Assessment tools (Original)

• Similarity report.
• A range of rubrics are available, including points, percentages and qualitative.
• Comment bank functionality.

• Rubrics allow mark ranges.
• Final results include decimal points.
• Allows the submission of all file types.
• Allows the submission of links to artefacts produced online (i.e. Prezi, Padlet or websites).

• Controlled release of the assessment.
• Can setup marking committees.
• Can create rubrics, bands and criteria, as well as a marking schema. 
• Can enter private notes during marking. 
• Basic Turnitin similarity report available for staff only (if enabled)

• Final results are rounded to a whole number (i.e. 9.5 will be rounded to 10).
• Rubrics do not allow mark ranges. A Grade form is an alternative option.
• Does not allow the submission of links to artefacts produced online (i.e. Prezi, Padlet or websites).

• No similarity report.
• No comment banks.

• You will need to submit an Intention to use Inspera form, and complete compulsory training prior to receiving access. Refer to the Access Inspera guide.
• Need to download file in order to mark.
• The student is unable to review the Turnitin report when submitting. 

• Similarity report.
• A range of rubrics are available, including points, percentages and qualitative.
• Comment bank functionality.

• Uses Blackboard groups (Manual, automatic and self-enrolled)
• Rubrics allow mark ranges.
• Final results include decimal points.
• Allows the submission of all file types.
• Allows the submission of links to artefacts produced online (i.e. Prezi, Padlet or websites).

• Upload Blackboard groups via CSV.
• Create groups in Inspera (Manual, automatic and self-enrolled)
• Controlled release of the assessment.
• Can setup marking committees.
• Can create rubrics, bands and criteria, as well as a marking schema. 
• Can enter private notes during marking. 
• Basic Turnitin similarity report available for staff only (if enabled)

• No group submission functionality
• Final results are rounded to a whole number (i.e. 9.5 will be rounded to 10).
• Rubrics do not allow mark ranges. A Grade form is an alternative option.
• Does not allow the submission of links to artefacts produced online (i.e. Prezi, Padlet or websites).

• No similarity report.
• No comment banks.

• You will need to submit an Intention to use Inspera form prior to receiving access. Refer to the Access Inspera guide.
• One group member submits on behalf of the group.
• Individual group members cannot receive different marks.
• Need to download file in order to mark.
• No comment banks.
• The student is unable to review the Turnitin report when submitting. 

• Student submission of scanned handwritten documents.
• Staff upload of scanned documents that use a template. i.e. exams where student have written answers in the exam paper.
• Comment tool with Latex.
• Dynamic marking schemes with either positive or negative marking
• AI assisted or manual grouping of similar student responses for simultaneous marking.
• Group assignment submission and marking
• Question by Question marking.
• Reusable comments by question.

• A range of rubrics are available, including points, percentages and qualitative.
• Comment bank functionality.

• An annotation tool is available.
• Rubrics allow mark ranges.
• Final results include decimal points.

• No Similarity report

• Bubble comments cannot be linked to highlighted text.
• Final results are rounded to a whole number (i.e. 9.5 will be rounded to 10).
• Rubrics do not allow mark ranges. A Grade form is an alternative option.
• Does not allow the submission of links to artefacts produced online (i.e. Prezi, Padlet or websites).

• No comment banks.

• A range of rubrics are available, including points, percentages and qualitative.
• Comment bank functionality.
• A blank page will automatically be added for comments.

• Can attach a rubric with mark ranges.
• Can use general comments.

• Can create bands and criteria, as well as a marking schema. 
• Can enter private notes during marking. 
• Group submission functionality. 
• Can create rubrics, bands and criteria, as well as a marking schema.

• Final results are rounded to a whole number (i.e. 9.5 will be rounded to 10).
• Rubrics do not allow mark ranges. A Grade form is an alternative option.
• No group submission functionality.

• No group submission functionality.

• You will need to submit an Intention to use Inspera form prior to receiving access. Refer to the Access Inspera guide.
• Grading must happen within the test window. 
• Only the "Oral" question type can be included in the question set. 

