The following is the latest installment of the Toward Better Teaching advice column. You can pose a question for a future column here. I'll be teaching a course on the history of Ireland later this ...

Canvas offers a variety of methods for creating graded course activities. Assignments, Quizzes, and Discussion Boards each offer unique, and pedagogically different, opportunities for engaging ...

You can also create Assignment Group rules that determine how WebCampus handles any exceptions you want to create for grade calculations, like dropping the lowest grade for an assignment. If you do ...

Learn how to grade assignments directly within the Grade Book in Brightspace.

Canvas uses what are called “Assignment Groups” to organize assessments, and view grades, in different groups. You can create groups for different types of activities (i.e. all Discussions, all ...

Grading is used to provide feedback and evaluate student work. Instructors communicate to students about their performance, where they need more help to achieve the course's goals and highlight ...

Schools can also grade on behavior and wrap that into an overall grade. But they must issue an academic achievement-only grade for each course and many districts say late work and other behaviors ...

California schools are using more chatbots, and teachers are using them to grade papers and give students feedback. Educators are split on the technology’s efficacy.

At a conference on teaching at colleges on Saturday, three undergraduates made a plea: No more group assignments -- not unless they will be graded fairly.