Archive | Assignments & exams

Tool Talk | August 26, 2015

Borrowing tools from journalists

By ACERT and Stephanie Margolin
Topics : Assignments & exams, Mapping, Online writing and reflection, Rich media & presentation tools

As an academic librarian who teaches students about research, I often look to journalists to give me research ideas for my students. Here are some new ideas from Columbia's "the 11 best journalism experiments."

Refine your assignments to explore student learning

By ACERT
Topics : Assignments & exams, Course design, Identify outcomes, Map to assessments

Wednesday
Oct 28, 2015
10:00 am - 11:30 am
1203 HE

Refine your assignments to explore student learning

Presenter(s): Meredith Reitman (Office of Assessment and ACERT)

Come learn how to design assignments that best allow you to see what your students know. [Details...]

Tool Talk | April 30, 2015

“Generation Z” presentation tools

By ACERT and Shiao-Chuan Kung
Topics : Assignments & exams, Lectures, Rich media & presentation tools

Your students are Generation Z. Are you still asking them to make presentations with text heavy Generation X or Generation Y tools? Consider switching to assignments that include audio and video narrations synched to slides.

Teaching Tips | April 24, 2015

Teachable moments in plagiarism

By ACERT, Stephanie Margolin, Wendy Hayden and Malin Abrahamsson
Topics : Assignments & exams, Online writing and reflection

Plagiarism can be a "teachable moment," both for students and for faculty. Scaffolded research assignments and supplementary exercises can address "inadvertent plagiarism."

Teaching Tips | April 16, 2015

Things to consider about using plagiarism prevention tools

By ACERT, Enercida Guerrero and Gina Cherry
Topics : Assignments & exams, Course design, Plagiarism prevention

Whether you’re thinking about using a plagiarism prevention tool like Turnitin or SafeAssign, or are already an active user, here are some questions you might want to consider.

Tool Talk | March 24, 2015

Annotating texts in the classroom

By ACERT and Jeff Allred
Topics : Assignments & exams, Online writing and reflection

Unlike traditional, print-based annotating, the newer practices emerging in networked digital platforms are intensely social.

Teaching Tips | March 9, 2015

Quantitative reasoning across the curriculum

By Rachel Perlin and ACERT
Topics : Assignments & exams

What is quantitative reasoning and why is it important in my discipline? Ideas for applying quantitative reasoning in your course, from one of Hunter's QR fellows.