Assessment resources

Sitting for exams in a skill. In this section, there are resources that you can use to draw your students' attention to what is required in order to prepare for exams. 

• Use the table of contents to the right to find the category and type of resource which you want for your class. 
• You can also browse an online folder of all the general resources on reading, in alphabetical order.
  
• If you wish to find a resource addressing a specific teaching point, you can also use a term or word to search the search the database of all Language and Literacies resources. 

Academic language for assessments

1. Academic language for the assessments Class presentation (13:50 mins)

Video presentation prepared by Dr Shashi Nallaya. Covers tips for writing in assignments with examples, sentence structure and verb tenses, examples of unreadable text, etc.

This presentation can be shown to students as a video, or as an interactive online presentation, which can be controlled by the student. The students watch the presentation on 'players' which allow them to move forward or back through the slides, progress at their own speed, annotate or highlight individual slides, and search the text. (See more information). 

Watch the video in the Panopto viewer (It will open in a new browser window, and you may need to log in with your UniSA login details). 

Give this link to a class to watch individually (more information): https://unisa.au.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=6913b292-6262-485c-b205-aa6f004dad41  You can also download the presentation (44 MB) as a video file from this link (more information). 

Download the slides (you can adjust them to suit your class) (196 KB)

Download the script (you can adjust them to suit your class) ( 28 KB) 

Give students an interactive online presentation (Zip file, 9.1 MB) (See more information)

Browse an online folder of all the assessment resources 

Exam preparation 

1. Exam preparation 1 Presentation slides

PowerPoint slides for a class presentation which covers purpose of exams, types of exams, question types, MC questions, short answer questions, matching questions, TF questions, case studies. 

Download the slides (280 KB) 

2. Exam preparation 2 Presentation slides

PowerPoint slides for a class presentation which covers exam preparation, purpose of exams, revision, types of exams, exam language and directives, question types, MC questions, short answer questions, matching questions, TF questions, case studies.

Download the slides (1.8 MB)

3. Exam preparation 3 Class video presentation (17:46 mins)

This video is presented by Dr Shashi Nallaya, and covers exam preparation, including exam formats, MC questions, true false questions, essay questions, and time management in exams. 

This presentation can be shown to students as a video, or as an interactive online presentation, which can be controlled by the student. The students watch the presentation on 'players' which allow them to move forward or back through the slides, progress at their own speed, annotate or highlight individual slides, and search the text. (See more information). 

Watch the video in the Panopto viewer (It will open in a new browser window, and you may need to log in with your UniSA login details). 

Give this link to a class to watch individually (more information): https://unisa.au.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=6c4a3e51-8aba-44d9-8d73-aa7200047efa  You can also download the presentation (51 MB) as a video file from this link (more information). 

Download the slides (you can adjust them to suit your class) ( 326 KB)

Download the script (you can adjust them to suit your class) ( 20 KB) 

Give students an interactive online presentation (Zip file, 15.5 MB) (See more information)

Browse an online folder of all the assessment resources 

Referencing 

1. Referencing 1 Class video presentation (12:28 mins)

Video of a presentation for students given by Dr Shashi Nallaya. PowerPoint slides and audio. Covers the purposes of referencing, disciplinary writing, referencing texts, referencing in writing, examples of referencing, reading and note taking, in text citations. 

Watch the video in the Panopto viewer (It will open in a new browser window, and you may need to log in with your UniSA login details). 

Give this link to a class to watch individually ( more information): https://unisa.au.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=6ee8a0bd-52f7-4770-9c66-aa6f004e35f0  You can also download the presentation (76 MB) as a video file from this link (more information). 

Download the slides (you can adjust them to suit your class) ( 3.6 MB)

Download the script (you can adjust them to suit your class) ( 99 KB) 

Give students an interactive online presentation (10 MB) (See more information)

2. Using resources from your reading Class video presentation (6:41 mins)

Video of a presentation given by Dr Shashi Nallaya. Covers the purpose of referencing, referencing styles, when to reference, in text references, quoting, citing sources, paraphrasing, summarising. 

Watch the video in the Panopto viewer (It will open in a new browser window, and you may need to log in with your UniSA login details). 

Give this link to a class to watch individually ( more information): https://unisa.au.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=29134bd1-87c5-4f0f-b70d-aa6f00242bce  You can also download the presentation (36 MB) as a video file from this link (more information). 

Download the slides (you can adjust them to suit your class) ( 262 KB)

3. Bibliography management Presentation slides

PowerPoint slides for a class presentation which covers support resources for referencing, managing references, biblio management software, details on Endnote and Refworks.

Download the slides  (2.8 MB) 

4. Referencing 2 Presentation slides

PowerPoint slides for a class presentation which covers:

• Academic style
• What is referencing?
• When to reference
• When to include page numbers
• Referencing website
• Scholarly versus popular sources
• UniSA Harvard Referencing convention
• Use of ‘voices’ in writing

 Download the slides   (1.6 MB) 

5. Referencing 3 Presentation slides

PowerPoint slides for a class presentation which covers referencing in essays, including:

• academic text
• resources for referencing
• using voices in referencing
• in text referencing
• refencing conventions
• Harvard UniSA style

Download the slides (3 MB) 

6. Referencing 4 Presentation slides

PowerPoint slides for a class presentation which covers:

• purpose of citing
• academic text
• using voices in writing
• Scholarly versus popular sources
• resources for referencing 

 Download the slides (511 KB) 

7. Referencing 5 Handout for students

Word document for students outlining the aim of referencing, and providing examples. 

 Download the handout (52 KB)

8. Quoting: Referencing using the direct voice Handout for students

Word document for students outlining the different techniques that can be used to cite the sources used in writing, with an example.

Download the document  (1.6 MB)

9. Paraphrasing: Referencing using the indirect voice Handout for students

Word document for students outlining different techniques that can be used to cite sources being used in writing, including an example. 

  Download the document (46 KB)

10. Summarising: Referencing using the external voice Handout for students

Word document for students outlining different techniques that can be used to cite the sources used in writing, including an example.

Download the document  (41 KB)

Browse an online folder of all the assessment resources