Category: Assessment

Using Rubrics in Your Course Assessments

Assessment of student work can be difficult, especially if there is a subjective nature to the grade you are giving.  Making grading clearer is one way that rubrics can help both you, and your students.   If you are unsure of how a rubric works, I wanted to share with you this 8-1/2 minute video from …

Continue reading

Student Learning Loss

With Covid19 came a huge faculty transition, with those who had never taught on-line forced to make a sudden and unexpected shift to distance teaching.  The transition focused on shifting course content online quickly, with speed of transition as the main goal. Because of that, and because of the multiple layers of stress (including stress …

Continue reading

Assessment Toolkit Updates

I recently had a workshop on the Assessment Toolkit that was built last summer (http://uashome.alaska.edu/~sitka_media/training/assessment/story_html5.html) and I was given some great information by participants of the class. I wanted to share two items that they brought up that are now going to be added into the toolkit. Yes, as a FLC reader, you get a …

Continue reading