Category: Assessment & Evaluation

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The Canvas Course Spotlight Program: How Canvas Helps Students Learn, According to Students

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In Spring 2025, the Center for Teaching Innovation launched the Canvas Course Spotlight — a program inviting students to spotlight specific aspects of their Canvas courses that positively impacted their learning. A Brief History of the Canvas Course Spotlight In Fall 2024, CTI surveyed Cornell faculty to learn about their experiences in Canvas, the university’s…Continue…Continue Reading The Canvas Course Spotlight Program: How Canvas Helps Students Learn, According to Students

A Visit with Robert Talbert: Implementing Humane, Authentic, and Trustworthy Assessments

According to Robert Talbert, co-author of Grading for Growth: A Guide to Alternative Grading Practices that Promote Authentic Learning and Student Engagement in Higher Education, many college classes don’t effectively assess learning. Meaningful assessments clearly define standards, allow students to reattempt without penalty, and give helpful feedback and marks indicating progress. …Continue Reading A Visit with Robert Talbert: Implementing Humane, Authentic, and Trustworthy Assessments

The Spectrum of Teaching Across Our Ithaca Campus: Observing Big Red Teaching Days

One of the things I love most about Cornell is our diversity of study. In my role as an instructional designer, I may work with a neuroscientist, then a writer; a historian, then an artist; an Artificial Intelligence (AI) expert, then someone highly opposed to AI–and each person adds to the richness of our campus….Continue…Continue Reading The Spectrum of Teaching Across Our Ithaca Campus: Observing Big Red Teaching Days

Can extensions work for everyone? Study offers a possible solution

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When was the last time you gave an extension? When was the last time you were asked for one? Extension requests have always been common inbox arrivals – life happens, and it sometimes happens a little harder or more unexpectedly to students learning how to navigate their lives. During the pandemic, faculty and students were…Continue…Continue Reading Can extensions work for everyone? Study offers a possible solution