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How we mark and moderate your work

Learn about the process of marking and moderation in the BSc. (Hons) Midwifery program, including your responsibilities as a student and how the feedback is given. Understand the importance of internal and external moderation in ensuring fair and consistent assessment.

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How we mark and moderate your work

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  1. How we mark and moderate your work BSc (Hons) Midwifery

  2. Your responsibilities • Carefully consider the assessment brief and marking grid • Take all opportunities to seek support including The Bridge, 'Studiosity', and formative opportunities • When formative feedback is received then read the comments made and work on these to incorporate into your summative work • Read the assessment submission guidelines • Watch the screencasts • Read widely to enhance your work

  3. Marking allocation • Marking is allocated to staff at the start of the academic year • All academics receive a pro-rata allocation of marking and moderation • Moderation is usually undertaken by a senior lecturer as they have more marking experience

  4. Pre-marking meeting • All of the markers and moderators meet before the submission deadline • We discuss what the assessment brief requires, as well as addressing specific requirements within the marking grid • We agree what constitutes a high, middle and low mark as well as what a fail would be, based on guidance from the marking grid

  5. Process 1. • Module leader allocates marking to individual markers • They set up smart views on BB so we know which students we need to mark • We always try to mark anonymously • This is to your advantage with the aim of reducing unconscious bias • Please do not put your name on the front page of your work

  6. Process 2 • We either download and print out your work (majority do this) or mark on line • We annotate your work and highlight good areas, and areas for improvement • We check your references and then complete your feedback • We nearly all use our own feedback phrases for frequently used sentences

  7. Process 3 • Your feedback is carefully considered and we give bullet pointed feedback in line with university guidance, on the marking grid (which are always available to you in advance to you) • The markers are in frequent communication during marking periods to ensure consistency • This is then uploaded to BB using your number only • All marking has to be completed within 10 working days to allow for internal moderation to take place

  8. Process 4 • Markers then complete a report, highlighting areas of good and less good practice for the moderator • The moderator then considers the work over the next 5 days in order to release the marks on time • Moderation is a time consuming and detailed analysis of the marking completed

  9. Internal moderation process • The moderator chooses a sample that includes marks across all grade boundaries - 70 and over, 60-69, 50-59, 40-49, and below 40 • They then identify a sample across high, middle and low scores across the markers • Normally 15 scripts (and sometimes more) are considered • (Rules and Regulations)

  10. What is internal moderation? • Moderation is not second marking • Moderation is a quality assurance process to ensure that all marks given are equitable and feedback is consistent • If a moderator feels that a marker is giving marks that are not consistent with other markers, they can ask for the whole sample (of that marker) to be remarked

  11. Then what? • The moderator then writes a report which gives information about the range of marks and common feedback issues • The module leader then produces a Padlet which identifies the common issues from the feedback • Your marks are released 15 working days after your submission

  12. External moderation • We have two external moderators who focus on different level students - Cathy Hamilton (levels 4 and 5) and Bernie Gregory (levels 6 and 7). • They choose a sample across the grade boundaries to consider and view this from a national perspective; are SHU marking the same as what is expected in other institutions?

  13. QAA graduate attributes • Typically, holders of the qualification will be able to: • apply the methods and techniques that they have learned to review, consolidate, extend and apply their knowledge and understanding, and to initiate and carry out projects • critically evaluate arguments, assumptions, abstract concepts and data (that may be incomplete), to make judgements, and to frame appropriate questions to achieve a solution - or identify a range of solutions - to a problem • communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist audiences. (QAA 2014)

  14. What does the Code (NMC 2015) say? • 6.1 make sure that any information or advice given is evidence-based, including information relating to using any healthcare products or services, • 13.1 accurately assess signs of normal or worsening physical and mental health in the person receiving care • 22.3 keep your knowledge and skills up to date, taking part in appropriate and regular learning and professional development activities that aim to maintain and develop your competence and improve your performance.

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