Guidance for requesting changes to assessment information

Please follow the guidance below if you need to correct or request changes to assessment information.

Assessment deadlines

The University Policy for Assessment states that coursework submission dates will be published to students at the start of each academic year. It is therefore important that all first sit assessment and reassessment data is accurate in both SITS and Blackboard.

To request a change, Module Leaders should contact their departmental Teaching and Learning lead. Requests will be reviewed by Heads of Teaching and Learning. If approved:

• Academic Administration will be responsible for updating the deadline is SITS.
• It is your responsibility to amend the due date and extend the availability of the submission point in Blackboard. The availability of the submission point must be set to 49 calendar days after the deadline.

You will then need to check the Task Comparison Report the following day to ensure that both SITS and Blackboard match. Any mismatches will result in the Capping Report not working properly as it relies on the sets of data being identical in both SITS and Blackboard. You will need to be on campus (or use the Remote Desktop or VPN) to access the Task Comparison Report.

Feedback return date

The feedback return date is automatically calculated at 15 working days after the assessment deadline. You cannot separately request a change to the feedback return date.

Assessment submission title

Assessment submission titles are automatically generated using the task number and the assessment task description as approved in the module descriptor (e.g. 001 Written Assignment). If the assessment task description is incorrect, submit a modification via the Modify a Module option in the Curriculum Catalogue.

Assessment weighting

To request a change to an assessment weighting, submit a modification via the Modify a Module option in the Curriculum Catalogue.

SH 15/09/2022