Pre-Assessment Moderation Online Workshop for Tertiary Educators

Master pre-moderation through hands-on practice! Assess real examples, and leave with skills to identify assessment issues!

Welcome to the Pre-Assessment Moderation Online Workshop

Pre-assessment moderation is where assessment quality is decided, not after marking, but before students ever see the task. When done well, it protects learners, assessors, and organisations by ensuring assessment tools are valid, fair, fit for purpose, and clearly aligned to intended learning outcomes before they are issued.

This highly practical workshop is designed for tertiary educators, assessors, moderators, academic managers, and quality staff responsible for reviewing assessments prior to delivery. It is particularly relevant for those working across wānanga, PTEs, ITOs, and polytechnics who want to strengthen consistency, reduce assessment risk, and build defensible moderation practice.

Participants will explore what effective pre-assessment moderation looks like in practice, why it matters, what can go wrong when it’s missed, and how it directly supports learner success, academic integrity, and organisational credibility. The session unpacks moderation principles, documentation expectations, and culturally responsive considerations, all grounded firmly within the New Zealand tertiary and vocational education context.

Whether you are moderating unit standards, internal assessments, or programme-level tasks, this workshop will equip you with clear strategies, practical tools, and the confidence to conduct robust, meaningful pre-delivery checks rather than retrospective fixes.

Led by a quality assurance and moderation specialist with over 17 years’ experience in the tertiary sector, this session blends sound assessment principles with hands-on judgement activities and reflective discussion, strengthening the connection between quality assurance requirements and everyday assessor decision-making.