Collaborative Grading Resources for the First Weeks of Class
Happy beginning-of-semester!
It’s been a busy week here at the University of Mississippi as we prepare for the start of classes next Tuesday. I’m sure you’re busy, too, so this week’s post is simply a round-up of resources you might find useful here at the beginning of the semester.
Collaborative Grading on UVA’s Teaching Hub
First, I’m excited to share a project I’ve been working on with my colleague Derek Bruff, an associate director at the University of Virginia’s Center for Teaching Excellence for the 2024-2025 academic year. One of Derek’s roles at UVA is as an editor for external contributions to the Teaching Hub, a repository of expertly-curated pedagogical resources. The Teaching Hub is an excellent starting point for learning about a variety of teaching ideas and approaches, and Derek provides a great introduction to it on the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Derek asked me to create a collection for the Teaching Hub on Collaborative Grading. The collection includes five of my top resources on this grading approach, along with a few words about why I’ve recommended each one. It went live this week, and you can view it here:
Collaborative Grading on the Syllabus
If you’re still putting the final touches on your syllabi, here are two posts about how I (and others) talk about our grading systems in those documents:
Talking to Students About Grading
If you’re making plans to speak with students more extensively about your alternative grading systems and how they work, here are some activities I (and others) use to eliminate confusion and generate buy-in:
Navigating Generative AI
Finally, if you’re looking for ideas about how to handle generative AI in your courses, you might be interested in this recent post on how I plan to do it next semester. Unfortunately, I’m not teaching again until the fall. But if you try the ideas here, send me an email to let me know! I’d like to learn from your experiences.
Best of luck on the start of your semester! I’ll be back in two weeks with reflections from last semester’s collaboratively graded course as well as thoughts on student reading…