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Refining Rubrics & Assessments: AI as Design Support – Part 2

This blog post is a continuation from “Refining Rubrics & Assessments: AI as Design Support – Part 1“. Using AI to Refine Rubric Language In the previous post, I gave an assignment prompt to Copilot (as that’s the recommended tool at Oregon State University) and asked it to complete the task. For reference, here is the task. Rubrics are often the weakest link in assessment design, particularly when descriptors rely on vague phrases like “meets expectations” or “demonstrates understanding.” One way to evaluate rubric clarity is to ask AI to self-assess its own response using the rubric criteria. If the model can plausibly justify a high score despite shallow reasoning or inconsistent logic, the rubric may not be clearly distinguishing … Refining Rubrics & Assessments: AI as Design Support – Part 2
by · February 25, 2026

Refining Rubrics & Assessments: AI as Design Support – Part 1

For centuries, knowledge and access to education was restricted to just a few. In today’s’ world, almost anybody can access information through the web and more recently through AI tools. However, it is important to recognize that these tools, while offering expansive access to content of varied nature, also pose challenges. Generative AI has fundamentally changed how students interact with assignments, but it has also given instructors a powerful new lens for examining their own assessment design. Rather than treating AI solely as a threat to academic integrity, we can use it as a diagnostic tool – one that quickly reveals whether our assignments and rubrics are actually measuring what we think they are. If an AI can complete an … Refining Rubrics & Assessments: AI as Design Support – Part 1
by · February 25, 2026

Rubrics Markers of Quality –Tips and Best Practices (Part 2)

There are many benefits to using rubrics for both instructors and students, as discussed in Rubrics Markers of Quality Part 1 – Unlock the Benefits. Effective rubrics serve as a tool to foster excellence in teaching and learning, so let’s take a look at some best practices and tips to get you started. Best Practices Alignment Rubrics should articulate a clear connection between how students demonstrate learning and the (CLO) Course Learning Outcomes. Solely scoring gateway criteria, the minimum expectations for a task, (e.g., word count, number of discussion responses) can be alluring. Consider a rubric design to move past minimum expectations and assess what students should be able to do after completing a task. Detailed, Measurable, and Observable Clear … Rubrics Markers of Quality –Tips and Best Practices (Part 2)
by · July 22, 2019

Canvas Resources and Guides

With the migration to Canvas comes many new features and methods for facilitating your course. The Canvas Guides provide a lot of information, but you may be wondering, where do I even start? Here at Ecampus, we’ve put together a few guides to help you become familiar with some of the tools in Canvas. First, if you’re wondering, “I did this in Blackboard, but I can’t find it in Canvas; how do I…?”, we’ve created a few design options for that. These design options explore how to adapt features that you’ve used in Blackboard to the new Canvas environment. Design Options – Adaptive Release Design Options – Blogs Design Options – Discussion Boards Design Options – Folders and Items Design Options … Canvas Resources and Guides
by · February 10, 2015