Generic feedback
Generic feedback to all students following an assessment can be an effective and timely method of providing good quality feedback. This can include common feedback appropriate to all of the students and could be on referencing and the tutor’s broad expectations of how the assessment should have been approached. Providing generic feedback can help students understand that their challenges are shared by their peers and can also provide an opportunity for feedforward – perhaps a discussion on how to approach the next assessment.
For the tutor it can save time by eliminating the need to repeat the same feedback to every student; and allows them to focus specific feedback for individual students.
Consider creating:
- FAQs for your students highlighting common problems which students experience e.g. referencing correctly;
- model answers;
- lists of common issues faced by previous students.
This generic feedback could be discussed by your students and then used as a basis for individual feedback to students.
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Assessment feedback feedforward policy and guidance
This Policy is to be read in conjunction with the guidance document. The policy and guidance applies to all HE provision.
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