Considerations for Check-in Assignments

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Introduction

This section provides ideas for crafting large assignments requiring frequent check ins throughout the semester. Students are better able to stay on track with large assignments when they have "bite-sized" milestones throughout the semester.

Feel free to use and customize these ideas for your own courses:

Assignment Overview Page

  • Provide an overview of a large assignment with descriptions and links to each milestone assignment throughout the semester. This serves as a reference page for students who need a reminder of the assignment requirements.

Milestone Assignments or Check-in Quizzes

  • Divide up a large, high stakes assignments into smaller chunks to help students pace their activity load and engage regularly with key course material.
  • Add a link to the Assignment Overview page to every milestone assignment or check-in so students can easily access the information if needed.
  • Create milestone assignments as small portions of the final assignment OR as a self-accountability check-in quiz. You can see examples of both formats in this section.