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Best Practices in Teaching at CSU: Rubrics as a Tool to Support Student Success

This three-week, mostly asynchronous course TAKES PLACE IN CANVAS. Participants can expect to spend 4-5 hours per week completing assignments, discussions, and readings. Rubrics are a tool for assessing student performance on assignments, papers, and projects. This course will prepare you to design an analytic rubric for one of your assignments. Additionally, we’ll examine rubrics for a wide set of purposes in your course. When rubrics are used as a teaching tool, they can help to improve student performance. Rubrics provide: 1) instructor expectations, 2) opportunities for feedback and self-reflection, and 3) improved communication between students and instructors. Teaching Effectiveness Framework Alignment (1) Feedback and Assessment (2) Pedagogical Content Knowledge PLEASE NOTE: Best Practices in Teaching at CSU: Create Assignments is highly recommended as a prerequisite to this course.

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