Assessment

Assignment Design Lab

Jan 25, 2023, 2:00 – 3:30 PM

For this hands-on session, bring an assignment that you'd like to work on. We'll apply principles of Design Thinking and University Design for Learning to strive for transparency and meaning so that the assignment sets students up for engagement and success.

Assignment Design Lab

Nov 16, 2022, 3:00 – 4:30 PM

When the deadline approaches for a major assignment, have you been barraged by students asking clarifying questions or requesting extensions? Have you been perplexed by what students submitted? For this collaboratory, we ask that you bring an assignment so that together we will apply Design Thinking and Universal Design for Learning principles to make the assignment more transparent.

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Student Panel: What Makes Major Assignments & Exams Meaningful?

Apr 21, 2022, 2:00 – 3:00 PM

Since March 2020, we have adjusted our approaches to assessment to account for the phases of the pandemic and provide students with fair opportunities—in the face of often-overwhelming challenges—to show us what they've learned (and to prompt learning in the first place).

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Transparent Assignment Design

Apr 14, 2022, 3:00 – 3:45 PM

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.

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