Transparent Assignment Design
Students produce higher quality and more creative products when they clearly understand the assignment’s purpose, the tasks involved in successfully completing the assignment, plus the criteria upon which they will be graded. When gaps exist in our instructions, students flood us with questions as the deadline approaches and/or submit products that do not meet our expectations. We may unintentionally generate these gaps when our disciplinary expertise hinders us from identifying all the skills and knowledge novices need to complete complex assignments.
The good news is that Transparent Assignment Design is an approach that has been shown to reduce confusion and set all students up for success. Participants of this introductory session will be invited to a follow-up design lab session in person at King Library, as well as a Canvas mini-course designed to further support you as you apply this concept to a couple of your assignments for next semester.