Share Paper: Assignment Exemplars: Creating a one stop site for students

  1. Chris Campbell, The University of Queensland, Australia
  2. Simone Smala, The University of Queensland, Australia
Thursday, March 24 10:45 AM-11:15 AM Scarbrough 1

Abstract: At times students can struggle making the transition from secondary school to university. Often the lack of structure is something they grapple with along with assignment expectations. To assist students a Knowledge Making Blackboard website was created for first year students at a large Australian University. One of the main parts of this Blackboard site was the placement of annotated assignment exemplars for first year students to access so that they have a model assignment with annotations as well as a marking rubric so they can see the standard required and what is expect. This study investigated students’ experiences pertaining ...