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📝💻 Common Assessment Period - Guidance for Staff & Students
(Monday, 13 May 2024)
There are many resources available online to help you during the upcoming assessment season (aka the "Common Assessment Period" or CAP).
To make things easier to find, we've collated links to key resources for staff and students in a recent blog post. The blog post contains:
For students:
Assessment Preparation:
- Guide: Effective Studying & Revision
- Practical Guide: Studying Using Lecture Capture/Video (including the new 'download transcript' feature!)
- Practical Guide: Submitting Assignments on the VLE, which includes our
- Submission Process Overview Guide
- Urgent Submission Troubleshooting Guide 🔥
- Library Opening Hours & Services
- Campus PC Room Availability.
Mental Health & Wellbeing:
- University Guidance on Coping with Exam Stress
- University Student Health & Wellbeing Support
- NHS Mental Wellbeing Guidance.
For staff:
eAssessment Readiness:
- Our eAssessment staff pages for guidance on our core formative and summative assessment platforms, including Ultra assignments, TurnItIn Feedback Studio, and Ultra tests.
- Guides covering both set up and marking of assignments, and also links through to our student assessment guides for staff reference.
Mental Health & Wellbeing:
- University Staff Health & Wellbeing Support
- NHS Mental Wellbeing Guidance.
Questions or feedback? Contact us at vle-support@york.ac.uk
Our team wishes everyone luck for the assessment period!