Quick quiz: Providing feedback: Commenting and grading
Feedback is a key ingredient of assessment for learning. Take this week’s quiz to explore the different strategies and resources available in the Teaching and Learning Knowledge Base for providing students with meaningful feedback.
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.
Consider Indigenous assessment approaches
This TL KB article offers links to resources that discuss the role of assessment in Indigenous cultures, and methods of assessing students’ learning in keeping with Indigenous knowledges and systems. As you read, consider which methods you might wish to implement in your courses. Read about McGill instructors' approaches to assessing student participation.
Course Design Workshop (in person)
In this hands-on workshop, we will discuss learning-centered course design principles and support you with developing an in-depth Course Plan, which you can use to help prepare your course outline. This is a great opportunity to exchange feedback among peers to improve course design and teaching approaches.
Getting started with Polling @ McGill
Interested to know how Polling @ McGill can be used to engage your students? This webinar will introduce you to different types of polling questions and when best to use them.
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Quick quiz: Assessment of experiential learning
Take this week’s quiz to test your knowledge about assessment of experiential learning.
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Listen in! Two-stage exams strategy exchange
Interested in learning about different ways to implement two-stage exams?
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.
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