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What assignment should I select?
Instructors should identify one assignment where students are instructed to demonstrate the core objective that will be assessed. In identifying or creating the assignment, OIEE recommends reviewing the Core Objectives & Rubrics above to ensure that the assignment aligns with what students are expected to demonstrate.
OIEE can assess a variety of assignments as long as the appropriate core objective rubric can be applied to the artifacts. Prominent artifacts include research essays, mathematical calculations, reflection essays, response papers, laboratory/observational reports, open-ended exam/quiz questions, recorded audio/video presentations, slide decks, and portfolios.
Instructors can submit artifacts in one of two ways: Canvas linking or file sharing. Each semester, OIEE contacts instructors of record who are teaching courses due for assessment which method of submission they would prefer. For both methods of submission, instructors will ideally submit one artifact per student enrolled in the course. OIEE encourages Canvas linking if possible, as this is the simplest method of submission.
Minimum requirements of the assignment:
- The assignment is worth points/contributes to the student's grade in the course.
- All students in the course are required to submit the assignment (i.e., not extra credit).
- The assignment results in an individual file per student or a file that can be split up into individual student submissions.
Examples of artifacts OIEE is able to assess:
- "Assignments" from Canvas
- Open-ended quiz/test questions from Canvas (cannot be an open-ended question from a bank of randomized questions)
- Written work work in files types like Microsoft Word or PDF
- Video recordings in file types like .mov or .avi
- PowerPoint/Google Slides presentations
- Audio files like MP4
- Visual creations in file types such as PDF
- URLs if saved as a link in a file (i.e., one link per file)
- Student submissions from a third party tool like Gradescope if individual student submissions are separated into individual files
- If the third party tool only allows a mass download for an assignment, consider using other tools (like Mail Merge) to separate the files into individual student submissions.
Examples of artifacts that OIEE is unable to assess:
- "Discussion Boards" downloaded from Canvas
- File types with .html or .txt extension
- Multiple student responses in one document (i.e., one file with links to multiple student responses)
- One file with links to multiple URLs
- Files with response items only (i.e., spreadsheet of student answers)
- Multiple-choice exams or quizzes
- Illegible files/documents (i.e., scanned documents with poor image quality)
For more information about Core Curriculum at Texas A&M in general, visit
https://us.tamu.edu/core.