I see! Yes, I do something similar.
I have an assignment that is due before class and it is always more about what you tried than what you got correct. I do allow students to continue working on homework with a little bit of a penalty until we have the exam.
The other thing that I do is require a meeting with students who do not pass an exam to help set them up with more resources. I especially do this with students who do great on the homework and poorly on the exams. To me, this indicates a discrepancy in the way they are completing homework. I call these exam triage meetings.
The other small thing I am doing in class this semester is at the beginning of every class, present a recall question. I asking students to not have their notes out but to answer a question that is related to either what they looked at before class or the class before. There is no grade attached to it but I am hoping it will help students prepare for exams. I do not teach fully online but do have hyflex and hybrid.
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Vicki Todd
Southwestern CC
Sylva NC
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-15-2022 14:02:09
From: Kelly Spoon
Subject: IMPACT in Action - Making Small Changes to your Classroom Style
I started it years ago in my in-person classes. I had students turn in whatever they got done at the end of class, so I could see how they did. I usually had extra copies for those students who wanted to keep working. In my online classes, I can't require them to turn in whatever they had done by the due date... but I usually use Canvas' Message Students Who tool to send messages with resources and help videos once they are late. I also encourage them to turn in whatever they can so I know they are trying and where they are stuck. And almost all of my students take advantage of the resubmissions - probably because I message any student who didn't score perfectly with reminders to resubmit. There are always some in points-based classes who will be happy with 18/20 and not resubmit, which is why I'm planning to do "Incomplete / Complete" grading this semester to make sure students have a reason to look at the feedback.
I have a few hard deadlines in the class where all resubmissions are due for content - usually on exam days, since the point was to learn for those summative assessments. In classes without exams, I still have those close dates so that students know where they stand and don't get unreasonably far behind. I ended up not loving too many flexible deadlines and changed my policy slightly this semester to have some learnign assignments required before class meetings.
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Kelly Spoon
Associate Professor
San Diego Mesa College
San Diego CA
Original Message:
Sent: 08-15-2022 13:50:18
From: Vicki Todd
Subject: IMPACT in Action - Making Small Changes to your Classroom Style
Kelly,
I love the links that you shared! Thanks for that.
I am curious about giving students the ability to redo. Do students have to have some work in the beginning? Do you have students who take advantage of this policy?
Throughout this month, I continually hear about instructors who are not penalizing students for not having work completed on time and I would love to know more about how this works.
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Vicki Todd
Southwestern CC
Sylva NC
Original Message:
Sent: 08-15-2022 12:58:38
From: Kelly Spoon
Subject: IMPACT in Action - Making Small Changes to your Classroom Style
I started by just allowing students to redo all formative assessments in all modalities. This allowed students who missed class or didn't prepare fully for class in my flipped classroom the time and space to learn the material at their own pace. It also encouraged students in my online courses to do their own work - because they didn't have to worry about the points for their work knowing I'd just give them more guidance as they revised the work.
And not necessarily a change, but I love activities that highlight student voice and different ways of thinking that work in all modalities - like WODB problems, open middle problems, and Desmos polygraphs.
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Kelly Spoon
Associate Professor
San Diego Mesa College
San Diego CA
Original Message:
Sent: 08-14-2022 21:50:00
From: Vicki Todd
Subject: IMPACT in Action - Making Small Changes to your Classroom Style
What changes have you made or could you make to the format of your class to ensure that there is equitable access? For example, have you changed the way your hyflex, online, hybrid or flipped classes are taught so that everyone is included?
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Vicki Todd
Southwestern CC
Sylva NC
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