Resources: Assessment

Ungrading and Grading for Equity

Kiran Dhillon, Annenberg School of Communication; Lori Mesrobian, Dornsife Latin American and Iberian Cultures; Kendra Walther, Viterbi Information Technology Program; and Mellissa Withers, KSOM Population and Public Health Sciences, participants in the 2022-2023 Faculty Learning Community on Alternative Assessments and Grading Practices, share their experiences with the implementation, lessons learned, challenges, and opportunities of ungrading and grading for equity.

Sources: USC Faculty | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty |

Using AI text, image, and music-generating tools in your courses

This resource provides a brief introduction to AI text, image, and music generators and how they can be used as powerful teaching tools to advance student learning.

Sources: CET | Formats: Word document | Audience: Faculty, TAs | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Gen Ed courses, Humanities, Performance, Social Science, STEM

MetaLecture: the educational experience of reversed roles

Raffaella Ghittoni of Dornsife Biological Sciences discusses incorporating mini-lectures by students on selected topics at the August 2022 Faculty Showcase.

Sources: CET, USC Faculty | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty | Disciplines: Clinical, STEM

Incorporating non-traditional assessment methods to engage students in online courses

Tracy Bastain of Keck Population and Public Health Sciences discusses incorporating team debates, peer reviews, and other non-traditional approaches to assess mastery of course concepts at the August 2022 Faculty Showcase.

Sources: CET, USC Faculty | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty | Disciplines: Clinical, STEM

Cooperative assessment

Susan Berg of Bovard College discusses an interactive approach to assessment at the August 2022 Faculty Showcase.

Sources: CET | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty | Disciplines: Arts, Gen Ed courses, Humanities, Performance, Social Science

Pedagogical approaches to contract grading in composition

Rory Lukins from the Dornsife writing program discusses a study on the implementation of contract grading in composition courses at the August 2022 Faculty Showcase on Alternative Assessment

Sources: CET, USC Faculty | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students, TAs | Disciplines: Gen Ed courses, Humanities

Ungrading: small changes, big impact

Lori Mesrobian from Dornsife Latin American and Iberian Cultures discusses “ungrading” assignments in language classes at the August 2022 Faculty Showcase on Alternative Assessments

Sources: CET, USC Faculty | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students, TAs | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Gen Ed courses, Humanities, Performance, Social Science, STEM

Design and implementation of a clinical reasoning competency assignment for doctoral physical therapy students

Elise Ruckert and Didi Matthews from the Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy discuss design, implementation and revision of a clinical reasoning competency assignment for doctoral physical therapy students at the August 2022 Faculty Showcase

Sources: CET, USC Faculty | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students, TAs | Disciplines: Clinical

Implementing a mastery-based grading system in a mathematics class

Felicia Yeung Tabing from Dornsife Mathematics discusses design, implementation and revision of mastery-based assessment in a mathematics class at the August 2022 Faculty Showcase on Alternative Assessments

Sources: CET, USC Faculty | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty, Staff, TAs | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Gen Ed courses, Humanities, Performance, Social Science, STEM

Rubrics research

A selection of literature resources discussing the impacts of grading rubrics on student learning.

Sources: CET | Formats: Word document | Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students, TAs | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Gen Ed courses, Humanities, Performance, Social Science, STEM

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