Good Morning!
I would like to take a little time this morning to talk about rubrics. I believe I have mentioned them in the past, but this topic is important enough to talk about again. Rubrics are a simple way to set up a grading criteria for assignments. This tool is useful for both students and instructors so that everyone knows what is expected of a student to receive a certain grade on an assignment.
When you are creating your assignments please remember to clearly write out what the expectations are. Rather than simply asking students to "answer a question" identify what you are looking for from their answers. Because these students are taking online courses, they may not feel as comfortable asking questions because the personal relationship with the instructor is a little bit more difficult to form. Therefore it is very important to give them all of the needed information up front.
There is a lot of information on the web about rubrics. Here are a few web sites that can give you a little bit more information on this topic:
www.uen.org/rubric/html/know.html
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/teaching-methods-and-management/rubrics/4521.html
Have a great week!
Amy
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