Instructional Designer: Assessment map document

[hkentnor1]

I am an instructional designer and would like to develop an assessment map/document for faculty that includes assessment type (quiz, assignment, activity) and then prompts faculty to fill in the details based upon the assessment (ie. module #, instructions, points, rubric, submission type, etc). I feel that I go back and forth with faculty on the various specifications of an assignment, so I am trying streamline the process.  Does anyone have something they work from?

[paul_fynn]

Hi @hkentnor1 

You might like to look at the work at ourinstitution, presented by our assessment lead, James Trueman, at Instructurecon, where we deployed a locally built external assignment management tool which feeds the student information system data on core assignment details to an eVision screen,, which is then completed by instructors and generates specific assignment and quiz configurations into Canvas.

A separate reporting process uses Canvas as the grade submission point, before transferring it through to the student infiormation system, calculating late work penalties and capped marks along the way.

https://www.instructure.com/resources/videos/leveraging-lti-assessment-dashboard-enhanced-user-exper... 

[paul_fynn]

@hkentnor1 ,

I should also mention that we also generate a very detailed report based on the input screen which allows us to snag (across over 6000 assignments per year) issues with missing configurations (or illogical configurations), missing dates/times, non-standard submission times (our default is 14:00) non standard due dates (closure dates and weekends), and details which don;t align with our refs.

these additional affordances mean that we can snag out issues, and get in touch with Teachers, well before it becomes a problem - with over 250,000 individula submisions per year that does an enormous amount of heavy lifting for us.

The core system also nudges teachers to publish, students to submit, and tells students when they have moved to 'late work'. Where students seek extensions, after moderating the request, our student services team can feed any agreed extensions straight into Canvas via the SIS.

Arguably this moves Canvas LMS from a VLE to an MLE (Managed Learning Environment) but ots contribution is immeasurable .....