First Year Experience

Questions to consider when designing an assignment, from learning objectives to intended audience to performance criteria.

Design learning objectives with outcomes in mind.

Use the ASU Online Objectives Builder tool below to write measurable course outcomes and learning objectives.

By choosing learning outcomes and corresponding major assignments first, you are identifying essential content and attainable expectations for what you want students to be able to do by the end of the course.

Short descriptions of various ways for instructors to grade group work and for student groups to grade individual contribution.

Introduction, overview, and examples of how to create rubrics for assessment.

Grading rubrics precisely describe performance expectations and offer explicit criteria to help students meet learning objectives. These sample rubrics address discussion, portfolios, group projects, blogs, wikis, research reports, and more.