Charles Sturt University boosts student success in low progress rate subjects
Dr Prue Gonzalez
Academic Lead (Science) & HEPPP Retention Lead
With Cadmus, we were able to look at assessment through the eyes of students. We recognised the challenges for commencing students are often in the ‘hidden curriculum’ of university learning. The level of scaffolding and built-in support resources in Cadmus gave us confidence that we could impact more subjects than with our learning design team alone.
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Assessment Design
Make every assessment best practice
Empower every educator to deliver learning-centred assessments. With built-in templates and scaffolded checklists, it’s easy to give diverse cohorts the clarity they need to succeed. Integrate drafting and learning resources into tasks, creating opportunities for consistent engagement.
Templates
Checklists
Setup Support
Resources
Angela Hill, Deputy-Vice-Chancellor (Education) at ECU
“The synergies between the approach of Cadmus and ECU’s priority work in assessment redesign are obvious.”
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Students work
Contextual learning support while students work
Students work in a supportive, online environment integrated with the LMS. Educative nudges and access to similarity reports encourage self-directed learning, while built-in referencing and academic skills guides ensure help is always available when needed.
Educative nudges
Academic skills guides
Similarity reports
LMS integration
89% of students rated their Cadmus assessment experience as Good to Excellent
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Class Management
Manage drafts and finals in one place
Take the workflow costs out of scaffolded tasks with a contained assessment management experience for academics. Get a quick overview of progress and easily manage multiple submission points within a single assessment.
Class list sync
Drafting
Groups
20% of teachers added drafting to their Cadmus Assignments
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Grading & Feedback
Use formative feedback to guide students to success
With feedback delivered through Cadmus, it’s easy to build formative feedback loops into assessments. Deliver actionable feedback with the Cadmus + Turnitin integration and make the most of similarity reporting, rubrics, multiple markers, automatic grade-sync and more.
Turnitin integration
Rubrics
LMS grade sync
Similarity reports
Good Feedback Practices, Melbourne CSHE (2014)
"Providing helpful, timely feedback is essential for increasing student satisfaction and the effectiveness of their learning"
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Learning Analytics
Enable proactive and scalable intervention
Use Cadmus Learning Analytics to identify ‘at risk’ students and deliver timely learning support. Track progress and engagement within an assessment, or unlock faculty-level assessment insights to support reporting and course reviews.
Track progress
Cohort insights
Activity Reports
TEQSA Good Practice Note (2020)
“Learning analytics has a critical role in predicting and responding to factors that place students at greater risk of prematurely withdrawing”
Read the note
