January 23, 2024 Email Templates Responding to Suspected Student Use of Generative AI Reading Time: 4 minutes In this Hub post, we will explore three scenarios in which you may need to contact students by email to express concern about suspected use... Categories Academic Integrity/AI and Assessment/Assessing Learning/Assessment Challenges/Assessment Quick Guides/Teaching
December 13, 2023 Using Exemplars to Support Student Success with Assessments Reading Time: 3 minutes Exemplars are “carefully chosen samples of student work which are used to illustrate dimensions of quality and to clarify assessment expectations” (Carless & Chan, 2017,... Categories Assessment Quick Guides/Giving Feedback
November 27, 2023 The Optional Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in Assessments Reading Time: 2 minutes Are you considering giving students a limited or optional use of generative artificial intelligence (genAI) in completing an assessment in your course? Is knowledge of... Categories AI and Assessment/Assessing Learning/Creating Assessments/Teaching
November 21, 2023 Using Assessment Analysis Features on eConestoga Reading Time: 3 minutes Recent updates to eConestoga mean all course shells now include three assessment analysis features visible only to faculty. These features provide valuable data on students’... Categories Assessing Learning/Improving Assessments
November 15, 2023 Academic Integrity and Assessment in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) Reading Time: 4 minutes A fair and accurate assessment provides evidence of a student’s learning under their own cognitive efforts. Concerns around academic integrity, however, can cast doubt on an... Categories AI and Assessment/Assessing Learning/Assessment Quick Guides/Getting Started with AI
October 26, 2023 Proctoring Technologies for Test & Exams Reading Time: 3 minutes Effective test and exam proctoring is an important part of the work that we do as faculty to ensure integrity and create supportive spaces for... Categories Assessing Learning/Assessment/Assessment Quick Guides/Teaching/Tech For Teaching
October 12, 2023 Designing Multiple Choice Questions with EAL in Mind Reading Time: 4 minutes A Multiple-Choice Question (MCQ) item consists of a problem, known as the stem (written as a question or as a partial sentence that requires completion), and a... Categories Creating Assessments/Diverse Identities
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 Assessment Quick Guides/Creating Assessments
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