Design
Assessment design through co-design: Reimagining Business School courses.
About the project
The Assessment design through co-design project reimagines assessment in higher education by bringing together students, educators, educational developers and industry partners to collaboratively design more effective and meaningful assessments. This initiative, funded by a University of Sydney Strategic Education Grant, focuses on three large Business School courses to improve student learning experiences, assessment quality and academic capacity. the project explores innovative approaches to assessment through (1) Connect:In workshops, (2) Weekly student reflections, (3) Academic capacity-building sessions and (4) Student testimonial videos that align with contemporary learning needs.
Download the resource for educators
Explore the full Assessment design through co-design resource, offering practical insights, strategies and frameworks for educators and educational developers to enhance assessment practices:
📥 Download the resource (PDF file, 32.3 MB)
Cite this resource
Zeivots, S., Sun, J. Z., Liao, Y., Kennedy, A., Cram, A. (2025). Assessment design through co‑design. Reimagining Business School courses. The University of Sydney. https://doi.org/10.25910/6jej-5z84
Project videos: Insights from students and educators
Gain valuable perspectives from those involved in the project through a series of short videos.
Video: Educators discuss the impact of the project on their courses and professional development
Video: Students discuss their experiences with co-designing assessments
Resources for educators and educational developers
The project produced a variety of resources that are available for use by educators, educational developers and learning designers in higher education and beyond. These include:
- Weekly reflection template – A structured template for capturing student feedback on assessments.
- Connect:In workshop guide – A design pattern for running co-design workshops with students, educators and industry partners, produced by the Connected Learning at Scale project.
- Assessment framework gallery – A collection of frameworks to support assessment design decisions.
- Student testimonial video guide – A design pattern on creating student-led videos for course content and engagement.
- Examples of student testimonial videos
Student testimonial: English version
Student testimonial: Mandarin version