- Communicate your grading policies—generally, these policies should be in the first module of the course. Try to make them clear and explicit.
- For each assignment, provide instructions and criteria on how students will be assessed. It is also helpful to explain what learning outcomes the students will be developing or meeting by working on the assignment.
- Set students up to succeed by providing exemplars, models, assignment checklists, or rubrics.
- Give opportunities for students to reflect on their learning and performance on assignments.
- If possible, provide feedback on both the assignment and the process. How might students improve not only their work, but the approaches and strategies they use to undertake it?
- Prompt students to apply and integrate feedback on future assignments.
- Use the Announcements feature in Canvas to provide guidance, advice, and further instruction to the whole class. If you see common errors—or strengths—after reviewing student work, use these tools to communicate whole class feedback, addressing the highest prioritized and most frequent misconceptions or points in need of further discussion. You can also hold office hours by phone or Zoom for any who can attend—and options for those who can’t.
Note: Canvas offers more than one way of reviewing student work and giving feedback. You can assign scores, leave written, video, or audio comments, annotate on submissions, develop and use rubrics via the SpeedGrader, the Gradebook, or your graded assignments.
For more guidance on various types of assessments and when to use them, see our Creating Assessments and Assignments guide.
For more information about setting up your grading system and providing feedback, please refer to the following articles: