Learning Flexibility
It is possible students may work to meet the updated deadlines but are doing so in
a stressed and distracted state. Ergo,... Not their best learning.
Our CTE always advocates for providing students opportunities to learn from their mistakes and get second chances on their work. If these opportunities are not yet built into your course, consider adding them this semester.
There are multiple ways to streamline revisions for your time:
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Include automatic reattempts in D2L quizzes or exams.
Multiple attempts for quizzes works best if you have question pools focused on each key concept, so students are tested on the concepts each time, but don't get a duplicate test. Either set an upper limit of attempts or set up a Form for students to request a reattempt (with their plans about what they will do to relearn the content first!).
Including a set of study strategies that students reference in a reattempt request can be a useful support for them. See The Learning Scientists for the top 6 students should know!
Don't have pools of questions yet? Let artificial intelligence come to your rescue: Copy in course content and ask AI for 10 multiple-choice questions. Be forewarned that many will be poor - but are adaptable for use with some tweaking. Remember that you can continue to refine your request of AI and ask for additional questions.
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Set up a Request for Revision form.
Students not only make a revision request with this form, but also demonstrate through form responses that they have read their feedback and explain what they will improve on the revision. -
Require marked changes.
For written or other visual work, require that updates are marked (such as using a font of another color) or are described in a cover page. This saves a lot of re-grading time.
If students don't mark their changes, request that they do so before their work will be re-assessed.
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Limit reattempts.
In the same way that you might limit extension requests from students, you can also limit reattempts with a cap. This helps ensure students try their best on a first attempt but gives them some space for failure.
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Track extension requests and reattempts.
Tracking is easily done in one-two D2L gradebook items. Create a grade item that is Text-Only. This will work a bit like a very simple checkbook account.
To start, enter for all students, as a text entry, the # of requests or reattempts you are allowing (e.g., 2). As they make requests, deduct that from their starting total. In the Notes for that student's grade item, make a quick note of which assignment a request is being used for.