About this Project

As an Instructional Designer, I am always looking out for learning opportunities anywhere they reveal themselves to me. A little over a year into my career at NKU I realized I was having a lot of conversations around the concept of rubrics, which prompted me to start asking myself questions: Why is this topic coming up so often? What are we talking about exactly? Are there any recognizable patterns to these conversations? Is there an opportunity for a training? As the questions kept coming up, so did the start of a research project. I started documenting conversations and asking questions until I felt confident I had enough data to create a training aimed specifically to assist the needs of faculty in my university.

Abstract

Grading rubrics are an assessment mechanism that helps instructors and students focus attention on the important aspects of an assignment. For a rubric to provide the most benefits for student learning the instructor should create it specifically for the course assignment. This workshop covers several topics on rubrics: the elements of a rubric, methods to design rubrics, and how to apply them within your courses. In the first part of the workshop we will lecture and have a group discussion, then participants can break off into small groups to create a rubric for an assignment or revise a rubric they brought. Additional time will be provided as well as time for Peer Reviews to discuss our newly created rubrics. Finally in the remaining time, discussion will be directed to the grading process and how to write feedback.