Solar ProjectSolar Project

Graeme Clark

SQA

Solar Project

• Scottish Online Assessment Resources

• Develop and deliver significant numbers of online summative assessments across curricular areas incl.• Computing, Care, Engineering and Languages

• Inform the future!

• Funded by SFC and supported by ESF

The Project

• Online system for authoring, peer review and Verification

• Assessments delivered and marked live over the web – no college installs required

• Secure desktop• Objective-type questions incl.

• MCQ, MRQ, Numerical, gapfill, re-ordering, text-highlight, drop-down, drag-n-drop

• Free-text (human marked)

This phase of Project

• Dissemination and inter-project working• JISC_RSC• SFEU• Coleg• SFC Transformation Projects

• Training• Authoring• Administration• eMarking and review of student scripts

This phase of Project - contd

• Assessment development model• HN Computing Exam• Sports• Horticulture, Land Management• Dental Technology

This phase of Project – contd

Learner support and evaluation• Reference Group – focussed on learner impact• eAssessments as an agent for change• Critical mass • Evaluate impact on learners and organisations

This phase of Project - contd

• Develop a sustainable model for eAssessment development and delivery

Contact Information

Graeme ClarkGraeme Clark

SOLAR Project Manager

Graeme.Clark@sqa.org.uk

0845 213 5581

www.solarproject.org