Graduate Qualities
Each course has a particular responsibility in developing graduate qualities. A course's assessment tasks are key to fulfilling this responsibility. Consequently, assessment needs to be designed with graduate qualities in mind. To successfully complete Section 2.6 of the Course Statement you will need to clearly indicate how they are being addressed in your assessment design (for more information about this aspect of course and program design, see Assessment tasks and development of graduate qualities).
When designing assessment for a course you need to keep in mind
There are many different forms of assessment available, and each provides differing opportunities to assess graduate qualities. The graduate qualities assessment ideas tool helps you to identify assessment tasks suitable for the GQ your course has a responsibility to develop.
The Assessing students for graduate qualities tool (PDF file 51KB) approaches the issue from the reverse perspective and allows you to identify the graduate qualities your assessment tasks are aligned with. This can be useful for mapping the development of graduate qualities across the assessment tasks of a whole program of courses.
The following tables offer examples of Section 2.6 in the Course statement showing assessment plans that assess a body of knowledge as well as defined graduate qualities. Please note that these tables are to be used as a guide and is not intended to be prescriptive.
Level 1 course; 4.5 units - must assess topic and written communication skills (graduate quality 6) and basic group skills (graduate quality 4) |
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| Format of each form of assessable work | Length (ie, word count where applicable) | Proportion of total assessment | Graduate quality being assessed |
| Online quiz on key concepts | N/A | 15% | 1 |
| Group project requiring research of topic; meeting notes of project team to be posted to online discussion; self assessment checklist of group skills and written project report. | 2000 words | 40% |
1, 4 and 6 |
| Theory examination | N/A | 45% |
1 |
Level 2 Course; 4.5 units - must assess topic and international perspectives (graduate quality 7) and communication (graduate quality 6) |
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| Format of each form of assessable work | Length (ie, word count where applicable) | Proportion of total assessment | Graduate quality being assessed |
| Role play examining international perspectives of a topic and summary paper | 500 words (paper only) | 15% | 1, 7 |
| Creative output project with oral presentation (ie, poster presentation, PowerPoint presentation) | N/A | 35% |
1, 6 |
| Major essay requiring demonstration of ability to apply knowledge | 2500 words | 50% | 1, 6, 7 |
Level 3 Course; 9 units - must assess topic and lifelong learning (Graduate quality 2) and collaboration (Graduate quality 4) |
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| Format of each form of assessable work | Length (ie, word count where applicable) | Proportion of total assessment | Graduate quality being assessed |
| Online discussion group participation while on work placement | N/A | 15% | 1, 4 |
| Career planning journal | N/A | 25% |
1, 2 |
| Collaborative research project involving consultation with different stakeholders and project report | N/A | 60% |
1, 4 |
For further assistance in developing your program or courses in relation to graduate qualities, please contact the Academic Development team.
