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Guidance

Creating Authentic Assessments

What Are Authentic Assessments? Authentic assessments are cognitively complex, performance-based evaluations that focus the context of learning on real-life situations similar to those found in

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Resource News

Resource News – October 4, 2022

Conferences Educause 2022 Annual Conference – Educause – October 25-28 With the best presenters, the best content, and the best networking, the premier higher ed

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Guidance

Scaffolding Assessments

As you develop or redevelop an online course, you may notice that some of your intended assessments are not a good fit. Perhaps they require

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Guidance

How to Build a Rubric

Before developing your rubric, consider the assessment you are creating the rubric for. Ask yourself:  Is my assessment developed completely? What are the course and

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Guidance

One-to-One Objective Alignment

Module Objectives allow students to build their understanding and mastery, in a scaffolded manner, toward the broader-level Course Objectives. Course Objectives sit at the higher

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Resource News

Resource News – September 23, 2022

Conferences Educause 2022 Annual Conference – Educause – October 25-28 With the best presenters, the best content, and the best networking, the premier higher ed

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Guidance

Creating Online Program Capstones

What Are Capstones? A capstone course is the final course in a program in a student’s chosen field of study. Capstone courses focus on capstone

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Guidance

Academic Honesty in Online Courses

Below are strategies you can implement in your online course to help promote a culture of academic honesty and academic integrity. As with face-to-face instruction,

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