Assessments

Understanding assessments

Assessments are designed to engage you in the learning process.

Understanding how you’ll be assessed in a unit can help you:

• plan your time effectively
• choose appropriate active learning strategies
• focus on developing or practising key skills and knowledge identified in your unit’s learning outcomes (you can find learning outcomes listed in unit guides and assessment rubrics).

Assessments give you the opportunity to reflect on your learning experience. If you receive assessment feedback that identifies areas in which you can improve or deepen your learning, the following resources might be helpful:

• StudyWISE steps you through the assignment process & explains a range of assessment types (including examples from MQ students!)
• The Online resources page connects you to help with planning, writing and reviewing assessments.
• The Numeracy Centre provides advice for students studying units containing mathematical or statistical concepts.
• The academic integrity page explains our academic integrity values and links you to services that support your academic development.

Further information

The Assessment Policy outlines the principles and procedures that guide assessment at Macquarie.

Student blogs

Read our student blogs to learn more about study techniques you can use to nail your assessments.