Strategic Assessment Design: Innovation, Integrity and Impact Series
Course Description
This module will provide an overview of UQ’s Lead through Learning (LtL) Strategy and support participants as they navigate assessment transformation within their teaching practice. It focuses on creating innovative, secure, and authentic assessment practices that equip students with the skills and ethical grounding to use generative AI effectively in their future careers.
Participants will critically reflect their current assessment practices, identify sustainable changes aligned with strategic priorities, and explore practical examples of transformation in action. Through applied activities and hands-on support, participants will be guided to make meaningful changes to their own assessments. In person workshops will explore practical changes that can be implemented this semester, as well as ideas to plan for in future semesters.
Collaboration is a key feature of the module, offering opportunities to share ideas and learn from peers across disciplines. By the end of the module, participants will have a clearer understanding and application of assessment transformation in their teaching and learning practice.
Outcomes
By the end of this module, participants will be able to:
- Explain the key elements of UQ’s Lead through Learning (LtL) Strategy and their implications for assessment transformation.
- Critically evaluate their current assessment practices to identify opportunities for improvement, innovation, and greater alignment with institutional priorities.
- Design or revise assessment tasks that are secure, authentic, and supportive of students’ ethical and effective use of generative AI.
- Apply practical strategies to implement sustainable assessment changes that can be introduced immediately and planned for future semesters.
- Use evidence-informed examples and case studies to guide decision-making about assessment redesign in their own teaching context.
- Collaborate with colleagues to refine assessment ideas, share disciplinary perspectives, and troubleshoot challenges in transforming assessment.
- Develop a concrete plan for implementing assessment changes, including identifying supports, resources, and indicators of success.
Lead Facilitator
Tanya Henry, Strategic Lead, Assessment Transformation
Schedule
Date & Time | Description | Location |
Independent learning (2.5 hours) | Pre allocated reading and activities | NA |
10am – 12.30pm, 21 April 2026 | Workshop 1: Setting the Scene
| Room 01-W349, Forgan Smith, St Lucia campus |
Independent learning (2.5 hours) | Reflection on own assessment task | NA |
10am – 12.30pm, 29 April 2026 | Workshop 2: Support and collaboration session Participants to bring laptops and collaborate with peers and Assessment Transformation Team to apply assessment enhancements | Room 01-W349, Forgan Smith, St Lucia campus |
Registration
A minimum of five registrations is required for the course to proceed, and registrations are capped at 20 participants.
About Lead Through Learning (2025-2027)
This series of events supports Lead through Learning (2025-2027)—our whole-of-University strategy addressing the rapid rise of artificial intelligence in education.
The strategy has 2 main goals:
- Preparing students for responsible AI use. Equipping students with ethical, practical AI skills they can use in their studies, careers, and communities, and preparing them to lead and shape the future of AI integration in their fields.
- Maintaining the integrity of the learning process. Ensuring that academic standards are upheld through secure and credible assessment practices.