Purpose

To allow the recording of institution defined assessment types

Subsystem

Assessments

Structure

Single Block

Assessment Type

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Use this form to record institution defined assessment types. Assessment types are used in the definition of an assessment item in Maintain Assessment Items (ASSF2100). Assessment types might include ASSIGNMENT - assignment, EXAMCTL - centrally managed examination, ORALFACLTY - non centrally managed oral examination.

Indicate whether the assessment type is examinable or not. Different sets of data are collected for examinable and non-examinable types and different processes are applied to them. (e.g. Examinable items can be passed to the examination timetabling process.)

Optionally assign a system assessment type to the assessment type. This is required in some cases to enable System functionality to apply. (e.g. Assessment items are recognised for assignment tracking purposes only where they are of an assessment type mapped to the system assessment type ASSIGNMENT.)

Refer to All About Assessment Items in Understanding Assessments.

• Once used to define an assessment item, assessment types cannot be deleted. Select the Closed indicator to prevent further use.
• Once used to define an assessment item, assessment types cannot have their Examinable indicator changed.
• For non-centrally managed examinations, an assessment type must be created and mapped to the system assessment type NONCENTRAL. The system assessment type NONCENTRAL is mapped to the location NONCENTRAL created in ORGF0131.