Submission and sign-off
A clean hand-in: every member signs off, the work is frozen, and the grade has a record behind it.
When a group is done, Dwixel turns the messy end of a project into a defined event. Members sign off, choose what to hand in, and the submitted work is frozen into a record that cannot quietly change afterwards.
Sign-off, then submit
Each member signs off that the work is final. The group can submit once the leader does so, or once everyone has signed, and students choose which documents and decks to hand in for the deliverable. The point is shared accountability for the thing being handed in, on the record.
Frozen evidence
At submission, the chosen artifacts are captured into a locked, timestamped snapshot, along with the contribution picture at that moment, and the submitted work is locked from further edits. This is what makes a later grade defensible: students judge group assessment most of all on whether marks match contribution, 1 and a frozen record lets you show exactly what was submitted and by whom rather than reconstructing it from memory.
Faculty stay in control
A coordinator can close a project, or reopen it if a group needs to make a change, and grading works against the frozen contribution totals so the mark does not drift as edits happen elsewhere. Sector guidance recommends individualising group marks rather than giving everyone the same figure; 2 3 the submission record is the foundation that makes individualised, defensible marking practical.
References
- 1.Rasooli, A., Turner, J., Varga-Atkins, T., Pitt, E., Asgari, S., & Moindrot, W. (2024). Students' perceptions of fairness in groupwork assessment: Validity evidence for peer assessment fairness instrument. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 50(1), 111–126. Link ↗
- 2.Francis, N., Allen, M., & Thomas, J. (Advance HE) (2022). Using group work for assessment — an academic’s perspective. Advance HE, UK. Link ↗
- 3.Gibbs, G. (2009). The assessment of group work: Lessons from the literature. Assessment Standards Knowledge exchange (ASKe), Oxford Brookes University. Link ↗