CQUniversity Guided–Assured Assessment Model Educator Guide
The CQUniversity Guided–Assured Assessment Model Educator Guide provides an evidence-based, practice-oriented framework for assuring assessment practices at CQUniversity in the age of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). It draws from contemporary scholarship and best practice to support educators at CQUniversity to design assessments that are authentic, equitable, and future ready. The CQUniversity Guided–Assured Assessment Model Educator Guide focuses on balancing theoretical foundations with actionable strategies, particularly in the context of GenAI.
The CQUniversity Guided–Assured Assessment Model Educator Guide outlines three tiers of assessment security that vary in GenAI use policies, from strict prohibition or supervision in high-security settings to full integration in low-security settings with corresponding purposes and structures, ranging from fully independent single-component assessments to flexible, creativity-focused designs.
Why is the Guided–Assured Assessment Model necessary?
Assessment in higher education must evolve to address the rapid changes occurring in technology, pedagogy, and society with the increasing prevalence of GenAI. Traditional assessment models, which are often reliant on high-stakes exams and written essays, are becoming increasingly inadequate due to:
- GenAI: Tools like ChatGPT enable students to generate content quickly, challenging integrity and authenticity.
- Authenticity and employability: Assessments must mirror real-world practices where professionals collaborate with GenAI, fostering skills like critical thinking and ethical tool use.
- Academic integrity: Detection tools are unreliable; reform shifts from policing to design that promotes honesty.
- Workload: Over-assessment burdens students and staff; reform emphasises quality over quantity.
- Equity: Traditional formats disadvantage diverse learners; inclusive designs ensure accessibility.
The CQUniversity Guided–Assured Assessment Model Educator Guide has been designed to be used as a reference tool to support educators to make clear, evidence-informed decisions about assessment security in a context where students have access to GenAI and other digital tools. It consists of a quick start guide, a deeper dive into the core concepts of the Guided–Assured Assessment Model, a decision-making framework for assessment design, and considerations for enabling courses, accessibility and equity, First Nations students, and academic integrity.
You can use this guide when designing, reviewing, or revising assessment tasks. This guide can help you to decide the level of assessment security required, to clarify how GenAI may be used, and to write clearer assessment instructions for students.
