Use of the Guidelines by an Institution
These guidelines and the recommended procedure for applying them will support staff development provision and individual practitioners in developing their practice. However, the writing of instructions for an increasingly diverse student body and for increasingly complex assessment tasks would benefit greatly from institutional support.
It is therefore advised that the following be considered:
· Disseminating the guidelines at programme level as well as to individual staff members
· Integrating assignment brief design practice into institutional policies and procedures
· Including the clarity of assessment tasks as an item in student experience evaluations
· Supporting staff in assignment brief enhancement by integrating into quality assurance procedures
· Facilitating peer evaluation of assignment brief communicative effectiveness
· Facilitating student involvement in consultation on the effectiveness of assignment briefs
· Setting up a central assignment brief consultancy.
Institutions might consider using the guidelines in one or both of the modes:
It is therefore advised that the following be considered:
· Disseminating the guidelines at programme level as well as to individual staff members
· Integrating assignment brief design practice into institutional policies and procedures
· Including the clarity of assessment tasks as an item in student experience evaluations
· Supporting staff in assignment brief enhancement by integrating into quality assurance procedures
· Facilitating peer evaluation of assignment brief communicative effectiveness
· Facilitating student involvement in consultation on the effectiveness of assignment briefs
· Setting up a central assignment brief consultancy.
Institutions might consider using the guidelines in one or both of the modes: