Online Learning

Provide Feedback

Provide meaningful feedback on student work to enhance learning and academic performance.

Practices

Periodic substantive personalized feedback is an essential component of the learning process, and it is required to meet the expectations of Regular and substantive interaction (RSI). Effective feedback may take a variety of forms. Here are the essential practices for this category.

Essential Practices
  • Provide substantive personalized feedback which includes strategies for improvement and growth.
  • Provide feedback in time for students to apply strategies to the current and future activities.
  • Provide clear instructions for students on where to find feedback.
  • Post grades in a timely fashion, typically within a week of the due date.
  • Practice equitable grading.
High-Impact Practices for Continuous Improvement
  • Provide personalized feedback to students through video, audio, or images in addition to text.
  • Utilize a variety of feedback methods, including individual as well as to the whole-class.

Examples

  • Use rubrics, text, audio, or video to provide feedback on discussions, assignments, or quizzes.
  • Create a brief screencast showing students how to access assignment feedback and grades.
  • Utilize grading strategies for equitable grading, such as a four-point scale, contract grading, and student-generated rubrics.
  • Create a screencast that summarizes student feedback to acknowledge shared challenges and strengths among learners.
  • To view feedback, click on Grades from the navigation bar. Click on View Graded Rubric for additional feedback. For more information, visit Viewing instructor feedback for Assignments & Discussions and Viewing Quizzes Attempts.

Resources

Interaction
Tools for Feedback
Grading Strategies