During your time here at Herts, assessments on your course can come in different forms and weightings. For many of you, the terminologies that your tutors used to describe these different forms of assessment on your course can sometimes be a little unfamiliar. Knowing one type of assessment from another can be really helpful. Here we have Adeyemi and Vivian talking through them.

Differences between formative and summative assessments

Differences between exams and coursework

Assessments on modules within your course can sometimes be split into various components known as coursework and exams. Here Adeyemi and Vivian describe the different examples of these assessments.

Coursework

Exams

And finally, here are their top-tips in getting your best grades on the assessments on your course.

Please do have a go at the quiz to test your knowledge on the different type of assessments.