Feedback and Rubrics

Learning Goals: 

1. Good feedback is specific, includes what went well and what needs to improve, provides clear next steps, and signals our belief in the person to improve. 
2. Rubrics can help you grade more quickly and consistently.
3. Rubrics are best when there are small yes/no items that are relatively independent instead of fewer broad and vague categories. 
4. It is important to determine with other course staff how you will resolve grading ambiguities and when you do and don’t give students the benefit of the doubt. 
5. Looking at student answers can help to develop a rubric. 
6. Any feedback students receive should be kind, and when possible feedback should explain why an answer is wrong rather than just the fact that something is wrong.

There are two videos to watch:

1. http://www.cs.virginia.edu/luther/2910/S2021/player.html#53-Practice.webm Links to an external site. (Closed Captioning and a text version are available: http://www.cs.virginia.edu/luther/2910/S2021/grading.html Links to an external site.)
2. https://youtu.be/-WkQfgnU8GE Links to an external site.