Request feedback on a draft assessment

Applying feedback helps you develop as a writer and is good professional practice.

Feedback (not proofreading) on draft assessments is available from an Academic Skills Advisor if you are in the first year (3 trimesters) of your course (either undergraduate or postgraduate). This is in addition to your three one-on-one consultations. Feedback aims to assist you in identifying areas of strength and areas for improvement. We also provide you with advice and strategies for reviewing your work. 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 the Learning Hub.

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

Attach the draft as an editable Microsoft Word document (.docx, .doc.) (NOT the following file formats .odt, .docm, .dot, .dotx).

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: learninghub@acap.edu.au

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.

If you are seeking rapid feedback, please use Studiosity in your Moodle Class Space. It offers general academic writing feedback.

Limits:

Email feedback from an advisor is available for students in their first year of study (undergraduate or postgraduate).
Feedback is only given ONCE on any given assessment; however, we do give further feedback to some students who meet certain criteria. You are also welcome to book an appointment to further discuss your paper.
In general, students are allowed to submit up to THREE (3) written assessments per trimester, NOT per unit. Students are expected to apply the feedback they are given to their future assessments. Again, we do not provide a proofreading service.