This presentation explores an exemplar of an authentic portfolio assessment within a Bachelor of Digital Media intermediate unit delivered in the Southern Cross Model. The assessment is scaffolded to build student capacity through weekly active learning tasks which provided students with opportunities to gain practical experience in a peer-learning setting. These tasks also support skill development through authentic, industry-relevant activities and reduce social isolation by building a community of enquiry through peer feedback ahead of the students’ major assessment project.
This presentation also provides an insight into the collaborative design process and workflow in creating this assessment structure, in particular for asynchronous virtual delivery. Assessment task design and management of the assessment workload within synchronous and asynchronous learning spaces is outlined. The presentation includes a video-recorded tour of the assessment and learning site, as well as discussion between the educational designer and academic about the design challenges and solutions, and the possibilities for application in other disciplines and cohort sizes.?