Wednesday
8 Jan 2025
2-3 PM
Online (Teams link)Link opens in a new window

Gradescope
Claire Milburn and Howard Fooksman (Turnitin)
with Q&A guest Prof. Iñaki Garcia Etxebarria (Durham)

This presentation will show how Gradescope can hugely improve the efficiency of assignment and exam marking.

Trusted by Leeds, LSE, KCL, Durham, Reading and many other universities, Gradescope helps instructors grade assessments in a fraction of the time compared with traditional pen-and-paper marking. Gradescope also offers support for multiple markers, detailed feedback to students, and rubric-based marking for improved consistency.

The demo will be followed by a Q&A session where we will be joined by Prof. Iñaki García Etxebarria (Durham) who will share his experience of using Gradescope at Durham maths department.

Thursday
16 Jan 2025

4-5 PM
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Helping students develop a richer understanding of mathematics:
a case study of mind maps
Wodu Majin (Sheffield Hallam University)

In this presentation I will discuss how I have used mind maps in my teaching. In particular, I will describe an assignment in which students were asked to produce mind maps in a module that heavily featured numerical methods. I will explain my reasons for developing this kind of assignment and what skills I wanted students to develop. I will also reflect on the implementation of the assignment, and on student engagement with it. I will use this as a springboard to briefly discuss challenges and possibilities of helping students develop a richer understanding of mathematics.

Thursday
23 Jan 2025

4-5 PM
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TBC
Maria-Louiza Van Den Bergh (Warwick)

Thursday
6 Feb 2025

4-5PM
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TBC

Richard Gratwick (Edinburgh)

Thursday
20 Feb 2025

4-5PM
-

TBC
Giulio Cesare Ardito (University of Manchester)

Thursday
6 Mar 2025

4-5PM
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TBC
Shaheen Hassan (WMG)

TERM 3 - 2024/25

Thursday
19 Jun 2025

4-5PM
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Assessment and Feedback Visualisation
Pik Liew (LSE)

Wednesday

2 Oct 2024

3-4PM

B3.02

Exploring the use of AI in mathematics and statistics assessments: project outcome and highlights
Mani Mahal and Sam Petrie (Warwick)

The project was funded by WIHEA. The full report is hereLink opens in a new window.

Thursday

31 Oct 2024

4-5PM
D1.07

Bridging the Gap: A Strategic Refresher Course in Mathematics
Mojca Premuš (University of Ljubljana)

Wednesday

6 Nov
2024

2-3PM

Zeeman
MS.03

Online Assessment Platforms: Crowdmark Demo

Beatriz Navarro Lameda (UCL)

Crowdmark is an online assessment platform that helps educators assess students' work more effectively. This tool allows you to mark two to three times faster compared to marking paper exams while at the same time leaving richer feedback for students. It supports LaTeX and Markdown formatting, multiple choice questions (marked automatically) and longer questions for which student can submit scanned handwritten answers. Crowdmark supporting both online assessments and in-person, paper-based exams that can be scanned for digital marking. The ability to mark paper-based exams online is especially beneficial for department that frequently administer in-person exams, such as maths and stats departments.

In this demo, I’ll walk you through the essentials of using Crowdmark. I’ll cover how to set up assessments and create questions, guide students through the submission process, and leverage Crowdmark’s features to maximise marking efficiency. Additionally, I’ll demonstrate how to create a workflow for delivering and marking in-person exams with Crowdmark.

Note: Do bring your laptop if you'd like access Crowdmark during the talk.

Thursday

14 Nov
2024

6-7PM

MS.04

Improving diversity and inclusivity amongst Warwick maths undergraduates
Michael Cavaliere and Lebogang Nthoiwa (Warwick)

We will highlight results from a summer project which investigated the perception and reality of diversity and inclusivity amongst Warwick maths undergraduates. We will focus on the experiences of
- Female and non-binary students
- Students from ethnic minority backgrounds
- Disabled and neurodivergent students
- Students from disadvantaged backgrounds

We will present results from our data analysis (e.g. admission trends and graduate attainment) and student engagement (survey and one-to-one interviews). We will present recommendations on how we, as a department, can work together to improve diversity in recruitment, inclusivity and post-arrival support.
The full report is hereLink opens in a new window (Warwick access only).
This talk is jointly organised by the Warwick Maths SocietyLink opens in a new window.