Automated Assessment in Higher Education

Self-assessment questions

1. Explain what is meant by the term automated assessment.

2. Provide an example of a technology or tool used for automated assessment and describe its basic function.

3. Describe the main advantages of automated assessment for teachers and students.

4. List the most common challenges and limitations of automated assessment in higher education.

5. Explain how automated assessment can be used for formative purposes, not only for summative assessment.

Reflection questions

1. Consider in which situations automated assessment would be useful in your course, and when human judgment should still play a key role.

2. Describe how you would explain the criteria and operation of an automated assessment system to students to ensure transparency and trust.

3. Suggest an example of how you could combine automated and teacher-based assessment in one activity (e.g., a quiz + an essay with a rubric).

4. Consider how you could use learning analytics and visualisations (e.g., Moodle progress reports) to monitor and support students.

5. Evaluate which ethical and pedagogical measures you would implement if you use an AI tool (e.g., ChatGPT) in the process of assessing student work.