 |
 |
Chris/Brian
One of the (many) depressing things about getting old is that you realise that the language which has meaning and value to you no longer has currency. The term rubric is a concise term used by academics to describe the requirements and performance standards of an assessment.
Writing clear concise rubrics for assessment is very important - from this briefs developing the criteria for guidance to students can be made - but there must be a concise rubric to start from.
Could for the purpose of humour I could suggest that we stop using the terms Bytes and Kilobyte in preference for the terms small countithing and big countithing - but that would be silly.
Sorry summer holidays start next week.
Peter
P. Waterhouse. MA, FHEA
Senior Lecturer; Faculty of Business
University of Bedfordshire
Room B1.07
Polhill Avenue
Bedford, MK41 9EA
Tel:+44 (0) 1234 793198 (Internal 4198)
Website: MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "www.equerry.co.uk" claiming to be www.equerry.co.uk
"Rational people adjust to their environment, irrational people try to change the environment. So all progress relies on irrational people"
Disclaimer: This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the University of Bedfordshire.
>>> "Boon, Chris" <[log in to unmask]> 7/18/2012 5:33 PM >>>
Hi Brian,
That's a very interesting point; our tutors like the rubrics, but said exactly the same thing - nice tool, but unintuitive name - what does Rubric mean? We've steered away from language pack changes so far due to the complexities when upgrading, but this does seem like a good idea. Perhaps a name involving 'assessment criteria' or 'criteria checklist' would be good?
Chris Boon
SENIOR ILT ANALYST
I.T. SERVICES
City College Norwich
Tel +44 (0)1603 773659
[log in to unmask]
http://www.ccn.ac.uk
Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
-----Original Message-----
From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Irwin, Brian
Sent: 18 July 2012 17:15
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Renaming of Rubrics?
Hi everyone,
We're upgrading to SP8 soon and are excited that the rubrics tool is more usable now. However some concerns have been raised if the name means anything to staff and students.
Has anyone has used the language pack to change the name of rubrics and what have you chosen to call them? Or did you just stick with the default rubrics and let staff know what that means?
Thanks,
Brian
Brian Irwin
Head of Technology Enhanced Learning
Quality Enhancement and Student Success
Student and Learning Services
Sheffield Hallam University
(+44) 114 225 2613
Sheffield Hallam e-learning blog - http://elearningatshu.wordpress.com/
For Blackboard support, please ring x3333 (option 2) Technology Enhanced Learning team blog - https://blogs.shu.ac.uk/telteam/ Email has been scanned for viruses by Altman Technologies' email management service - www.altman.co.uk/emailsystems
Internet communications are insecure, therefore City College Norwich (CCN) does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of CCN.
This email and any files sent with it are intended only for the named recipient and may be confidential. If you are not the named recipient please email the sender immediately then delete this message. You should not disclose the content, distribute or retain any copies of this message.
City College Norwich, Ipswich Rd., Norwich, Norfolk. NR2 2LJ.
Email has been scanned for viruses by Altman Technologies' email management service - www.altman.co.uk/emailsystems