Capture the task. Confirm the outcome.
Recipients record real-world tasks as video evidence; reviewers assess it against your checklists and criteria, producing an audit-ready record every time.
Suitable for RTOs, assessors, training managers, compliance leaders, and operations teams that need more consistent evidence capture and structured review.
- Video, audio, or linked evidenceCapture real task performance from the workplace, workshop, site, or classroom.
- Structured review workflowsUse task sets, checklists, rubrics, timestamps, and comments instead of ad hoc review.
- xAPI-backed recordsStore exportable evidence statements with your own LRS or a provided one.
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Real usage from organisations using Remote Reviewer to capture and review practical skills evidence.
- Reviews Completed
- 2,000+
- xAPI Statements Recorded
- 50,000+
- Organisations
- 45+
- Learning Record Stores Connected
- 85+
What is remote assessment?
Remote assessment is a practical way to capture and review evidence of performance when the assessor, trainer, supervisor, or moderator does not need to be physically present. It is most useful when a task, observation, role play, compliance check, or workplace activity needs to be reviewed later against defined criteria.
Instead of relying on live-only observation or scattered files, remote assessment uses recorded or linked evidence, structured review, and clearer documentation of the outcome. That creates more flexibility for distributed teams and a stronger audit trail for decisions that need to stand up over time.
It is especially effective when consistency, defensible evidence capture, and practical reviewer collaboration matter more than a one-off assessment event.
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Consistency
Use the same evidence requirements, task criteria, and reviewer structure across programs instead of relying on individual judgement alone.
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Flexibility
Capture and review evidence asynchronously so assessors and reviewers can work across locations, rosters, and time constraints.
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Evidence and auditability
Retain clearer evidence records, reviewer comments, and outcomes so decisions are easier to explain, moderate, and report on.
Built for teams assessing practical work, not just forms and theory
Remote Assessment is designed for organisations that need to review practical evidence, workplace performance, and structured tasks without turning the process into email chains and manual file handling.
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RTOs and vocational education
Review practical demonstrations, workplace evidence, and performance tasks with more consistency across assessors and cohorts.
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Workplace training and compliance teams
Capture and assess required behaviours, procedures, and evidence of competence with clearer documentation.
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Safety and operations teams
Review compliance checks, site practices, and operational tasks remotely when access, travel, or timing is constrained.
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Recruitment and employability programs
Assess mock interviews, communication tasks, and practical preparation activities using a structured review process.
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Scenario-based and practical assessment teams
Review observed scenarios, role plays, and workplace simulations with better evidence capture and reviewer collaboration.
A practical remote assessment workflow
Keep the process simple for candidates and field teams, while giving reviewers a more structured and defensible way to assess evidence.
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Set the assessment tool or evidence requirement
Build an assessment tool, define what needs to be demonstrated, and map the criteria to the relevant unit of competency so reviewers assess against a shared standard.
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Capture or upload evidence
Collect video, audio, linked files, or supporting evidence from the workplace, workshop, field, or classroom.
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Review against an observation checklist or rubric
Work through an observation checklist and rubric criteria, with comments and timestamps, so a decision can rest on evidence that is valid, sufficient, authentic, and current.
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Confirm the outcome and store the record
Retain the assessment outcome and associated evidence as a structured record, including xAPI-backed statements where required.
LMS integration, Recipients, consent records and a companion app
Remote Reviewer now runs inside your learning management system, gives you one place to see everyone you've sent a review to, keeps a full record of every consent decision, and lets candidates capture evidence from a free mobile app.
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Plans with API access
LMS integration (LTI 1.3)
Works with Moodle and other LTI 1.3 platforms. Learners record or upload their video and see reviewer feedback without leaving the course, and pass/fail results flow back to the gradebook automatically.
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All plans
Recipients and Recipient Fields
See everyone your organisation has sent a review to, with their open and completed reviews. On selected plans, tag recipients with your own fields, such as Department, Location or Job Role, and filter by them.
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All plans
Consent records
Prompt candidates for consent and self-identification before recording. Every accept or decline is stored with the time, device and exact wording shown, ready for quality checks or audit requests.
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iOS and Android
Companion mobile app
Candidates sign in, record or upload evidence, and see reviewer feedback from their phone, which makes capturing evidence in the workplace or field simpler.
