Assessment and Feedback

Check understanding honestly and give feedback students can act on.

What the course covers

8 modules, 32 topics. Open any one to see what sits inside it.

1. 1.1 Assessment of learning, for learning, as learning
2. 1.2 The competing purposes it is asked to serve at once
3. 1.3 Validity, reliability and fairness
4. 1.4 What assessment cannot tell you
1. 2.1 Questioning techniques
2. 2.2 Whole-class response methods
3. 2.3 Low-stakes quizzing
4. 2.4 Spotting a misconception in the moment
1. 3.1 Assessing what you actually taught
2. 3.2 Question types, and what each one measures
3. 3.3 Assessing skills and extended work
4. 3.4 Rubrics and mark schemes
1. 4.1 What marking is for, and what it is not
2. 4.2 Efficient approaches
3. 4.3 Whole-class feedback
4. 4.4 Workload, and sustainability
1. 5.1 Feedback on the task, not the person
2. 5.2 Specific, actionable, and soon enough to matter
3. 5.3 Making students act on it
4. 5.4 Why a grade drowns out the comment beside it
1. 6.1 Analysing a set of results
2. 6.2 Responsive teaching
3. 6.3 Tracking progress over time
4. 6.4 Reporting to parents and to leadership
1. 7.1 Access arrangements and adjustments
2. 7.2 Bias in design, and bias in marking
3. 7.3 Language barriers and assessment
4. 7.4 Moderation and consistency
1. 8.1 Preparing students for examinations
2. 8.2 Practice papers and revision
3. 8.3 Exam anxiety and wellbeing
4. 8.4 Academic integrity and malpractice

By the end of this course you will be able to explain and apply:

Two hours, not two months Eight short modules. Finish in a day, or do one module a night for a week.

Skills your degree does not cover Employers ask for practical tools alongside the qualification. This fills that gap while you study.

Built for a phone Watch on the bus, pause mid-module, pick up where you stopped. No download, no lab.

A certificate that can be checked Every certificate carries an ID your college or an employer can verify on our site.

About two hours in total — eight modules of roughly fifteen minutes. You can do it in one sitting or spread it across a week. Your place is saved either way.
No. There is no prerequisite course and no software to install. A phone, tablet or computer with an internet connection is enough.
Yes. This course is placed at Bachelor's Degree for India, and the content is written for that level. If you are at a different stage, change your level at the top of the page and the courses will change with it.
A certificate for the course, carrying an ID that your college or an employer can check on our verification page. You keep access to the material afterwards.
Yes — ₹450 for this course on its own, or ₹1,450 for all five in this set, which works out cheaper if you want more than one.
There is a short quiz at the end of each module so you can check what stuck. It is not timed and you can retake it.
Change your country using the picker at the top. Level names, degree names and prices all switch to that country, and the courses adjust to its education system.

Wording shown for India. Pick a different country at the top and the terms, currency and programme names change with it.