External moderation application

About NZQA's external moderation app, including its functions and a guide to using the application

About the app

Education organisations are being innovative in digitally enabled teaching, learning and assessment practices.

In response to this, we've developed an online application for managing national external moderation.

The app improves the end-to-end process of the moderation cycle, and the way NZQA and education organisations interact.

Although there have been process changes, the purpose of moderation is unchanged.

App functions

In the app, tertiary and secondary providers can:

  • manage moderation plans
  • submit materials for moderation online or continue to submit physical material in courier bags
  • submit materials at any time throughout the year
  • access moderation reports and their annual summary
  • query or appeal a moderation report
  • track progress of moderation submissions via a dashboard.

Key areas in the app

  • Assessment Plan - create an assessment plan
  • Moderation - moderation plan and submit moderation
  • Moderation History - access moderation history from 2017 (you can access older reports in the providers portal)
  • Annual Summaries - annual moderation summary letters.

Accessing the external moderation app

The app is available through the providers portal. Once you're logged in, select the external moderation link.

Log in to the providers portal (external link)

Training and support material

The guide to the NZQA external moderation app contains support material and useful tips on accessing and using the application

Download the guide

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