The Perceptions of Students on Online Assessment During Covid-19 Pandemic

Most higher education institutions have been conducting all classes online during the COVID-19 pandemic and thus assessments have to be conducted online too. It is a very new thing for some students as all these while they have been taking test or exam in a conventional way. Various feedbacks regarding online assessment have been received from students, some are positive and some are negative. Although online assessment increase in use, not many research has been conducted on students’ perceptions of online assessment. It is important to investigate the students’ perceptions of this mode to get their feedback and thus, enable the administrators to improve what is lacking in the future. This paper will share some of the perceptions of students in a Malaysian public university regarding online assessment during the pandemic. Online assessment has become a common thing for most students as they have gone through this for two semesters ever since the pandemic started. However, many respondents hope that the online assessment system improve as time goes by in order to lessen problems especially among new students in the future.