As another academic year approaches, we would be hard pressed to find an instructor who hasn’t at least heard of ChatGPT or other Generative AI tools. The widespread availability and use of this technology has caused quite a stir, leading many in the field of Higher Education to reconsider what it means to evaluate student […]
Brightspace Quizzes Enhancements for Summer/Fall 2023
Several enhancements have been made to the Brightspace Quizzes tool which will improve its overall usability and make it easier for you to run secure assessments. The overall interface for Quizzes has been updated to more closely match that of the Brightspace Assignments tool. Settings that were formerly in separate tabs are now grouped into four […]
Contract Grading, Generative AI, and the Quest for Authentic Assessment
Contract Grading is an alternative grading format in which course grades are based on students’ fulfillment of a predetermined set of learning activities rather than solely on their performance on those activities. Two good examples of Arts & Science faculty use of contract grading can be found in Angela Zito’s Course Exemplar Design Gallery and […]