Travis Grandy is a PhD student in Composition and Rhetoric at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Find him on Twitter @travisgrandy or at his website. I work with a lot of instructors who use ...

Effective course design begins with understanding the process of thinking and learning. These processes are commonly termed "metacognition." Metacognition includes a critical awareness of one’s ...

The first thing you need to do to write better online class assignments is to understand what is being asked. Once you get the hang of it, follow the instructions and the proper assignment writing ...

A rubric is an evaluation tool that identifies criteria relevant to an assignment and describes levels of performance expectations for the assignment or other student work. Grading rubrics communicate ...

Self-assessments encourage students to reflect on their skills, knowledge, learning goals, and progress in a course. These practices can range from quick, low-stakes check-ins on lecture content to in ...

I think I have a new mantra for how faculty should think about approaching student writing assignments and assessment in this new ChatGPT era. It’s a bit of a throwback idea, borrowed from MTV’s ...