Integration of TeSLA in Assessment Activities

During Large Scale Pilots of the TeSLA system, teachers in six European universities constructed case studies of the use of the TeSLA instruments in assessment activities in authentic courses. A thematic analysis of these case studies identified seven common categories of TeSLA instrument use, which varied according to the design of the assessment activity and the teacher’s purpose in seeking to authenticate student identity and/or check the authorship of assignments. These seven categories are described in detail in this chapter. These descriptions are intended to provide a starting point for teachers new to the use of student authentication and authorship checking instruments to identify appropriate ways to integrate the instruments in assessment activities in their courses. The chapter goes on to identify some of the issues arising from the context of the collected data and implications of the study for the future implementation of TeSLA and similar systems incorporating instruments for student authentication and authorship checking.

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