Technology Enhanced LearningEfficient Feedback in Sulis

Facilitator: Angelica Risquez

Index

Challenges and ideas for providing FB: discussion Five principles of effective feedback Practical ideas Tools in Sulis that integrate FB Automated FB: Test and Quizzes Not automated FB:

With small classes: Assignment tool, Discussion Forum and Forums

With large classes: Feedback tool

Integrating all your grades: Gradebook/Markbook

Challenges of providing FB

What challenges you encounter? Mid term multiple choice with large class, how to do

something else and provide FB to more than 400 students

Content of FB: positive FB and time consuming Higher level thinking requires higher level questions that

require time grading

Practical solutions

What do you do/would like to do to provide better FB? …

Five principles of effective FBPhil Race

http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/aso/learningandteaching/id432_using_feedback.pdf

Timely: ideally a day or two Intimate and individual: in large classes, at least private Empowering: careful with critical FB, remember balance of power Feedback should open doors, not close them: mind adjectives

(e.g. “weak”, “poor”, “excellent”)… use detail Manageable: beware of too much FB for your workload and for

students’ (important FB vs routine FB)

Tools in Sulis that integrate FB

Automated FB Test and Quizzes (and the new Tasks, Tests and Surveys tool):

automated FB and grading for correct/incorrect answers Not automated (manual) FB

Assignments: lecturer can upload FB and grading Discussion Forum and Forum: lecturer can grade individual posts Feedback: lecturer upload Excel spreadsheet with qualitative or

quantitative FB for the class, students get only their own FB Gradebook/Markbook: amalgamates FB from all previous

tools, and also external grades (e.g. class presentations, labs, paper exams, etc)

Tests and Quizzes

Test and Quizzes handout, videos and FAQs in Sulis Support for Faculty site

Assignments

Model answers before or after submission Keep notes for yourself or to share with other lecturer/TA All purpose items for general FB Grading options:

Letter grades, points, checkmarks, pass/fail grades, ungraded, and assign a default grade to all students who have not received a grade

Students can access your comments as well as their grades. Grade report: with all grades, downloadable to Excel. You can share grading responsibilities with other lectures/TAs. You

all can add feedback to the same student's work. Grades are sent to Gradebook/Markbook

Assignments handout, videos and FAQs in Sulis Support for Faculty site

Discussion Forum

Grading by forum and topic: you may grade each student’s participation in discussions across all topics in a given forum or within a single topic. You may also leave comments, even when participation is not being graded.

Grades are sent to Gradebook/Markbook Similar functionality in Forums tool

Discussion Forum and Forums handout, videos and FAQs in Sulis Support for Faculty site

Feedback tool

Instructor posts individual FB (grades and comments) to students in one step for the whole class

Possible uses: Traditional FB on assignments or projects FB to team members to track their progress toward goals. General messages to targeted students, for example those who

did not submit a project Substitute of the Gradebook/Markbook tool, for students to see

midterm or final grades

Feedback handout, videos and FAQs in Sulis Support for Faculty site

Gradebook/Markbook Very powerful, but complex. Get some training/check handout before

using!!! Brings grades from Assignments, Discussion Forums, Forum, Test

and Quizzes, and Task, Tests and Survey tools You can also integrate “out of Sulis” grades such as presentations,

labs, exams, etc. Some features:

Auto-calculate overall module grades Create categories so you can give assignments different grades. Work with grades for a specific group in your class Enter, view, edit, and release scores, comments, and grades to students. Export/import scores and grades to/from Microsoft Excel in .csv format. Give individual teaching assistants unique permissions within the Gradebook.

Gradebook handout, videos and FAQs in Sulis Support for Faculty site

Questions?

Instructor guides for each tool available in Sulis Support for Faculty site

Any questions to be logged by staff (not students) through Netdesk (http://inside/itdservicedesk)

CTL available for private consultations, tutorials, etc.