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Category: Assessment and Grading

  • Securing Exams in Canvas Featured Image

    Canvas Magic: Securing Exams
    September 17, 2025 by

    In this entry in the Canvas Magic Series, learn about three Canvas quiz features for securing exams and combating academic dishonesty. For some students, cheating has never been easier.  Artificial Intelligence (AI), online computation software, and the ability to “Chegg it” are only a few of the ways students may practice academic dishonesty.   While no […]

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  • When Grading Practices Fail
    April 2, 2025 by

    Are you looking for ways to support your students through the assessment/grading process? Five colleagues share their experience with nontraditional and alternative grading practices. Assessment is an important teaching tool. Yet, some aspects of traditional grading systems can reinforce imbalanced power structures. Studying grading practices more closely can help instructors accurately measure students’ knowledge, skills, […]

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  • 2025 Teaching and Technology Summit Keynotes
    March 5, 2025 by

    Learn more about the Opening and Closing Keynote Presentations at the 2025 Ball State University Teaching and Technology Summit. Join us for the 2025 Ball State University Teaching and Technology Summit. With two virtual half days of presentations, the summit provides a space for discussion and collaboration between colleagues on the evolving landscape of teaching […]

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  • Celebrate this Year’s Excellence in Assessment Recipients!
    February 19, 2025 by ,

    Meet the 2025 Excellence in Assessment Recognition Recipients! Ball State University’s Division of Online and Strategic Learning, Office of Inclusive Excellence, and Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs hosted the 2025 Provost’s Summit: Fostering Inclusiveness in an Evolving Educational Landscape February 6 and 7, 2025. Each spring, Ball State faculty and staff are […]

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  • Poll Everywhere

    Leverage Poll Everywhere to Engage Your Students
    November 20, 2024 by

    Learn how to use Poll Everywhere for comprehension checks, exit tickets, student check-ins, readiness assessments, and more. Poll Everywhere is an effective student response system for fostering an interactive in-person classroom and for engaging with students asynchronously. Students can respond to your poll via a QR code, a unique link, or text message on their […]

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  • Canvas Mastery Paths

    Canvas Provides a Path to Student Engagement
    May 8, 2024 by

    Learn about Canvas Mastery Paths and how they can help you support student engagement in your courses. Supporting Student Engagement  There are millions of educational tools and software to help you build engagement, but where to begin? I recently Googled “student engagement technology,” and the results were overwhelming. It would take considerable time to determine […]

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  • Mind Over Monsters: An Interview with Author Sarah Rose Cavanagh on Compassionate Challenge
    March 27, 2024 by ,

    Read an interview with Sarah Rose Cavanagh, keynote speaker at the 2024 Teaching and Technology Summit. Researcher and author Sarah Rose Cavanagh opened the Ball State March 21-22 Teaching and Technology Summit with “Hope in a Time of Monsters: Supporting Student and Faculty Mental Health with Compassionate Challenge.” In the following post, Cheri Madewell, director of […]

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