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by Linda Facchini and Karen Spiers, the Teaching & Learning Centre
in the December 2020 issue
Are you feeling overwhelmed with the amount of marking and feedback you are trying to manage lately?
The good news is you are not alone! The better news is – we have strategies and tips to help you stay on top it!
With the move to fully online courses over the past several semesters, we have seen a fairly smooth and seamless transition given the circumstances we find ourselves in. This in large part is due to the incredible dedication of our Seneca Faculty.
Despite this, online teaching can feel overwhelming at times with weekly tutorials, online office hours, creating and delivering content, and checking in regularly with students via formative assessments.
A number of inquiries have come into the Teaching & Learning Centre Team about how faculty can better manage their marking load yet still provide meaningful and timely feedback to students. With that in mind, we offer the following tips and strategies to help you effectively and efficiently manage your marking:
Rubric example from Blackboard’s information in Rubrics
For more information, see the Creating a Rubric in Learn@Seneca (PDF) document from the Teaching & Learning Centre.
Employing some or all of these strategies creates a win-win for you and your students! The suggested strategies and tools will allow you to plan and organize your marking so that you feel less overwhelmed with volume while at the same time allowing you to create and provide meaningful and ongoing feedback that is essential to student success.
As always, please reach out to the Teaching & Learning Centre Team for further assistance exploring and using these tools and strategies.
View the December 2020 issue of the Academic Newsletter.
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