Design more effective rubrics: Tips for developing assessment criteria
The most important but also the most challenging part of designing a rubric is identifying the criteria to assess. In this video, we share four questions and an example to guide you with designing rubric criteria to effectively assess learning. After you watch the video, review one of your current assessment tasks to see the extent to which you address the four questions.
Quick quiz: Accessible assessment strategies
Accessible assessment strategies can be used to support student learning. Take this quick quiz to learn about recommendations for implementing accessible assessment strategies.
Take the quiz!Exploring assessment-related learning technologies
Are you curious about which learning technologies can be implemented to support assessment activities in your course? Check out this blog post to explore the various assessment-related technologies available to the McGill community.
Creating online assessments in myCourses
Wondering which myCourses assessment tools can best support student learning? This webinar identifies the various types of assessment tools available in myCourses, with emphasis on the Quiz and Assignment tools.
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Support TAs in promoting assessment for learning
Introduce them to The successful TA: A practical approach to effective teaching (2022) (free PDF download).
Suggest they read Assessing student learning (Ch. 7). Organize a “new TA” orientation in your unit this Fall (Appendix: Developing training opportunities for TAs). Discuss assessment, feedback, and grading strategies described in the book with your TAs.Assessment in large classes: Instructors share their experiences
The definition of a “large class” may vary depending on context; however, the challenges encountered tend to be consistent across disciplines. Join us to gain insights from fellow instructors on how they design and implement assessment tasks that support learning while also streamlining grading processes to be more effective and time efficient.
REGISTER HERE!Beyond Grading: Assessment in the age of AI
Last term, panelists from across the McGill community engaged in a thought-provoking discussion about the rapidly evolving world of generative AI as it relates to teaching, learning, and assessment. Organize a “watch party” with colleagues to view a video of the discussion. Then, have a conversation amongst yourselves about your approaches to assessment in the age of AI."
Assessment in the age of generative AI
Assessment signals what is important for students to learn and provides them with feedback on their progress. While the emergence of generative (gen) AI has the potential to revolutionize the way we assess student learning—by creating personalized assessment tasks tailored to individual student learning outcomes and supporting diversity and inclusion, it also raises concerns about surface learning, authenticity, integrity, and bias.
Quick quiz: What’s on the PASL website?
Did you know there’s a dedicated PASL website? Take this quick quiz to find out what information is available to support you with implementing PASL.
Take the quiz!Feedback strategies: Engaging students in dialogue
How can we engage students with feedback and encourage them to take greater responsibility for their learning before, during, and after assignments? The goal of this 4-part webinar series is to address these concerns with feedback strategies that engage students in dialogue. We will present several strategies suited to writing assignments such as essays, research (term) papers, and lab reports.
Accommodations and accessible assessment
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Book a consultation with a learning technology expert at TLS!
Are you curious about McGill’s assessment-related technologies? Would you like help implementing a particular technology for your course? Book a one-on-one consultation with a TLS Learning Technology Consultant! Bookmark this link for the future.
Book a consultation!Show and tell of assessment tools
Enhance your assessment practices and engage with fellow instructors during this “show and tell” webinar featuring some of our key learning technologies. Discover what these assessment tools have to offer while gaining practical insight into how other instructors have successfully integrated them into their courses.
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Balancing cognitive, affective, and psychomotor learning in assessments: Lessons from the Sustainability Education Fellows
We will examine an integrated approach to writing and assessing learning outcomes to support sustainability education. Drawing on lessons and examples from McGill’s Sustainability Education Fellows program, this collaborative workshop will focus on assessment practices that can be used to measure cognitive, affective, and psychomotor learning.
REGISTER HERE!Encourage your students to study to learn
Check out the learning resources for students from TLS and consider the following: