Presentation Summary
The University of Melbourne's approach to delivering 90,000 in-place exam sittings per semester and our ongoing shift from paper to digital
This session will provide a detailed overview of how the University of Melbourne mobilised its digital in-place exams strategy and next steps:
● Overview of the University’s Digital Transformation Strategy: The number of assessments delivered each semester and the different modes of exams supported, including fully digital, hybrid, and paper with digital marking workflows
● Technology Solutions utilised: Canvas Classic Quiz, Cadmus x Respondus LockDown Browser and what's next: Technology available on the market to deliver digital in-place exams, those tried and tested and how changes and co-developed solutions with our vendors are taking shape, alongside new tools under exploration to support more digital modes
● Infrastructure Needed to Deliver at Scale: All infrastructure needed to deliver in-place exams at scale, including hall space, power boards, laptops, internet reliability at scale
● Cost Benefit Analysis: What is the cost-benefit analysis of in-place paper exams vs in-place digital exams
● Preparing Examination Stakeholders, Educators and Students for the Transition: How the university prepared educators and students for the transition, including communications strategies, on-the-day software and logistics preparation, and changes to workloads
● Exam Day Logistics: How the University prepared for exam day logistics, including setup, resourcing needed, whether students were put into fixed-placed seating or if it was a student-driven approach, and how reliability was safeguarded on the day
● Post Exam Logistics: An overview of the workloads post-exam sittings, including marking and feedback capabilities and any other core workloads that need to be accounted for.
Meet the Speaker
Patrick Stoddart
Associate Director, Digital Learning Environments & Academic Systems, The University of Melbourne
Patrick leads the Digital Learning Environments team at the University of Melbourne and is responsible for the institutional-level educational technology suite and its service and support for teaching staff and students. The team further supports the university through the provision of learning and academic integrity analytics and support for digital assessment and exams.
