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
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/Rubrics and Marking
December 5, 2022 Adding Video or Audio Feedback to Assignments Reading Time: 5 minutes On average, students will likely review the feedback you offer in your assignments as many as three times (Anson et al., 2016). Yet, to many... Categories Assessing Learning/eConestoga/Rubrics and Marking/Student Focused Assessment/Teaching/Tech For Teaching
May 10, 2022 Options for Delivering Feedback Reading Time: 3 minutes By Joel Beaupre and Jesslyn Wilkinson Try some of these strategies to effectively create and share feedback online. Many of these strategies can be used... Categories Assessing Learning/eConestoga/Giving Feedback/Rubrics and Marking/Teaching/Tech For 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
September 2, 2021 Creating a Rubric Reading Time: 6 minutes If you are seeking a clear, efficient framework for marking assessments, follow these guidelines to create an assessment rubric. Categories Assessing Learning/Rubrics and Marking/Teaching
June 23, 2021 Creating an Extra Loop in Assignments to Scaffold Students and Their Learning Reading Time: 2 minutes This teaching tip explores the value of having students submit an assignment to further their achievement of the learning outcomes and to scaffold their ability... Categories Assessing Learning/Giving Feedback/Rubrics and Marking/Student Focused Assessment/Teaching
April 13, 2021 Marking Dilemmas Reading Time: 5 minutes During challenging times, how should we proceed with grading in order to balance academic rigour and fairness with care and understanding for our students? This teaching tip helps you to manage a number of marking dilemmas you may experience. Categories Assessing Learning/Assessment Challenges/Rubrics and Marking/Teaching
March 31, 2021 Working With Mark Pushback and Course Concerns from Students Reading Time: 4 minutes Thoughts by Kathryn Brillinger on the challenges of ensuring clarity on expectations and building rapport with online and remote students, and suggestions for responding to students who push back on the marks they receive. Categories Assessing Learning/Assessment Challenges/Online Synchronous/Rubrics and Marking/Teaching
January 18, 2021 Exam Proctoring in Zoom Reading Time: 3 minutes Advice for proctoring live online exams and tests using ID checking strategies Categories Assessing Learning/Online Asynchronous/Online Synchronous/Rubrics and Marking