ACUE Certified-Faculty Lunch & Learn: Designing Assignments and Rubrics: Transparency, Reliability, and Efficiency

Facilitators:
Safieh Moghaddam, Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Teaching Stream; Associate Chair (Linguistics and Languages), Department of Language Studies
Dana Boyko, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream in Finance, Rotman School of Management

Join U of T faculty graduates of the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) Effective Teaching Practices course (ACUE-Certified Faculty) as they share insights from the 25 modules they completed over several months. They implemented, reimagined, and extended evidence-based teaching practices to support their teaching, learning and student success at U of T. This Series invites participants to hear from these instructors: their reflections upon what they have learned, and practical examples and tips informed by evidence-based strategies. Facilitators will engage in discussions on sharing these approaches into one’s current practice. Recordings from previous sessions in the series can be found in the CTSI webinar catalogue.

In this session Professors Dana Boyko and Safieh Moghaddam will discuss incorporating transparency with respect to course activities and assessments.  Being clear and transparent with students about the reasons for the design of the course and its assignments can help students to engage more fully in learning opportunities and understand expectations more clearly.  Topics covered will include:  aligning assignments with learning outcomes, Transparent Assignment Design, and using scoring fair rubrics and meaningful feedback.