Remote assessment vs live observation vs file sharing
Remote assessment differs from live-only observation and ad hoc file sharing in one key way: it combines recorded or linked evidence with structured review and a durable record. The table below shows how the three approaches compare across the factors assessment teams care about most.
| Factor | Remote assessment | Live observation | Ad hoc file sharing |
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| Assessor must be present | No | Yes | No |
| Works across locations and time zones | Yes, asynchronous | No, must be scheduled live | Partly, but unstructured |
| Structured criteria and rubrics | Yes, built in | Depends on the assessor | No, applied manually |
| Evidence can be re-reviewed and moderated | Yes | No, unless separately recorded | Only if files are retained |
| Durable, auditable record | Yes, xAPI-backed | Limited to notes | Scattered across inboxes |
| Reviewer collaboration | Yes | Hard to coordinate | Manual and error-prone |
Supporting assessment under the 2025 Standards for RTOs
The 2025 Standards for Registered Training Organisations came into effect on 1 July 2025, replacing the 2015 Standards. They place greater emphasis on outcomes and demonstrated practice rather than reliance on written policies alone.
Remote assessment supports structured, transparent and defensible assessment workflows that align with the intent of the 2025 Standards for RTOs, particularly in relation to valid assessment, evidence quality and record keeping. Because evidence, assessor sign-off, and decision history stay together, the records are ready to draw on for risk-based validation and moderation. It does not replace your student management or LMS systems, but strengthens how workplace performance evidence is captured and reviewed.
The 2025 Standards are organised around three components: the Outcome Standards, the Compliance Standards, and the Credential Policy. With a stronger focus on demonstrated practice, showing how a task was performed and how it was reviewed against the rules of evidence can make assessment decisions easier to explain, moderate, and report on over time.
Where remote assessment is a strong fit
These are practical, evidence-led use cases where Remote Reviewer gives teams a clearer workflow than live-only observation or disconnected file sharing.
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Remote skills assessment
Review practical performance remotely using recorded evidence, structured criteria, and clearer moderation pathways.
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Construction skills assessment
Assess practical trade and site tasks without requiring an assessor to be physically present for every attempt.
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Workplace risk assessment
Capture and review safety-critical procedures, walkthroughs, and risk checks with more defensible evidence.
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ESL speaking practice
Review speaking evidence against communication criteria with consistent feedback across distributed cohorts.
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Mock interview review
Assess role plays and employability practice with clearer reviewer comments, evidence capture, and collaboration.
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Presentation skill feedback
Review presentations against structured criteria covering clarity, delivery, audience engagement, and confidence.
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Childcare scenario assessment
Capture and review scenarios, observed interactions, and workplace evidence that support defensible assessment decisions.
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More Remote Reviewer workflows
Remote Reviewer also supports additional practical assessment cases including barista observation, VR medical procedure review, and pre-flight task evidence.
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Why Remote Reviewer powers this site
Remote Assessment is the search and education entry point. Remote Reviewer is the platform behind it. That matters because visitors should understand they are being directed into a real operational workflow, not a vague concept page.
Remote Reviewer supports secure evidence capture, assigned reviewers, checklist and rubric review, timestamped comments, reviewer collaboration, and xAPI-backed records. It helps teams make more defensible assessment decisions without requiring the assessor to be onsite for every task.
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Backed by an award-winning platform. Remote Reviewer won Gold for Best EdTech Innovation at LearnX 2024.
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Strategic Partner of ILP Asia Pacific. Remote Reviewer supports the Institute for Learning & Performance, a 3,000+ member L&D community across Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore. View partnership
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Structured evidence capture
Collect video, audio, and linked evidence in a more consistent way instead of relying on disconnected uploads and manual handling.
- Recorded video and audio tasks
- Linked evidence and supporting files
- Clear evidence requirements
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Reviewer workflow and collaboration
Support structured review with assigned reviewers, timestamps, comments, and clearer moderation and collaboration options.
- Assigned reviewers and task sets
- Timestamped comments and notes
- Assessor sign-off recorded with each decision
- Reviewer collaboration and consistency
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xAPI-backed records
Store evidence statements in a format that can move beyond one platform, using your own Learning Record Store or a provided option.
- Exportable xAPI statements
- Your own LRS or a provided store
- Interoperable evidence records
xAPI in plain English
xAPI is a way to store evidence and outcome records so they can be used across systems in a more portable format. For remote assessment, that means the evidence trail does not have to stay trapped inside one disconnected workflow.
When assessment outcomes are stored as xAPI-backed evidence records, organisations gain a clearer way to retain, report on, and reuse results. That is useful for moderation, compliance reporting, learning records, and future integration work.
- Use your own Learning Record Store if you already have one.
- Use a provided Learning Record Store if you want a simpler implementation path.
