Part 2: Redesigning Your Assessment
If you have the time and capacity to redesign an assessment or two, read on! What follows is a set of considerations in the form of a workbook. Its purpose is to guide you through developing an engaging, meaningful and relevant assessment that students see value in completing – without the inappropriate use of generative AI – to further their learning, experience and expertise.
How to use the workbook
The workbook contains a series of reflective prompts, with fillable form fields to record your thoughts that you can then use in the design or redesign of your assessment.
You can choose to fill out the workbook prompts from start to finish, which will involve a considerable time commitment, or you can equally opt to focus on the prompts that will be the most helpful to your design process – though we do encourage you to read through the various considerations to determine whether they apply to your assessment.
When you have filled out the applicable prompts in each section of the workbook, you can use the “Export workbook responses” button to output them as an MS Word Document. To allow for the maximum flexibility of use, the button only outputs responses for the current section of the workbook – if you would like to keep all of your responses together, you can copy-and-paste them into the same document.
Remember to export your workbook responses before moving on if you would like to keep them for your later reference!
Remember to export your workbook responses before moving on if you would like to keep them for your later reference!
Remember to export your workbook responses before moving on if you would like to keep them for your later reference!
Next Steps
With your workbook complete to the extent you wish, we encourage you to use it as a departure point for redesigning your assessment. The next steps are up to you!
You may wish to take the workbook to a consultation with your Faculty’s key contact at the MacPherson Institute, or as tool for individual reflection and development. The Assessment Development Workshop, on which the workbook is based, involves peer feedback – consider finding a colleague who is similarly interested in redesigning an assessment. You can support each other through the process!
