Intro to the Cadmus Teacher Environment

The Cadmus Teacher Environment is where assessment instructions are created and student submissions are managed. Access is available after creating a Cadmus Assignment link in the Learning Management System (LMS). 

In the Cadmus Teacher environment, you'll find these tabs:

• Instructions
• Progress
• Drafts (only if the assignment has drafting turned on)
• Marking
• Learning Assurance
• Insights

Instructions

The Instructions tab is where assessment instructions are created and released to students.. It has two views: 

• Edit is used to create and update assessment instructions, requirements, and resources. 
• Released displays the version currently visible to students in the Cadmus Student Environment. 

While in 'Edit' mode, you’ll see the formatting toolbar at the top.

Cadmus Assignment instructions are organised into three sections::

• Requirements is used to configure assessment settings such as:
  • Assessment type
  • Key dates
  • Word limits
  • Referencing styles
  • Draft submissions
  • Turnitin settings
• Task section contains the assessment instructions.
• Resources section contains any additional resources attached to the task.

Once you’re happy with your assessment, you can release it to students by clicking Release in the top-right corner. This will take you to the Instructions page in Released mode. If needed, Edit Instructions can be selected at any time to return to "Edit" mode.

Progress

The Progress tab contains the class list and assessment management tools.

Students appear in the list after:

• The LMS class roster has been synced, or
• The assessment has been accessed for the first time.

The class list can be used to track:

• Students who have started (ie. started writing or started a time-limited assessment)
• Draft submissions
• Final submissions
• Feedback access

Additional tools are also available, including:

• Class list sync and LMS Extension sync
• Marking Groups setup
• Assessment management options
  • Applying tags
  • Adding extensions and special considerations
  • Accessing reports
  • More

Drafts

The Drafts tab appears when draft submissions are enabled. Draft submissions can be reviewed, and feedback can be provided by selecting Feedback beside a student's name.

Marking

The Marking tab contains student submissions ready for grading. This page includes:

• Submission statistics
• Marking progress
• Filtering and sorting options

Select Mark beside a student's name to open the submission in the chosen marking tool.

Learning Assurance

The Learning Assurance tab provides insights into student working patterns and behaviours during the assessment.

These analytics can support investigations into academic integrity concerns and help validate authentic student work.

Watch our video on the Learning Assurance page here.

Insights

The Insights tab provides learning analytics and student engagement data for the assessment.

Data updates daily while the assessment is active. Once the assessment is complete and the feedback return date has passed, a final engagement summary becomes available.

Learn more about Cadmus Insights here.