Katherine Conway

Following a recent Webinar, I see ways to personalize the Rubric grading process. Having an Analytical approach vs Holistic means greater feedback can be given to students. It is also important for accurate data collection.

The Rubric can often become an automated response that is comprised of clicking on multiple criteria boxes with little individualized or meaningful feedback included in the process. Generic responses on a numerical line graph are often received by students as a shallow and impersonal form of grading. Although  the assignments that have Rubric  scoring are often for the maximum points of 35/35. They are considered too low a grade to spend much time on ! The key point here is to write individualized feedback, this is your one chance each week to show you are on top of your students… >>>

Good points Cassandre, Optimizing student interaction early is important, as it takes one to two weeks to know your different student personality types I try to interact early with the Student Lounge, the welcome video, and create an approachable tone. I use a color code dot each week over each student who I have responded to, so I keep my responses balanced throughout the course.