- Keep assessment records interoperable instead of locked into one isolated process.
Remote assessment terms, defined
Plain-language definitions of the terms used across remote assessment and evidence-based review, so teams new to the process share the same vocabulary.
- Remote assessment
- Capturing and reviewing evidence of a task, performance, or scenario against defined criteria without requiring the assessor to be physically present.
- xAPI
- The Experience API, a specification for recording learning and assessment activity as portable statements that can be shared across systems.
- Learning Record Store (LRS)
- A data store that receives, stores, and returns xAPI statements, giving organisations a durable and interoperable record of assessment outcomes.
- Moderation
- A quality process in which reviewers cross-check assessment decisions to confirm they are consistent, defensible, and applied to the same standard.
- Rubric
- A structured set of criteria and performance levels used to assess evidence consistently across candidates and reviewers.
- Defensible evidence
- Evidence captured and documented well enough that the resulting assessment decision can be explained, audited, and stand up to scrutiny later.
- Rules of evidence
- The principle that assessment evidence should be valid, sufficient, authentic, and current. It is often described in terms of the validity, sufficiency, authenticity, and currency of what is gathered for a decision.
- Unit of competency
- A nationally recognised specification of the skills and knowledge needed to perform effectively, used as the standard that assessment criteria are mapped to.
- Observation checklist
- A structured list of criteria a reviewer works through when assessing recorded or linked evidence of a task or performance.
- Assessment tool
- The instrument that sets what a candidate must demonstrate, the evidence to be captured, and the criteria used to judge it, mapped to the relevant unit of competency.
- Risk-based validation
- A validation approach that prioritises which assessments to review based on risk, drawing on the records kept for each decision and outcome.
Common remote assessment questions
These are the practical questions assessment leaders, training managers, and compliance teams usually ask before moving from ad hoc evidence handling to a more structured remote workflow.
Remote assessment is the process of capturing and reviewing evidence of a task or performance without requiring the assessor to be physically present.
Video, audio, linked evidence, and supporting files can be reviewed against a checklist, rubric, or structured task set.
Yes. It is well suited to vocational training, workplace assessment, compliance checks, practical tasks, and scenario-based review.
Yes. Remote Reviewer supports reviewer collaboration and workflows where more than one reviewer or moderator needs to assess the same evidence.
Yes. Evidence can be captured or uploaded from mobile devices, which makes remote assessment practical in field and workplace settings. The free Remote Reviewer Companion App lets candidates sign in, record or upload evidence, and see reviewer feedback from their phone. Get it on the App Store or Google Play.
xAPI is a way to store evidence and outcome records in a more portable, interoperable format that can be used across systems.
No. You can use your own Learning Record Store if you already have one, or use a provided option if you want a simpler setup.
Choose a practical use case, define the evidence requirement, and start a free Remote Reviewer account to test the workflow with your team.
When you build an assessment tool, or start from an assessment tool template, you can map the criteria to the relevant unit of competency so the observation checklist reflects the performance criteria you need to see. Reviewing each submission against those criteria helps show a decision rests on evidence that is valid, sufficient, authentic, and current.
Each assessment decision is recorded against the reviewer who made it, with a timestamp and the linked evidence, giving a clear digital record of assessor sign-off. Remote Reviewer focuses on that traceable decision rather than acting as a separate eSignature or document-signing service, and it works alongside your student management or LMS system rather than replacing it.
Yes. Because reviewer decisions, outcomes, and history are kept together, the records are ready to draw on for validation and moderation activities, including risk-based validation. Remote Assessment supports these VET workflows and works alongside your student management or LMS system rather than replacing it.
Yes. ReviewAI is an assistive capability built into the review workflow. It points reviewers to likely relevant evidence and checks submissions against your requirements, but the reviewer always makes the final decision.
Yes. Remote Reviewer connects to learning management systems using the LTI 1.3 standard and works with Moodle and other LTI 1.3 platforms, so learners can record or upload video inside the course and pass/fail results flow back to the gradebook. LMS integration is available on plans that include API access - see how it works.
Yes. Remote Reviewer can prompt candidates for consent and self-identification before they record evidence. Your organisation can write its own consent message and choose whether consent is required before the candidate can continue. Every accept or decline is stored with the time, device and exact wording shown, and the full consent history is visible on the review.
Move from ad hoc evidence collection to a clearer remote assessment workflow
Start with one program, one team, or one practical assessment use case. Remote Assessment gives you a clear entry point. Remote Reviewer gives you the platform to operationalise it properly.