ECE 150: Fundamentals of Programming and a rubric-based grading tool for TAs

Title: CTE602 UW-ACE Instructor User Group
Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009
Time: 10:00 - 11:00 am
Place: Flex Lab (LIB 329)

Bill Bishop, Electrical and Computer Engineering

ECE 150, a large core course in programming for the Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering department, is experimenting with several aspects of the new UW installation of Turnitin. The software is being applied to:

• automatically monitor levels of document copying of program source coded

• provide more consistent and faster feedback to students about their programming skills using two point-and-click GradeMark tools: the scoring rubrics tool (a detailed scoring scale) and the comments tool (to capture, share and reuse frequently needed comments, QuickMark)

Bill Bishop will present their experience so far with the tools, and also discuss the resulting impact on TA grading, reduction in TA workload and student satisfaction.

Resources

• Chapter 4: GradeMark, Turnitin Instructor User Manual

• GradeMark and Gradebook video (7 min)

• Analyzing the use of a rubric-based grading tool, Tuukka Ahoniemi, Tuukka Ahoniemi, 2009.

Paul Kates
Mathematics Faculty CTE Liaison
pkates@uwaterloo.ca, x37047
Last modification date: Thu Dec 10 10:06:31 2009.