As we head into the fifth week of the semester, the grading has started in earnest. Are you happy with your grading process? A group of Denison faculty created a Faculty Learning Community – Alt-Grading – to consider different approaches to grading. In part, they are exploring the many facets of the term “ungrading,” which aims to focus more on the learning process and less on points. The short articles Ungrading Light: 4 Simple Ways to Ease the Spotlight Off Points and My Ungrading Experiment introduce this process.
If you’re looking for a more streamlined approach to your grading, please consider Ganon’s article, How to Escape Grading Jail. Or maybe you are grading creative works? If so, check out the 19-minute podcast How to Grade Creative Assignments.