What is Ungrading?
Ungrading seems to be growing in popularity: there are hundreds of Tweets with the #ungrading hashtag, dozens of articles about ungrading and other alternative assessment practices regularly published in major …
Symposium Spotlights: Seven (Feasible) Ways to Beat the Grading Grind
Dr. Sharon Lauricella (Professor and Teaching Scholar in Residence at Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ontario and @AcademicBatgirl on Twitter) gave the keynote address at the second Pandemic Pedagogy Research Symposium …
Creating Inclusive Learning Environments: Webinar Summary
On March 24, 2022, Dr. Rita Kumar and Dr. Brenda Refaei moderated a webinar focused on their new edited volume “Equity and Inclusion in Higher Education: Strategies for Teaching.” The …
Duke Professors Practice Assessment for Learning
The last two years of pandemic teaching, and in some cases experiences even before that, have resulted in many Duke faculty reconsidering their assessment practices and policies with an intent …
Flexible Assessment Practices in Duke STEM Courses
The last two years of pandemic teaching, and in some cases experiences even before that, have resulted in many Duke faculty reconsidering their assessment practices and policies with the intent …
Assessment Practices that Support Learning for Duke Students
In December 2021, the Trinity Office of Assessment completed a survey of undergraduate students about their living and learning experiences at Duke in the Fall term. The survey questions touched …
Make Your Spring 2022 Courses Successful
This post was updated January 4, 2022 The Duke administration decided that classes will be online until January 18 in order to reduce the spread of COVID. Given that the …
An update to Gradescope is coming December 20
The Gradescope integration with Sakai will be updated on December 20, 2021, in order to continue to improve overall performance of Gradescope as a tool and to keep Duke’s Gradescope …
End-of-term grading suggestions
As we approach the end of the term and finals, Learning Innovation has some suggestions for best practices in assessment and grading (and see this post about Wrapping up the …
Wrapping Up the Fall Semester
Preparing now to wrap up your courses successfully will streamline the process for both you and your students. While the Duke community has gained more experience with flexible teaching models …