MAGNA 20-MINUTE MENTOR
Category: Assessment, Grading, and Feedback
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access, Mentor Commons
- How Can I Create Meaningful Assignments for My Students?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- Assignments are where students get to practice, engage with course content, demonstrate their growing mastery, and alert you to problems. Learn 16 research-based strategies proven to support student learning and how to apply several of these techniques when designing your course assignments.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity, Faculty, Magna All Access, Mentor Commons
- How Can I Make My Exams More Accessible?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- Considering accessibility when designing exams provides you with a more accurate assessment of student learning and bring your assignments into closer alignment with learning objectives. Exams created with accessibility in mind can help you improve your assessment of student learning for all students, whether or not they have a disability.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity, Faculty, Magna All Access, Mentor Commons
- How Can I Make the Activities in My Course More Inclusive?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- Students dealing with physical, cognitive, and other barriers to learning might not be able to participate fully in some activities because of their challenges. This fast and focused session will show you a practical approach to making accommodations and promoting equitable opportunity for learning and engagement for all your students.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Faculty, Magna All Access, Mentor Commons
- How Can I Use Informal Writing as Part of a Low-stakes Grading Strategy?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- Informal writing assignments can be part of your strategy of frequent, low-stakes (FLS) grading. This approach incorporates many informal, low-pressure writing assignments that keep students engaged in the course materials and continually improving. Find out how informal writing assignments can create a dialogue between the students and instructor, boost student confidence, and increase student motivation.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Faculty, Magna All Access, Mentor Commons
- How Can I Use Low-stakes Quizzing to Enhance Learning?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- A frequent, low-stakes FLS grading strategy, when used correctly, can decrease your workload while increasing student motivation and confidence. As an added benefit, it helps ensure students arrive to class prepared and ready to learn. The idea behind FLS is simple: you give many grades with lower weights. Learn how this technique can benefit your classroom in this 20-Minute Mentor.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Faculty, Magna All Access, Mentor Commons
- How Can I Transform My Tests into Learning Tools?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- Tests and other assessments are effective tools for determining how well students learned (and how well you taught) earlier in the semester. But they don't really do much to help students learn in the present, or as the semester progresses. This fast, focused program will provide you with an assortment of tools and techniques to promote better learning.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Faculty, Magna All Access, Mentor Commons
- How Do I Give Feedback that Improves Student Writing?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- Trying to teach students to improve their writing can be like trying to teach cats to fetch: Demonstrate all you want, encourage all you want, implore all you want—you're apt to be met with nothing but blinks. We share seven novel feedback techniques that will motivate your students and drive real improvement in their writing.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Active and Engaged Students, Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Faculty, Magna All Access, Mentor Commons
- How Do I Get Students to Read Their Assignments Before Class?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- Even though many faculty members routinely spell out course requirements in syllabi and give announcements and reminders, students continue to come to class unprepared. We provide several dynamic strategies that you can use to help students learn the value of reading.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Faculty, Magna All Access, Mentor Commons, Technology in the Classroom
- How Can I Use Voice Feedback to Improve Student Learning?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- Save time and significantly improve student outcomes by using Voice Feedback. Research shows that students value and are far more likely to incorporate voice feedback in completing their assignments than written feedback. We explain the benefits of using voice feedback and walk you through the process of how to incorporate this approach into your teaching.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Faculty
- How Do I Master Mastery Grading?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- Standards-based grading and specifications grading are forms of mastery grading, which is an alternative to traditional percentage or points-based grading scales. This program provides specific instruction about the relationship between backward design and mastery grading, while leading to how to implement mastery grading into your course.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, Magna All Access, Mentor Commons
- How Can Post-Exam Reviews Become a Powerful Teaching Strategy?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- The benefits of a thoughtfully designed and learning-oriented post-exam review session is a win- win for both faculty and students. When post-exam review is implemented with concepts critical to student learning, students are given the opportunity for metacognition to identify both strengths and gaps in knowledge, explore content to apply classroom knowledge, and differentiate correct from incorrect thinking.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Faculty, Magna All Access, Mentor Commons, Technology in Online Courses
- How Can I Assess Students in My Online Classes Through Student-created Videos?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- By incorporating student videos into online classes, students can feel connected to their classmates and more engaged with course content. Online instructors may encounter some challenges when incorporating student videos initially. This session provides practical ways to avoid them.
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