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How Do You Grade a Creative Assignment?

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Seeing as how art has been such a big part of Irish history and culture, I was thinking about something artistic in some way, but how on earth do I grade something creative? Do I grade a student lower if she/he isn't able to write a song or create some kind of representative artistic element? What do I do?

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Is It Time to Rethink the Traditional Grading System?

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And the way the grading system in education works has long bothered him. After that, this professor vowed never to use traditional grades on tests again. As Talbert soon discovered, there’s a whole world of so-called alternative grading systems. Robert Talbert is a math professor, so numbers are his thing.

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Using the LMS Effectively to Reduce Logistical Challenges for Students 

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Learning Management Systems shouldn’t be seen as simply a catchall for handouts or a place to enter grades; when used effectively, the LMS can be a powerful tool for engaging learners and helping them connect with their professors, peers, and the content they’re learning. Many faculty already use an LMS, but how they use it is important.

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

Faculty Focus

Faculty developers and instructors can use this framework to harness AI’s potential, ensuring it supports rather than supplants their pedagogical roles. A century later, AI is no longer fiction but a dynamic force in community college education, reshaping how faculty teach, and students learn. 2023; Topol, 2019).

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Learning Outcomes for Instructors, Not Just Students

Faculty Focus

In the spirit of that acknowledgment, I’ve started developing my own list of instructor learning outcomes. Those statements, such as “The instructor conveyed course content clearly” and “The instructor graded fairly,” allow students to assess what the instructor has already done. New York, NY: Dutton.

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Three Strategies that Support Student Well-Being and Mental Health

Faculty Focus

Integral to these efforts, the Center for Educational Innovation (CEI) designed and delivered several faculty development opportunities focusing on research-based teaching and learning strategies that support student mental health and well-being. This form of scaffolding mitigates course-related student distress (GCU, 2023).

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

Faculty Focus

Faculty developers and instructors can use this framework to harness AI’s potential, ensuring it supports rather than supplants their pedagogical roles. A century later, AI is no longer fiction but a dynamic force in community college education, reshaping how faculty teach, and students learn. 2023; Topol, 2019).