{"id":13381,"date":"2025-10-15T11:04:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T10:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=13381"},"modified":"2025-10-16T12:05:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:05:32","slug":"training-staff-to-use-digital-assessment-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/2025\/10\/training-staff-to-use-digital-assessment-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cTraining Staff to Use Digital Assessment Tools\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello and welcome to a new academic year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To kick things off, the Digital Assessment SIG is inviting proposals for speakers at our first webinar of the year. The theme will be <em>\u201c<\/em><strong>Training Staff to Use Digital Assessment Tools\u201d<\/strong>, which aligns with one of our key areas of focus: Digital assessment technologies.<br>To find out more about the webinar please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alt.ac.uk\/civicrm\/event\/info?reset=1&amp;id=1035\">Training staff to use Assessment Tools webinar<\/a> or if you\u2019d like to present, please fill an expression of interest <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScVNfyWqau9QPEcCl6DG1MqDmQykaCswLoNe_d1fwyzhPHfpA\/viewform\">Google form<\/a><em> <\/em>by the 17th of October 2025<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re planning to run webinars quarterly throughout the year, this year\u2019s themes are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Training Staff to use Digital Assessment Tools<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Digital Exams and PaperScript Scanning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marking and Feedback of Digital Assessments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Digital Assessments and Student Voices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re also excited to share that we are <strong>recruiting a new officer<\/strong> to join our Special Interest Group. If you\u2019re interested, we\u2019d love to hear from you.<br>Submit your expression of interest by the by 3\/11\/2025 by emailing: <a href=\"mailto:ALT-DIGITALASSESSMENTSIG-request@jiscmail.ac.uk\">ALT-DIGITALASSESSMENTSIG-request@jiscmail.ac.uk<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The working group on AI in Summative Assessments would like to share that they have received over 300 responses from across the sector to their first survey and hope to publish the results very soon. They have now started the second stage of their survey and would like you to share what you think about having your marking work done by AI. Please tell them via this survey (URL: <a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk\/s\/northumbria\/ai-summative-assessment__;!!CF15FET90Tp8!DZ6IxNOr_MnLnYVEyuFCdklaRrrtrsYP5_InrVm3jDd6mfPl1Iq5Epox4hCamPeayvyDTIjgn4h3UrfIOsIdH3vNWjKxpG7J_Ln1GA$\">https:\/\/app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk\/s\/northumbria\/ai-summative-assessment<\/a>) \u2013 and share with your colleagues and students!!<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk\/s\/northumbria\/ai-summative-assessment__;!!CF15FET90Tp8!DZ6IxNOr_MnLnYVEyuFCdklaRrrtrsYP5_InrVm3jDd6mfPl1Iq5Epox4hCamPeayvyDTIjgn4h3UrfIOsIdH3vNWjKxpG7J_Ln1GA$\">&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, some of us will be attending the <strong>ALTC Group Fest in Glasgow<\/strong> \u2014 see programme details at<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alt.ac.uk\/news\/all_news\/beyond-altc25-programme\"> Beyond ALTC 25 Programme<\/a>. Pay special attention to the workshop and presentations by our Co-Chairs Alison Gibson and Gemma Westwood, as well as saying hello to Helen Greetham our third Co-Chair, who will be completing session chairing duties as a member of the conference committee.&nbsp;Do come and say hello at the Digital Assessment SIG stall to ask about workshops, talks or anything to do with digital assessment, we\u2019d be delighted to meet you. If you are unable to attend in person the SIG also has a spot on the ALTc Radio, details to be confirmed on the <a href=\"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/altc\/\">conference website<\/a>, please listen in from wherever you are in the world if you are able.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hello and welcome to a new academic year! To kick things off, the Digital Assessment SIG is inviting proposals for speakers at our first webinar of the year. 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