Assessment

There are many departments and teams offering assessment supports to UL staff and students. We have signposted to these supports below.

The Academic Integrity Unit have also developed resources to assist students when preparing for assessment. These resources can be found below.

Academic Success Toolkit

The Glucksman Library is committed to working with faculty to support the development of our students’ information skills and knowledge. As part of the Library's approach to supporting student learning we are delighted to launch the Glucksman Library’s Academic Success Toolkit for Assignments.

The Library’s Assignment Toolkit on Brightspace is designed to support students through the process of completing written assignments. The Toolkit is a self-paced learning resource with a series of six units containing etivities and engaging interactive materials to teach students the key information literacy skills of finding and critically evaluating information and referencing sources. When students access the Toolkit they can choose to complete all six units (approximate completion time 120 minutes) or explore each individual unit as required.

This valuable resource is also available for faculty to use to support their students' learning. Please direct enquiries about the Glucksman Library Assignment Toolkit to libinfo@ul.ie

Cite It Right: Guide to Harvard Referencing Style

Online version of the 4th edition of the Glucksman Library's Cite It Right: Guide to Harvard Referencing Style.

Academic Integrity and Assessment (Friday 3^rd May, 2024): webinar co-hosted by the Academic Integrity Unity and the Centre for Transformative Learning. Available here.

Turnitin

Turnitin at UL webinar. Available here.

Useful Links to Student Support:

Please see resources from the dedicated Student Engagement and Success (SES) Unit.

UL Student Engagement & Success Unit

Useful tips for learning online

Online Learning for Students:

A useful resource produced by the National Forum in collaboration with the USI provides tips outlining some of the ways to make the most of online learning:

10 points to remember when learning online

Helpful guidelines and advice produced from the Allaboard HE project that looks at the tools you will need and offers some advice and support.

The Regional Writing Centre at UL offers a free and friendly place for all students (undergraduate and postgraduate) to come and address any aspect of their writing.

This resource is dedicated to helping students develop strategies to become more confident, critical and autonomous writers.

The Centre practices a non-invasive, inductive approach to writing development, utilising peer tutors and experts who work with undergraduate students, postgraduate students and staff respectively to identify their writing practices in order to assess and improve strategic effectiveness.

The Centre is also available to staff who are interested in developing their students' writing.

The Centre is relevant to all students who write, regardless of their discipline, and this article explains why.

The RWC website provides online links to writing resources, as well as access to video recordings of our How I Write, Ireland interviews, where prolific writers talk about their own process, their strategies and how they view their particular writing situations.

The TEACUP Acronym: Academic Misconduct: What Causes It and How to Address It. This guidance is also summarised in this YouTube clip: Academic misconduct: What Causes It and How to Address it