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Planning and Facilitating Effective Peer Assessment

Reading Time: 4 minutesPeer assessment, also called peer review, is an instructional approach that allows learners to consider, evaluate, and provide feedback on the level, value, or quality of the intellectual product of a peer (Topping, 1998). This guide is intended to support faculty with important considerations in making decisions and/or planning for incorporating peer assessment into their courses. Considerations for a Successful...

Rubric Quick Guide: Levels and Point Values

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis quick guide provides directions and options related to level structure and assignment of point values for rubrics that reduce grade creep – See Updating Rubrics to Prevent Grade Inflation – and increase reliability and efficiency of marking (Chowdhury, 2018).  (Stay tuned for a series of Quick Guides to support rubric development from start to finish!) For assessment criteria that...

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) Assessment Statements for Students

Reading Time: 3 minutesBefore we get started, please note: The college continues to update its guidelines for experimentation with genAI technologies in teaching and learning. Consult the AI Experiment Form if you want to explore the experimental use of genAI beyond Copilot as a Conestoga employee. Conestoga students have access to Copilot, so it’s important to clarify the purpose and place of using...

Advising Students on Detection Software Used in Assessments

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis guide is provided to you by Teaching and Learning and the Privacy Office at Conestoga. Messaging to Students on Detection Software Used in Assessments Students have a right based on privacy and copyright law to opt out of detection software use. It is important to communicate to students any use of detection tools such as Turnitin and Respondus Monitor...