Designing Transparent Assignments and Rubrics to Grade Them

Noon to 1 p.m., Monday, Oct. 17, AND 24
Partner: Ohio University Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
To register, email ctla@ohio.edu

Students benefit from instructors who clearly communicate the rationale behind instructional practices. Being transparent in crafting assignments and how they will be graded motivates students to learn and be more successful. This session introduces instructors to the TILT (Transparency in Teaching and Learning) framework and approaches to rubric construction. Participants will begin working on a transparent assignment and corresponding rubric with their colleagues during session 1 and return to refine a final assignment used this semester or develop a transparent assignment for a spring 2023 course with the support of peer reviewers.
Following these two sessions, participants will

• Outline the Transparency Framework for academic work.
• Apply the framework to one of their fall or spring semester assignments.
•  Identify three types of grading rubrics.
• Apply the most appropriate rubric to a given assignment.
• Evaluate rubrics created by peers and provide constructive feedback.
• Refine a rubric created during the sessions.

Optional Pre-reads

• DePaul Teaching Commons. (2022). Types of Rubrics. https://resources.depaul.edu/teaching-commons/teaching-guides/feedback-grading/rubrics/Pages/types-of-rubrics.aspx(link is external)
•  TILT Higher Ed. TILT Higher Ed Examples and Resources. (2022). https://tilthighered.com/tiltexamplesandresources(link is external)

Presenters: CTLA Staff