Documentation:Distance Learning Support/Resources on Grading
Resources
Online Course Quality Rubrics
There are a number of good rubrics to help you assess the quality of your course. These rubrics can help you define where your course is in relation to where you might want it to be. Your instructional designer can assist you in making adjustments and improvements to your course each time you offer it.
For your reference, here are some useful rubrics to start with:
This rubric is useful in that it offers three levels of practice: Baseline, Effective, and Exemplary – which suggests a progression and can be helpful in considering what needs to be done to move to the next level.
- Quality Matters Rubric: MarylandOnline Inc. (developed under a grant from the U.S. Dept. of Education).
The fully annotated version is available to subscribers only, however, the standards are publicly available and provide a useful guideline.
An online resource with different checklists and templates to improve the quality of your online or blended course.
Tracking Changes for Grading
There are a variety of tools that may help you grade assignments that have been submitted electronically. A few of these are:
- track changes feature in Word, Adobe Acrobat (writer version).
- Markin: an online marking tool.
Your instructional designer is also a good source of information regarding various options for grading assignments.