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 ...

Students are splayed out on the floor, dripping into the hallway. Notebooks are scattered and laptops are in laps or on tabletops, as student meaningfully collaborate to develop ideas. The tables and ...

Spread the loveWhen the classroom extends beyond four walls, or even when it’s firmly within them, digital platforms like ...

1. Originality. When we expect students to create the same answers at the same time, we’ve set ourselves up for cheating (with or without AI). Authentic learning experiences result in one-of-a-kind ...

Extended collaboration: Does the assignment live beyond the classroom walls? It assesses whether the project produces ...