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Assessment Feedback

Assessment Feedback

Feedback helps you develop as a writer across your studies and helps you apply your learning to your next assessment task. 

Feedback (not proofreading) on writing is available from Student Learning Support Advisors if you are in the first two trimesters of your course. Feedback provided by SLS aims to assist you to identify areas of strength and areas for improvement and we provide you with advice and strategies for reviewing your own work. For this reason, we don’t edit or correct your assessments.  Advisors are also unable to help with content knowledge for your unit of study; please see your educator for assistance with this.

To request feedback, email your draft assessment to your local SLS advisor.

 Nominate the areas of focus you would like the advisor to address in the feedback. 

Some subjects are also eligible for the online writing feedback service Smarthinking. Please see our Smarthinking page for more information and for a list of eligible subjects. 

Also, be sure to check out our page on Making Use of Feedback for some great information and tips on incorporating feedback into future assessments.

Contact SLS for feedback.

SLS Assessment Feedback

Your email requesting feedback should:

  • Provide the assignment question and the marking criteria
  • Sign off with your name and student number in the email
     

To get the most out of your feedback:

  • Identify one or two areas that you would like to focus on, for example:  referencing, structure, presentation, grammar.
  • Select up to one to two pages of your assignment that you would like reviewed, or the advisor will choose the first two pages.
  • Ensure that you edit and proofread your page/s first before you send your assignment in (for example use Word's Spelling and Grammar Check).

 

What happens next:

  • An advisor will spend up to 40 minutes constructing feedback and then email it back to you. Our feedback often comes in a small video file, with your assessment attached.
  • Your request will be responded to within 48 hours Monday – Friday. Please allow 72 hours for feedback to be returned to you and ensure that you will have enough time to use the suggestions given. We aim to provide information as soon as possible.
     

Limits:

  • Email feedback from SLS advisors is available for students in their first two trimesters of study. 
  • Feedback is only given ONCE on any given assessment; however, we do give further feedback to some students who meet certain criteria.
  • In general, students are allowed to submit approximately 3 written assessments per trimester.

Resources

Smarthinking
Smarthinking is an online assignment feedback service that is available for some units. Click here for more information about Smarthinking.
Smarthinking
Grammarly
Grammarly is an online spelling and grammar checker. Click here for more information about Grammarly.
Grammarly
Critical Reading
Making Use of Feedback
Click here for more information on making use of past feedback for future assignments.
Making Use of Feedback
How to download and attach your files
Having trouble attaching your files to an email? This quick step-by-step guide will assist you with the process.
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