FEATS is an online feedbackportfolio designed by students atthe University of Surrey.
The portfolio sits within the VLE,and has three aims:
1. To enable students to collatefeedback from multipleassignments in one place, and tosynthesise common messages fromformal assessments, formativeassessments, peer assessment andself-evaluation.
2. To provide a bank of resources todirect students to tools that canhelp them to implement feedback,and develop their skills.
3. To support action-planning andtracking of progress on the basis ofimplementing feedback.
In Part A, students complete'feedback reviews', whichsupport positive engagementwith feedback. Studentssummarise things they didwell, and areas forimprovement from eachassessment opportunity.
By classifying these areas intocommon academic skills,students can build a picture oftheir strengths and areas fordevelopment across multipleassessments.
In Part B, students can selectany academic skill, and accessa bank of resources (e.g.online articles, books,workshops) that can helpthem to develop that skill.They can add as manyresources as they wish totheir basket.
In Part C, students can createan action plan which isautomatically populatedwith the resources they haveplaced in their basket. Theycan add notes, and select adate by which to completeeach action. Progresstowards the completion ofactions is displayed on theportfolio dashboard eachtime students log in. Theportfolio also includes agrade tracker so thatstudents can chart theirprogress on the basis of usingfeedback.
For more information about FEATS, please contact Dr Naomi Winstone: [email protected]
FEATS was developed in partnership withstudents, through a Catalyst Funding Grant fromHEFCE, awarded to Dr Naomi Winstone