• Can use the Blackboard assignment tool for marking and feedback. 
• Students can attach written responses in addition to a video. 
• Can be used for group assignments.

• Videos uploaded into My Media are retained in the student's personal media gallery.
• Students can select to submit their video to their course gallery.
• Staff can add a link to the course gallery in the course menu.
• Staff have the option to individually make student videos visible to the rest of the cohort.

• Controlled release of the assessment.
• Can setup marking committees.
• Can create rubrics, bands and criteria, as well as a marking schema.

• Students are unable to share their videos with the rest of the cohort.
  Note: During submission students can also select to share their video to the course gallery.

• For group assignments, one student will need to submit to the course gallery on behalf of the group.
• Will need to use a non-submission Turnitin assignment or Grade Centre column for marking and feedback.

• You will need to submit an Intention to use Inspera form prior to receiving access. Refer to the Access Inspera guide.
• Students are unable to share their videos with the rest of the cohort.

• Automatic marking with select question types (i.e. multiple choice, true/false).
• Answers can be checked at the end of each question rather than at the end of the test.
• Students can retry the questions with only the first attempt being recorded in Grade Center (depending on settings).
• Results are automatically transferred to Grade Centre (if linked via LTI tool in Blackboard).
• Randomisation of answers and question order.
• A number of questions can be randomly chosen to be displayed from a group.
• Modern, intuitive interface.

• Automatic marking with select question types (i.e. multiple choice, true/false).
• Results automatically transferred to Grade Centre.
• Randomisation of answers and question order.
• Questions can be randomly selected from question pools.
• You can view submitted answers and feedback through Grade Center.
• Availability settings.
• Timer.
• Availability and timer adjustments can be set for individuals and groups.

• Automatic marking with select question types (i.e. multiple choice, true/false).
• Allows for the inclusion of stimulus material alongside questions.
• Results can be automatically transferred to Grade Centre.
• Randomisation of options and question order.
• Questions can be randomly selected from question pools.
• Availability settings.
• Timer.
• Availability and timer adjustments can be set for individuals.

• Unable to restrict students from accessing external content during tests.
• In order to view students' answers, you will need to visit H5P reports online.
• No Test Availability exceptions.
• No Timer.

• Unable to restrict students from accessing external content during test.
• Students have to wait until the test is completed to receive the feedback and results.

• You will need to submit an Intention to use Inspera form prior to receiving access. Refer to the Access Inspera guide.
• Students have to wait until the test is completed to receive the feedback and results.

There are a range of exam options available via Learn.UQ which include:

1. Blackboard test
2. File Upload to Turnitin
3. File Upload to Blackboard
4. File Upload to Gradescope
5. Combination with Turnitin
6. Combination with Blackboard Assignment

• Options 1 - 4 can be used in conjunction with ProctorU and allows the reproduction of paper based exams in an online format
• Separate exam course sites provided for central exams and on request for school based exams for security purposes
• Templates with pre-defined settings provided in all exam course sites

• Inspera exams can be run both online (non-invigilated) or on campus (invigilated)
• Can monitor exams while they are in progress
• Templates with pre-defined settings for various exam types are available

• Using multiple tools to achieve exam functionality eg. a Blackboard test to release exam papers to students

• You will need to submit an Intention to use Inspera form prior to receiving access. Refer to the Access Inspera guide.

• Allows for marking of individual submissions or student contributions over a semester.
• Students can give feedback on each others' work.
• The "post first" set up can be used to ensure student enter their own response before they can view the responses of other students.
• Marking is available.

• Clean and streamlined design allowing smooth communication flow.
• Thread templates prompt students to ask better questions by giving them more structure and eliminate back and forth.
• All course communication in one place.
• No more emails - questions and answers posted on Ed benefit the whole class.
• Questions and posts are organized under different categories.
• Supports equations, figures, multimedia sources, and code.
• Megathreads allow collating all questions on a specific topic into a single thread.
• Vast variety of moderation options: locking, deleting, declining threads, revealing anonymours, staff-only comments, @mentions.
• Inbuilt analytics summarizing the student engagement and participation in the course.

• Posts are visible to all students.

• Marking requires manually creating a column in Grade Centre.