Lightwork

Managing marking effectively

Abstract

Lightwork is a new application for the management and marking of assignments. In addition to making the process of working with assignments more efficient, Lightwork aims at encouraging good marking practices. Lightwork is designed to work in conjunction with Moodle. It builds on the assignment functionality Moodle offers and adds features that help with the marking tasks. The Lightwork project is funded by the New Zealand Tertiary Education Commission. The project team contains members from Massey University, the University of Waikato, Te Whare W_nanga o Awanui_rangi, The Open Polytechnic, and the University of Canterbury. The team contains academics, e- learning specialists, educational developers and professional software developers. The outcomes of the project are targeted at the wider tertiary sector and include, besides the development of the application, the establishment of a user community.