In this Faculty Showcase on Brightspace from November 2024, Julianna Kirschner discusses setting up Brightspace group assignments and discusses the managing evaluators tool for grading in classes with TAs.
In this Faculty Showcase on Brightspace from November 2024 Jennifer Bankard compares and assesses the effectiveness of Brightspace quizzes versus assignments regarding open-ended homework questions or projects.
In this Faculty Showcase on Brightspace from November 2024, Jody Tolan of Marshall School of Business discusses lessons learned in administering Brightspace exams and identifying student readiness for Respondus.
In this Faculty Showcase on Brightspace from November 2024, Rita Barakat from Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences demonstrates how to integrate Google Suite to organize one’s course and engage students in the learning process by sharing resources and communicating effectively.
In this Faculty Showcase on Brightspace from November 2024, Guilan Siassi from Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences shares various multimedia tools and workflow management features on Brightspace to engage and empower students in the learning process.
This resource describes different kinds of rubrics and considerations for selecting a rubric best aligned with an instructor’s grading practice, assignments, and learning objectives. Examples of rubrics are provided.
Keywords: rubric, assessment, assignment, evaluation, learning objective
During the February 2024 Faculty Showcase, Helen Choi of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering discusses a group assignment strategy where students work in small groups to improve Wikipedia articles in engineering or science and how this collaborative structure encourages good digital citizenship.
This resource provides tips for streamlining grading and making student assessment and feedback more efficient.
This resource provides considerations for converting assessments that require proctoring or time-intensive grading typically done by TAs to shorter, or more automated options.
This resource provides a checklist of considerations for providing student feedback verbally, in writing, or through video.
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