Assignments & Assessments

Create an assignment in Canvas

Follow UBC how-to instructions

1. Create an assignment in your Canvas course

Dive deeper with UBC resources

• Consider feedback on assessments with help from the UBC “Introduction to Teaching Online” course.
• Develop rich assignment strategies with guidance from the UBC Online Teaching Program.
• Find other specialty assignment tools supported at UBC for managing assignments, including tools that facilitate student peer assessments aka peer review.

Create an assessment in Canvas

Follow UBC how-to instructions

1. Create an assessment in your Canvas course
2. Accommodate UBC exams in Canvas (if you have students who require academic accommodation)

Dive deeper with UBC resources

• Consider feedback on assessments with help from the UBC “Introduction to Teaching Online” course.
• Develop rich assessment strategies with guidance from the UBC Online Teaching Program.
• Find other specialty assessment tools supported at UBC for managing assessments, including a tool that enables instructional team grading (use does require funding).

Schedule & run exams with Zoom

Follow UBC how-to instructions

1. Schedule an exam with Zoom
2. Run an invigilated exam with Zoom

Dive deeper with UBC resources

• Reflect on your assessment practices with help from the UBC Academic Integrity website.
• Encourage academic integrity with guidance from the UBC Online Teaching Program.

Consider other approaches to online exams

• Open-book exam with integrity pledge: Restructure your questions knowing that students will have access to course materials and the internet. Set up this exam in Canvas. As the first question, ask students to agree to an integrity pledge. You can use example language developed by UBC’s Faculty of Science:
  • “I hereby pledge that I have read and will abide by the rules, regulations, and expectations set out in the Academic Calendar, with particular attention paid to the: Student Declaration & Responsibility, Academic Honesty & Standards, Student Conduct During Examinations, and any special rules for conduct as set out by the examiner. Additionally, I affirm that I will not give or receive any unauthorized help on this examination and that all work will be my own.”
• Closed-book exam with integrity pledge and timing gates: Restructure your exam into smaller subsets of questions, creating a number of “mini-exams” in Canvas. Place time constraints so only one mini-exam is open at a time. This approach lets you apply a variation on time pressure to reduce the feasibility of using outside resources. As the first question, ask students to agree to an integrity pledge (see example language above) as well as to not use any outside resources.
• Alternative learning activity: Consider your most important learning objectives for the course and how else students might demonstrate their mastery. Examples might include the following:
  • Assignments submitted online like case studies, essays, concept maps, annotated bibliographies, videos, portfolios, etc.
  • Presentations given to you or the whole class online.
  • Discussions with peers on discussion boards.
• Oral exams: If your class size is manageable and your course context allows, construct a shorter oral exam. Set up an online time with each individual student to meet privately to conduct the exam.