September 28, 2023 Planning and Facilitating Effective Peer Assessment Reading Time: 4 minutes Peer assessment, also called peer review, is an instructional approach that allows learners to consider, evaluate, and provide feedback on the level, value, or quality... Categories Assessing Learning/Assessment Quick Guides/Creating Assessments/Student Focused Assessment/Teaching
September 15, 2023 Rubric Quick Guide: Levels and Point Values Reading Time: 3 minutes This quick guide provides directions and options related to level structure and assignment of point values for rubrics that reduce grade creep – See Updating... Categories Assessing Learning/Assessment Quick Guides/Rubrics and Marking/Teaching
August 3, 2023 Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) Assessment Statements for Students Reading Time: 3 minutes Before we get started, please note: The college continues to update its guidelines for experimentation with genAI technologies in teaching and learning. Consult the AI... Categories AI and Assessment/Assessing Learning/Assessment Quick Guides
July 7, 2023 Advising Students on Detection Software Used in Assessments Reading Time: 3 minutes This guide is provided to you by Teaching and Learning and the Privacy Office at Conestoga. Messaging to Students on Detection Software Used in Assessments... Categories AI and Assessment/Assessing Learning/Assessment Quick Guides/Student Focused Assessment
June 19, 2023 Using Turnitin’s Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) Detection Tool and the Process Guide for Navigating Potential Academic Offences Reading Time: 4 minutes Generative AI (genAI) has brought new challenges, opportunities, and questions in terms of the assessment of student work. Large Language Models (LLMs), the technology that... Categories AI and Assessment/Assessing Learning/Assessment Quick Guides/Teaching
June 19, 2023 Updating Rubrics to Prevent Grade Inflation Reading Time: 2 minutes Grade inflation is a well-known phenomenon. Check out some thoughts and data from Harvard in Grade Inflation: What Goes Up Must Come Down. We must ensure that students receive grades that discriminate, in the best sense of the word, the degree to which they have attained the course outcomes. In a general... Categories Assessing Learning/Assessment Quick Guides/Rubrics and Marking
June 1, 2023 Citing Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) Reading Time: < 1 minute It is important to provide students with clear directions on how to cite any permitted use of generative AI (genAI) in assessments. These directions can... Categories AI and Assessment/Assessing Learning/Assessment Quick Guides
April 14, 2022 Writing Assignment Descriptions Reading Time: < 1 minute Evaluation is a key part of teaching. But, when it comes to assignments, what information should you include? How much information is too much? And... Categories Assessing Learning/Assessment Quick Guides/Creating Assessments/Teaching
September 23, 2021 Grading Bias: Making Marking More Equitable for All Learners Reading Time: 5 minutes “As a profession, teaching is full of well-intentioned individuals deeply committed to seeing all [students] succeed.” Staats, C. (2016) Student learning, growth, development, and ultimate... Categories Assessing Learning/Assessment Challenges/Assessment Quick Guides/Rubrics and Marking/Student Focused Assessment/Teaching