This Level 2 Experimenting lesson builds on the Investigating level assessment content by focusing on how to select and design digital assessments that genuinely measure what matters. In Topic 1, you will examine how assessment purpose (diagnostic, formative, summative) shapes your choice of tools and formats, and explore key considerations such as authentication, evidence retention, reporting, security and storage.
You will work through practical examples involving video and audio submissions, simulations and VR, question banks, remediation and adaptive assessment. In Topic 2, you will dive into the design of quality online questions—multiple choice, matching/categorising, ordering, fill in the blanks and hotspots—with a strong emphasis on wording, distractors, accessibility and feedback so that your assessments are both rigorous and learner centred.
Supports the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence under the Standards for RTOs 2025 by helping you select appropriate digital tools for different assessment purposes, design valid and reliable questions, manage evidence and reporting, and ensure that online assessments remain compliant and defensible.
Who Should Take This Course
This course is ideal for:
- VET trainers and assessors designing or delivering online or blended assessments in an LMS or e assessment platform
- School teachers using quizzes, online tasks or e assessment tools to gather evidence of learning
- Instructional designers, eLearning developers and digital learning leads responsible for assessment design and tool selection
- Educators experimenting with simulations, VR, question banks, remediation or adaptive assessment who want a clearer design framework
By the end of this
lesson, you will be able to:
- Differentiate between assessment types and choose suitable digital tools for each purpose.
- Decide how to manage authentication, evidence retention and security in digital assessment.
- Design accessible video/audio and simulation based tasks that produce usable evidence of learning.
- Use question banks and simple item design principles to improve quizzes and online tests.
- Plan basic remediation and feedback pathways based on learner performance data.
Note: Access is granted for 3 months from the date of enrolment.
