The assessment category focuses on effective methods for assessing student learning and progress in online courses. Faculty participants learn to design different types of assignments, rubrics, and how and why to provide timely and constructive feedback for students to learn and grow from.
Active and alternative assessments
Assessments are tools to enhance and examine learning. Offering a variety of assessments will help you create meaningful opportunities for student learning in your online courses.
Communicating assessment and activity instructions
Providing clear, student-facing instructions for your assessments (assignments or other learning activities) is critical for learners’ success in any instructional modality. We will look at the Transparency in Learning and...
Communicating citation format expectations
Providing students with clear guidelines for appropriately citing sources can help minimize student confusion and also contribute to a more inclusive learning experience. Students should be informed about what citation...
Developing a plan for feedback
Feedback may be one of the most impactful ways instructors support student growth.
Interaction
To ensure students have an engaging learning experience, faculty are encouraged to include a variety of interaction types in their course design. Interaction types include student-to-student, faculty-to-student, and student-to-course content.
Plagiarism prevention and detection
Instructors play a pivotal role in addressing plagiarism and upholding academic honesty. To encourage a culture of academic integrity, faculty must first recognize the signs of plagiarism and provide effective...
Setting expectations for academic integrity
Academic integrity ensures that students approach their learning and complete assessments with transparency, honesty, and responsibility. When students engage in academic misconduct, they obtain an unfair advantage over their classmates...