Providing Feedback & Grading 

In 1987, Chickering and Gamson identified seven principles for good practice in teaching. One of those principles is that a good practice is to provide prompt feedback. Chickering and Gamson summed up the importance of providing feedback to students by claiming that "Knowing what you know and don’t know focuses your learning." In addition, research has shown that positive assignment feedback has a positive effect on learners in terms of their attitude and achievement. Providing feedback to students in all class formats is important. In distance learning classes, it can be a bit more challenging than in the face-to-face classroom. You often end up exchanging multiple e-mails and playing phone tag with students. When it comes to providing feedback on assignments, it can be difficult to figure out the best way to provide individual comments to students and return their written work with meaningful feedback. Using effective feedback strategies will enable the instructor to identify and meet individual student needs, as well as, encourage students to participate and continue to do so at a high-quality level.

• Overview (0:52 min)
• Effective Assignment Feedback (3:31 min) - This presentation discusses the importance of providing quality feedback to learners. Topics covered include suggested response times for grading, as well as technology resources that can be used to create robust feedback.
• Using the Grade Center (2:21 min) - This presentation provides an overview of the Grade Center and prepares you to use many of its features. 

  • Visit the Blackboard Help page for information on grading tasks.

• Using Technology for Feedback (7:38 min) - This presentation discusses types of feedback and the use of technology as a means for providing feedback.