Grades should be a useful communication tool aimed at helping students understand their learning progress in a course. Unfortunately, they often fall short, leaving both instructor and students frustrated and disappointed. How can we improve this dynamic and maximize the communication power of grades? What do grades in your courses tell you and your students… Read more »
As a staunch believer in grades, I was hesitant at first to engage with the practice of ungrading. I mean, who doesn’t love working hard and getting that gold star as a reward? Am I right? Grades, for me, became a source of comfort—I knew I was performing well and achieving the goals my instructor… Read more »
As final exams and final essays begin to peak out from their lurking places, I wanted to provide some strategies for efficient grading to assuage some of our anxieties surrounding late exam days this semester. (My students and I were unlucky enough to book a December 20th final exam day.) Here are some quick ideas… Read more »
Last semester, Kelley School of Business Communication and Professional Skills lecturers Joe Packowski and Emily Esola elicited responses from faculty to gauge interest in a professional development opportunity to implement specifications grading into their courses. We are excited to announce that we are ready to launch our first “Implementing Specs Grading” faculty learning community, which… Read more »
Are you interested in grading methods that take the unnecessary stress out of the process, saving you considerable time and mental energy without sacrificing rigor? If so, you might be interested in innovative or alternative grading, a broader umbrella term for assessment practices which eliminate or greatly reduce the usage of assigned points and letter… Read more »
The end of the semester is quickly approaching. As you are receiving students’ final papers and projects or grading exams, you want to make sure the grade that students see in Canvas is the same as the one you expect to report to the registrar through the SIS Grade Roster tool. Here are some details… Read more »