Creativity & Innovation Toolkit

Guidelines for assessing students' creativity

1. Offer students as wide a range of assessment options as possible
2. Specify each aspect of creativity that will be assessed
3. Allow enough time to assess the creative elements in each assignment
4. Let students know the criteria
5. Show students how their expectations and your expectations align

Show students how their expectations and your expectations align

Debriefing after assessment of a creative work is a very important stage in the creative process. Students need to know how and why you awarded a particular grade or mark. They need to understand the standards that you expected them to reach. They will face criticism, and even rejection, of their creative ideas or works once they graduate, so the kind of feedback you give them at university is critical in preparing them for this.