Get Started with Open Educational Resources (OER)

Get Started with Open Educational Resources (OER)

It’s no secret that college is expensive. Tuition, room and board, fees: these costs add up. So, too, do the costs of textbooks.  For example, one popular chemistry textbook sells between $185 and $350 brand new. All told, the average cost of books and supplies for...
Assess Programming Assignments with Gradescope

Assess Programming Assignments with Gradescope

Gradescope is a powerful online feedback and assessment tool that is integrated in UChicago Canvas and supports many types of assignments, from paper-based to digital. In this post, we’ll be taking a closer look at Programming Assignments. If you’re new to Gradescope,...
Make the Most of Ed Discussion

Make the Most of Ed Discussion

If you’re looking for ways to boost active learning and meaningful discussion in your course, Ed Discussion is a powerful tool worth exploring. During a workshop hosted by ATS last quarter,  Borja Sotomayor, Senior Instructional Professor in the Department of...
Digitize Paper-Based Assignments with Gradescope

Digitize Paper-Based Assignments with Gradescope

“Grading is my favorite part of being a professor,” said no professor ever. While the principles and practices of “un-grading” have received attention recently, most teachers–and institutions for that matter–require grades as a means of evaluating student learning and...