Center for Excellence in TeachingChallenging discussions 4: Plan a challenging discussion
Strategies for planning class discussions, including a positive class atmosphere, discussion norms, grading discussions, and acceptable sources of information.
Resources: Grading
Review of instructor assessments and grading guide
A guide to review an instructor’s assessment and grading in their course.
Tips for Designing Grading Rubrics
A collection of tips for instructors who are developing rubrics for grading their assignments.
Short essay question rubric
Sample grading rubric an instructor can use to assess students’ work on short essay questions.
Minimize cheating
The 3 design categories, or levels, over which instructors have control to minimize cheating on exams and other assessments, with example for each category.
Effective groupwork
A collection of tips for promoting effective groupwork, a sample form for having students in a group evaluate the level of participation form group members, and recommendations for further resources.
Designing reflection assessments
A description of a five-step model that instructors can use in designing in-class reflective assignments.
FERPA for TAs
A summary of FERPA regulations pertinent to USC TAs.
Teaching and grading creativity
A video workshop on frameworks to consider when teaching and grading creativity.
Introduction to rubrics
A video by Karla Heidelberg describing rubrics.