{"id":739,"date":"2021-02-01T23:04:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T23:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/?p=739"},"modified":"2021-02-01T23:04:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T23:04:43","slug":"issue-2-20-grading-in-online-environments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/2021\/02\/01\/issue-2-20-grading-in-online-environments\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue 2.20: Grading in Online Environments"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"623\">\n<h1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-553 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2020\/04\/Digital-Dialogues.-4.png\" alt=\"Digital Dialogues Introduction Banner\" width=\"100%\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2020\/04\/Digital-Dialogues.-4.png 820w, https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2020\/04\/Digital-Dialogues.-4-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2020\/04\/Digital-Dialogues.-4-768x292.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1>Grading in Online Environments<\/h1>\n<p>February is grading month at Digital Dialogues and in the Online Teaching Seminar Series.\u00a0 We have a great kick off session with Ann and Becky on Feb 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, and then Elizabeth Klinefeld from the Writing Center will be joining us on the 10<sup>th<\/sup> and the 17<sup>th<\/sup> to talk about Grading and Equity and Contract Grading!<\/p>\n<p>As you know, grading can feel particularly constant in an online class, with weekly participation grading on top of regular assignments, projects, and papers that you\u2019d grade in a face-to-face class.\u00a0 Here are a few ways you can streamline your grading process, and benefit from online resources that might help you provide effective feedback for students.<\/p>\n<h2>Set a Time Each Week to Participate in Class Activities<\/h2>\n<p>One of the things I love most about teaching online is having greater flexibility in my schedule to connect with students, and work on my grading at a time that is convenient for me and for my family.\u00a0 However, that also means that it is easy for me to put off my grading, especially the weekly participation and discussion boards.<\/p>\n<p>I try to make an appointment with myself for each of my classes, just as I would if I had a regularly scheduled class session where we met in person.\u00a0 This holds me accountable for spending a full 3 hours engaging in participation, sending announcements, and responding to FlipGrid or discussion posts, just as I would in a typical class session.\u00a0 These appointments help me to stay present in each of my classes each week, and remind me that a lot of grading in online classes is really about engaging thoughtfully with students and making connections with the students and with the content.\u00a0 Staying on top of the weekly participation ensures that students get prompt feedback for their weekly work, and helps to avoid a grading pile-up before a larger assignment.<\/p>\n<h2>Use Canvas Features Effectively<\/h2>\n<p>One of the things we\u2019ve heard from teachers and students alike is that feedback and grades are so much easier to access in Canvas.\u00a0 Students say that they like that feedback feels more like a conversation when they can reply to instructor comments, and faculty like using the SpeedGrader to connect with students.\u00a0 Here are a few tips to get the most out of the Canvas tools:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the SpeedGrader, you can type comments, but you can also record them for students.\u00a0 This allows you to respond to students in a way that meets their learning needs.\u00a0 Try asking students if they\u2019d prefer written or video comments, and provide feedback in that way.<\/li>\n<li>In Canvas, students can reply directly to your feedback on their work, but sometimes we miss those notifications. To find all of these comments in one place, navigate to the Inbox for your Canvas account, and in the drop down at the top, instead of inbox, choose Submission Comments.<\/li>\n<li>If you use rubrics, try grading with the SpeedGrader on a tablet- this allows you to quickly touch the rubric level appropriate for each student in each grading category, which saves you some time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Make Personal Connections<\/h2>\n<p>Even though grading can be a big task, in an online class, it\u2019s a great way to connect personally with your students.\u00a0 Thinking of your feedback as an individual conversation with each student can help you to develop relationships as you encourage students to do their best.\u00a0 One way some faculty in our department have used feedback to make connections with students is to arrange for 1:1 meetings with each student.\u00a0 What if you met with each student in your course after they submitted a rough draft of a paper or project?\u00a0 Instead of writing out feedback the student may never read, you can use that meeting time to highlight their strengths, and suggest areas for development as they move towards a final draft.<\/p>\n<p>Grading may be a tedious part of teaching online, but as you make an appointment to spend time engaging in each class, use Canvas resources to improve efficiency, and focus on developing personal connections as you provide student feedback, it can become an important way to help online students succeed!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grading in Online Environments February is grading month at Digital Dialogues and in the Online Teaching Seminar Series.\u00a0 We have a great kick off session with Ann and Becky on Feb 3rd, and then Elizabeth Klinefeld from the Writing Center <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/2021\/02\/01\/issue-2-20-grading-in-online-environments\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Issue 2.20: Grading in Online Environments<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":853,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,21],"class_list":["post-739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-dialogues","tag-canvas","tag-grading"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/853"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}