Setting clear expectations

Students need to have clear expectations of what an assignment is assessing and how the work will be assessed. Feedback then needs to clearly link with these assessment criteria.

• Help students understand the criteria that are used to award marks, classes and grades (PDF - 82KB)
• Help students understand how to use feedback with the Higher Education Academy's card sort task.

The LearnHigher website provides an excellent resource to support students' learning development during their degree. The links below direct you to three particuarly relevant pages within the resource:

• Help students write in an academic style using LearnHigher.
• Help students structure written assignments using LearnHigher.
• Help students give presentations using LearnHigher.

The Engage in Assessment website includes a section on Assessment design and advice on aligning assessment with criteria.