Assessing Software Development Competences Constructively Aligned in an Open-Web Format

To assess in a constructively aligned way those programming competences that are relevant for the professional practice of future software developers, an assessment format would be suitable where students actively program, within the integrated development environment (IDE) that they are individually used to, and with unrestricted access for researching in the web. A format that accommodates these needs well is “Bring Your Own Device, Open Book, Open Web”, where students work on their own devices against given git repositories, with full access on knowledge bases and the internet. In this work, we share experiences and suggest well established practices for executing this exam type. As well, we discuss how the ready availability of large language models impacts this assessment type.