Assessing Learning

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...

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...

AI and Assessment/Assessing Learning/Assessment Quick Guides/Student Focused Assessment

July 2, 2023

An Introduction to Case-Based Learning

Reading Time: 7 minutes The Case Research Committee (CRC) oversees the Open Access Teaching Case Journal (OATCJ) and the Case Research Development Program (CRDP) at Conestoga College, School of...

Active Learning and Engagement/Assessing Learning/Creating Assessments

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...

Academic Integrity/AI and Assessment/Assessing Learning

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...

Assessing Learning/Rubrics and Marking

June 1, 2023

Faculty Ideas for Talking with Students About Grammarly

Reading Time: 6 minutes Ideas for talking about Grammarly with students and using Grammarly with written assignments

AI and Assessment/AI and Learning/AI and Teaching/Assessing Learning/Reflective Practice/Teaching

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...

Academic Integrity/AI and Assessment/Assessing Learning

April 17, 2023

Student Authors and AI Writing Tools

Reading Time: 4 minutes Review ideas for encouraging students to see where and how their voice matters in course-related writing in the age of AI writing tools.

AI and Assessment/AI and Teaching/Assessing Learning/Teaching

March 17, 2023

Best Practices for Open Book Testing

Reading Time: 4 minutes Are you ready to refresh the assessments in your synchronous or online asynchronous courses? As you weigh the option of an open-book test, this teaching tip will provide best practices and considerations for creating the most effective open-book assessment possible.

Assessing Learning/Creating Assessments/Student Focused Assessment/Teaching

December 20, 2022

Assessment Types

Reading Time: 6 minutes Conestoga provides students with a wide range of assessment types. This tip describes the goals for choosing evaluation types, explains how discrete assessments fall within...

Assessing Learning/Creating Assessments/Lesson and Course Planning

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