TABLE 6.

Assessment preparation strategies for students choosing to submit by the originally published deadline.

Strategies	Number	Example responses
No comment provided about performance	14*	By researching and thinking about myself
Limitations	3	I am preparing by practicing in my bedroom but not as much as I live in terrace housing and my neighbors have been complaining
Proactive strategies:	47	Planning ahead and doing it 2 weeks before I sent mock recordings to my various tutors, and used facetime and skype to discuss areas of improvement
Planning, self-recording, seeking feedback from teachers and peers, using family to assist, engaging with new technology/methods (online lessons/self-editing), engaging with online resources (teacher videos)		Recording in advance so that I don’t have the worry of uploading. Also practicing when I can, wherever I can alongside getting my family to help me record

*12 students commented on preparation not for performance, but for accompanying written work, 1 student reported already having submitted the work at the time of completing the questionnaire, and 1 person changed their mode of assessment to no longer include performance.