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Most UK universities have now implemented the online submission of student work, a fact confirmed by a 2021 Jisc survey that found the adoption of electronic management of assessment (or EMA) has doubled in the past seven years.

In FBMH, we support a number of online assessment tools, as listed below. Click on the relevant tool to find out more.

Don’t forget that you can contact us if the information provided here doesn’t answer your questions.

Summative and Formative Tests in Blackboard

Learn how to add Blackboard Tests into courses for both Summative and Formative learning activities.

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Blackboard Assignments

Blackboard’s own Assignments tool. If you are collecting posters or videos from your students, this may be a preferred choice over TurnItIn.

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Peer Review with Eduflow and Peergrade

Use this platform to facilitate peer feedback sessions with your students and promote active thinking.

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Gradescope

Particularly useful for instructors working with handwritten, paper-based assessments, code projects, etc. Accessed via Blackboard, the tool also allows for efficient scanning of paper-based assignments and offers handwritten text recognition and automated AI-assisted marking.

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TurnItIn

TurnItIn (TII) combines assignment submission, plagiarism detection and online marking. It is accessed via Blackboard, allowing instructors to set up submission areas in their course units. 

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