Please note - Swinburne University of Technology

2.1.1 the facilitation of learning which includes
such matters as:
(a) helping to establish learning situations
appropriate to the needs, abilities and
potentialities of the individual student;
(b) enabling the diagnosis and alleviation of
specific learning difficulties;
(c) motivating and directing learning experiences;
(d) developing and maintaining skills and
abilities.
One of the most effective way; of
facilitating learning is to provide the student
with 'feed-back', that is, to let the student
know, as soon as possible after they are
discerned, any specific errors.
misunderstandings and shortcomings, and
then to assist in overcoming them.
2.1.2 the certification of the lwel of achiwement
which students have reached in subjects
andlor courses at Swinburne University of
Technology;
2.1.3 assistance with the evaluation and review of
course content and objectives;
2.1.4 assistance with the evaluation and review of
methods of instruction.
2.2 Although these regulations concentrate chiefly on
the certification aspect of assessment, the
Academic Board considers that the other functions
of assessment stated in section 2.1 above are of
even greater importance in the educative process.
3. Forms of assessment
3.1 Without limiting the generality hereof, assessment
of students enrolled in a subject may be
undertaken in any of the following, or any
combination of the following:
3.1.1 examination at the conclusion of the
duration of the subject;
3.1.2 formal or informal tests conducted at any
time from the commencement of the
subject to the end of the examination
period designated under these regulations;
3.1.3 assignment, project work, field work, essay,
report or such other activities as the subject
panel shall see fit.
4. Subject panels
4.1 For each subject for which a result is required there
shall be a subject panel (hereafter called the panel)
comprising at least two members of the academic
staff of Swinburne University of Technology.
4.2 The panel shall be appointed by the head of the
teaching department not later than the end of the
second week of the semester in which teaching of
the subject commences for that particular year.
4.3 The panel shall be reported to the teaching and
awarding faculty boards for noting, in the case of
subjects commencing in the first semester, no later
than the April meeting of the faculty boards and,
in the case of subjects commencing in the second
semester, no later than the August meeting of the
faculty boards.
4.4 The dean of the awarding faculty or head of the
awarding department, where such faculty or
department is not also the teaching faculty or
department, may nominate one person to be a
member of a panel for courses for which he or she
is responsible.
4.5 The panel shall, subject to these regulations:
4.5.1 After consultation with the head of the teaching
department:
4.5.1.1 determine, prior to the issue of the first
test or assignment or test for the subject
of the year, the form or forms of
assessment to be used;
4.5.1.2 determine the assessment categories to
be used for the particular year.
4.5.2 Ensure that each panel member and each
person teaching the subject is familiar with the
content and objectives of the subject.
4.5.3 Determine the minimum standards which a
student must reach or specific work which a
student must complete in order to be notified
to a faculty board as a passing candidate in the
subject.
4.5.4 Ensure that all students enrolled in the subject
are informed of the procedures for assessment
including minimum attendance requirements
and allocation of marks for the subject, prior
to the issue of the first assignment or test for
the subject for the year.
4.5.5 Be satisfied as to assessment solutions or
statements prepared by or for the convener
under section 4.6.6 prior to the issue of the
particular assignment or test.
4.5.6 Determine whether electronic calculators
may be used in an examination or test and,
if so, the lwel of sophistication of the
calculators which may be used and whether
or not the room supelvisors shall indicate on
a candidate's examination script that a
calculator has been used.
4.6 The convener of the subject panel shall, subject to
these regulations:
4.6.1 Ensure that the Registrar is notified, in
writing, of the form of assessment to be
used for the subject and semester.
4.6.2 Ensure that the Registrar is notified, at least
one week prior to the commencement of
the examination period for the semester, of
any subject for which passlnot pass results
only are required.
4.6.3 Ensure that assessment for the subject is
conducted.
4.6.4 Allocate and supervise the drafting of examination
papers and assignments as required
by the subject panel.
4.6.5 Ensure that all examination and test papers
for the subject are error-free prior to their
issue to candidates.
4.6.6 Be empowered to require written solutions
to assessable materials, or a statement of
minimum qualities acceptable for assessment
purposes from the teaching staff responsible
for writing or otherwise determining a part
of the assessment.