• Level 5
  • 10 Credits
  • 0.0833 EFTS
  • Delivery type:
    Online
  • Course duration: 16 weeks
  • Course cost:
    $0 NZ Domestic
    $548 NZ International
  • Workload - Approximately 7 hours per week
  • Availability
    Monthly course availability for upcoming periods
    2027

This online course introduces you to a range of modern assessment theories, methods, and practices.

You’ll learn how to design assessments and evaluate your own practice to make sure your assessment activities are effective.

You’ll also identify areas where you can improve and continue to develop your skills.

 

Learners who successfully complete this course will be able to:

  • Evaluate assessment theories, methods and practices for adult and tertiary teaching programmes.
  • Develop assessment activities to assess learning outcomes in an adult learning context, using relevant methods and practices.
  • Evaluate assessment design methods to identify and plan continuous improvement activities.

 

Study pathway options

If you have unit standard ‘11552 Design and Evaluate Assessment Materials’ you can apply to have this unit standard cross-credited to ATT504 Design and Create Assessments.

You can find out more about cross-crediting here.

Once ATT501 Introduction to Adult and Tertiary Teaching and ATT502 Facilitation Skills for Adult and Tertiary Teaching are completed, learners in this situation can then complete ATT505 Moderate Assessment to achieve the required credits towards the New Zealand Certificate in Adult and Tertiary Teaching (Level 5) (NZ2993).

 

Assessment

This course is 100% internally assessed

Computer and internet requirements

This course is delivered online, so you will access your course material and submit assessments online. Our online courses may include reading, videos, quizzes or activities, and you may need to download content.

For online learning you need:

  • Access to a laptop or desktop computer
  • Reliable internet and data plan.  

If you are unsure if your current computer, Windows or internet access will allow you to study online, please contact us before applying to enrol. 

Find out more about online learning 

How to apply

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