**4. Conclusion**

The purpose of this reflective piece is to challenge us as academics, teachers, and members of faculties to engage in frank dialogues about the point of assessments. The experience of redesigning an assessment with the view to improve student engagement and grade outcomes, drawing on specific frameworks that arguably could ensure these goals were met has been an interesting one with very surprising outcomes. The grades on the unit worsened, and students did not do better in the nontraditional elements of the assignment. Bad academic practice increased which could be because of the student's lack of confidence and/or comprehension of the assessment purpose and requirements. There are no quick answers but an understanding that to continue to encourage better outcomes and experiences for students, we would need to keep asking ourselves '*what is the point of assessments*?'.
