FREE WHITEPAPER:
Balancing assessment security and flexibility in
e-assessment

In this whitepaper, we teamed up with EduGrowth and CRADLE professor Philip Dawson to solve the tension between assessment security and flexibility in digital assessments, helping higher educational institutions to:
- Combine academic integrity with assessment security in order to combat malpractice
- Develop assessments that respect students motivation and need for autonomy
- Build sustainable, future-proofed and scalable assessments
What’s Inside
Discover
Discover what motivates students to act with integrity and the tools required to deliver flexibility
Learn
Learn about the high flexibility/ high security quadrant and how to get your assessments in the right box
Balance
Ten key considerations that will help you achieve the ultimate balance between security and flexibility
Privileging assessment security can mean denying students the flexibility they need to fit their assessments into their lives.
The whitepaper considers the following
In 2014-2018 it was estimated that 15.7% of students had paid someone else to do their assignments.
Students who face financial difficulties or language barriers may have particular challenges in undertaking the assessments that are set for them
Students value authentic assessments that allow them to utilise and develop skills they will actually use in the workplace.
Assessment security and academic integrity should be monitored on a per assessment basis – one size does not fit all
Students are most likely to conduct assessment malpractice during assessments with a short turnaround time.
“No one individual can innovate in education”. Collaboration between students and academics is key to flexibility and security.