Online coursework submission from pilot to university-wide implementation: rationale, challenges and further development

The paper outlines the development of a University-wide Online Coursework Submission system (OCS), which was funded by the University of Essex Teaching and Learning Innovation Fund in 2004-05, before being rolled-out across the University in 2005-06. The OCS project was informed by much smaller systems already running in three departments and a University-wide survey of departmental coursework submission requirements.