Fall Assessment Day: Your Piece of the Puzzle (November 10, 2021)
Ready to Add Your Piece to the GCC Assessment Puzzle? We invite you to join the assessment team for 30…
Ever Wonder… Why Assessment?
What one thing – if students knew it or understood it or could do it – would have the greatest impact on their success? Make it happen. We’ll help.
It’s Time for Students to “RSVP” for Class
Need a short and easy assignment that allows you to assess learning at multiple levels? Have students RSVP for class!…
Taking a Mid-Term Pulse in Your Online Class
When I began teaching online some years ago, I was stunned by the absence of in-the-moment feedback I was used to from my face-to-face students. A raised eyebrow letting me know there was doubt . . .
Lights, Camera, Action… Assessment!
Have student learning assessment to do? Not sure how to do it? Not sure when to do it? During Lights,…
Roxanne Klassen, Mathematics Faculty from Mesa Community College, shares her mid-semester strategy of replacing a test with one on one…
With mid-semester right around the corner, it’s a great time to use this student self-assessment and/or peer assessment strategy to…
Survey to Grow
This has been a (ahem!) busy academic year so far as we all continue to develop as online faculty. While…
Thinking About Online Assessment and Some Strategies 1.0
“We are not like the social insects. They have only the one way of doing things and they will do…
Benefits of using a detailed rubric for grading essay assignments, and how to creating a detailed rubric in the Canvas…
What is mastery grading? Mastery grading is an approach to student assessment in which student work is graded directly on…
Gear Up for Assessment: NILOA Coach Visit and Arizona Assessment Conference
Guest post by Julie Morrison. NILOA Coach Visit. On Thursday, February 28th from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, Joseph Levy…
Creating a Positive Assessment Loop
Guest post by Sara Walton, Reading Faculty Why is assessment a dirty word? To understand the answer to this question I…
Tips for Writing Effective Multiple-Choice Questions
Multiple-choice questions are often go-to questions for tests since they can be instantly graded in Canvas. This saves time and…
Team Effectiveness: Self-Assessment for Group Lab Reports
By: George Gregg Do you assign group presentations or team reports as part of your classes? Such assignments can be…
