Grading Non-Standard Topics - Art
As primarily a computer art instructor I find grading can sometimes be much more difficult when I'm grading things that aren't quite as cut-and-dry as right or wrong. Art being as subjective as it is, is harder to grade than an exam on terms or topics.
The working method I've come up with to make sure there are no questions asked when it comes to WHY a student received a grade is to make and include a detailed grading rubric and include it with each assignment.
I can't necessarily grade your art style - but I can grade whether or not you applied the proper technique (oftentimes program-specific) in the creation of the art. Therefore the method becomes what is being graded, rather than the final product.
Don't get me wrong, I DO grade the overall gestalt of a piece of art - but it's usually the technique that carries more weight in individual assignments - as there are right ways and wrong ways to use the software, but who can say what is good and bad when it comes to art?
