for all assessment options are equitable regardless of content/topic, mode of submission, or due date.
How it supports academic integrity
The creative modalities are encouraged in submissions to support a more intimate engagement with course content, which may indirectly deter academic misconduct. Collation and peer-review provisions also encourage accountability in students to, in turn, produce original review provisions also encourage accountability in students to, in turn, produce original works.