Assessment for Learning Month

May 2024: Assessment for Learning Month

Throughout the month of May, choose from a range of offerings to accommodate a variety of schedules:

in-person facilitated events | online facilitated events | self-access activities

Consider Indigenous assessment approaches

Monday, May 13, 2024

This TL KB article offers links to resources that discuss the role of assessment in Indigenous cultures, and methods of a/tlsCategory: Teaching and learning

Course Design Workshop (in person)

Tuesday, May 14, 2024 09:00toThursday, May 16, 2024 16:30

Would you like to (re)design one of your courses and enhance your teaching skills? 3450 rue University, Montreal, QC, H3A 0E8, CA/tlsCategory: Teaching and learning

Assess class participation

Monday, May 6, 2024

In-class participation should be tied to students’ achievement of course learning outcomes. You may want to signal that connection to students and motivate them to participate by assigning a grade....

Course Outline Template and Guide – ready for PASL

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

The Course Outline Template and Guide includes a checklist of required items and a template with instructions for creating or rev/tlsCategory: Teaching and learning

Developing meaningful assessment criteria

Thursday, May 9, 2024 14:00to16:00

Under PASL, instructors must include explicit criteria to describe the key elements of students’ learning. Did you know that having meaningful assessment criteria allows you to see whether students...

Listen in! Two-stage exams strategy exchange

Wednesday, May 15, 2024 14:00to15:00

Live podcast recording! /tlsCategory: Teaching and learning

Accommodations and accessible assessment

Monday, May 27, 2024

Organize a “watch party” with colleagues to view /tlsCategory: Teaching and learning

Equitable assessment of participation: What, why, and how?

Monday, May 6, 2024

Listen to this brief recording (or read the /tlsCategory: Teaching and learning

Quick quiz: McGill student perspectives on assessment for learning

Friday, May 3, 2024

Assessment for learning (also known as formative assessment) means providing students with frequent (often low-stakes) practice opportunities to demonstr/tlsCategory: Teaching and learning

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