Grading and the Grade Center
Overview
Developing a grading strategy and system is a key component of any class. This session describes several components to address when developing your strategy. We discuss the use and importance of transparency in instruction, provide reasons why grading rubrics are useful, and the importance of providing timely feedback.
To enhance this discussion, we will leverage SUNY's OSCQR Rubric, more specifically the "Interaction" section, supplying us with a framework on why meeting these standards is important, as well as how to approach meeting those standards.
For those unable to attend the live session, we have pre-recorded a "mini-lecture" describing the main topics, themes and strategies. You can find the recording under the "Pre-Recorded Review" heading.
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Video Recording
Live sessions are not recorded but please feel free to watch and engage with the material, by watching this 10-15 min. recorded session.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are some best practices around grading and providing feedback?
The resources, below, delve into the strategies you may want to consider when grading assignments, as well as providing feedback.
- Grading & Feedback. Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning. Retrieved [Oct. 17, 2023].
- Süzen, Gorban, A. N., Levesley, J., & Mirkes, E. M. (2020). Automatic short answer grading and feedback using text mining methods. Procedia Computer Science, 169, 726–743.
Resources
Pedagogical Approaches, Strategies, and Examples
This list of resources is to help guide you through some of that thinking and possibly spark some new ways of grading your students, regardless of modality.
- Burke, & Burke, K. (2011). From standards to rubrics in six steps : tools for assessing student learning (Third edition.). Corwin, a SAGE Company.
- Luaces, Díez, J., & Bahamonde, A. (2018). A peer assessment method to provide feedback, consistent grading and reduce students’ burden in massive teaching settings. Computers and Education, 126, 283–295.
- Academic Standards Policy. Lehman College Undergraduate Catalogue. Retrieved [Oct.12, 2023].
- Transparency In Teaching and Learning (TILT) website. Retrieved [Oct. 12, 2023].
- Grading Strategies. Western University Canada Centre for Teaching and Learning. Retrieved [Oct. 12, 2023].
Blackboard "How-To" Guides
Leveraging the tools available to you is a great way of starting to foster community/discussion. This list of instructional guides from Blackboard Support, is our way of centralizing some of the Blackboard guides, related to discussions.