"Publicly available tasks can be used unmodified."
"All students need to complete their assessment at the same time to ensure authenticity."
"Group work cannot be assessed."
"Authenticity checks are not necessary if an authenticity declaration is signed."
"Digital assessment allows more opportunity for authenticity breaches."
"You can withdraw a student's entry for a proven breach of authenticity."
Facts
Publicly sourced assessment material must be changed. Changes can include:
specific figures or text
data sets or sources
contexts, topics or performance opportunities.
Students do not need to complete the same assessment task and they do not need to be assessed at the same time. Some students may require a separate task or context to ensure authentic work is submitted.
Tasks can be broken into group and individual components to identify individual evidence.
Assessors can monitor the authenticity of student work as it is developed and during the marking process through:
regular check points
submission of plans and drafts
oral questioning to confirm understanding
requiring a repeat performance, if in doubt
being familiar with or controlling resources available
referencing and bibliographies
monitoring revision changes
using plagiarism software or internet searches of suspicious phrases.
A 'Not Achieved' must be reported for proven breaches of authenticity that compromise a student's result.