Assignments: Make Them Effective, Engaging, and Equitable. At their best, assignments are one of the most important learning experiences for students in a course. Students grapple with course content, ...

Signature assignments are an embedded assessment strategy in which a common assignment is given to students in several different courses, sections, or co-curricular experiences. This assignment should ...

It is good teaching practice to be clear and transparent about the purpose, task, and criteria for assignments and learning activities. This includes communicating with students about what is and is ...

Some of the examples reviewed here are also mentioned in our resources on authentic assessments and alternative grading methods. In those contexts, the assignments are embedded in an assessment method ...

A searchable database of innovative assignments aligned with RIT’s General Education Learning Outcomes. Curated by RIT faculty, these assignments span a variety of disciplines and teaching approaches, ...

Self-assessments encourage students to reflect on their skills, knowledge, learning goals, and progress in a course. These practices can range from quick, low-stakes check-ins on lecture content to in ...

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As educators, we all know the importance of data in decision-making. We understand how limited, skewed, or biased data–or no data at all–can result in faulty decision-making and regressive actions, be ...

Universities and colleges in India are grappling with a new challenge: students increasingly using OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other generative AI (GenAI) software to complete assignments. This has compelled ...