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Teaching and assessment guides

Prompts, rubrics, and teaching ideas for asynchronous discussions, peer feedback, and oral assessments.

Higher-ed instructors9 min

AI-Resistant Assignments: A D-to-SS Tier List

A practical tier list of assignments, discussion formats, and tools that help instructors see student thinking—with examples and the honest catches.

Assessment designGenerative AIDiscussionOral assessment
Higher-ed instructors8 min

Design the Second Turn: Asynchronous Peer Feedback Students Can Use

Students explain a choice, get feedback from a classmate, then return to say what they will change. Here are the prompts and rubric.

Peer feedbackAsynchronous discussionCourse design
Higher-ed instructors6 min

The Best Response to AI Is a More Human Course, Not Detection

Five ways to make student reasoning visible and give classmates and instructors something worth discussing.

Generative AICourse designSocial presenceAssessment design
Higher-ed educators14 min

Asynchronous Oral Assessments in the Age of AI

Prompts, grading advice, and ways to manage the workload when students record short explanations of their work.

Oral assessmentGenerative AIAssessment design
Higher-ed instructors8 min

Add a 90-Second Oral Defense to Written Work

A prompt and rubric you can use to hear the reasoning behind a student's written work, with advice on setup and review time.

Oral defenseWritten assignmentsAssessment design
Online instructors7 min

8 Small Ways to Make an Asynchronous Course Feel More Human

Small changes to welcomes, projects, office hours, and feedback that help students get to know you and each other.

Asynchronous coursesSocial presenceCourse design