Provide the detailed criteria that faculty use to evaluate students’ Case, SLP, and Discussion assignments.
Case Assignment
The Case Assignment is typically a written assignment worth 50 points. Almost half of your course grade will come from these assignments.
The purpose of this page is to introduce you to how Assignment Expectations work. Please review these important expectations.
Communicating Assignment Expectations
Trident University uses a number of tools to assess student performance in meeting assignment expectations, including Course Requirements, Learning Outcomes, Assignment Expectations, and Grading Rubrics. Trident has integrated these performance expectations into each course in My TLC Courses:
1. Course Requirements (located in the course Syllabus): Show the grading points associated with each assignment and module, and describe the nature of the Case, SLP, and Discussion assignments.
2. Learning Outcomes (located in the Syllabus, and the Home and Learning Outcomes pages in each module):
a. Express what students should be able to demonstrate through their work in the module, course, and ultimately, the program.
b. Are explicitly related to the Case, SLP, and Discussion assignments for each individual module.
3. Assignment Expectations (located on the Case and SLP assignment pages in each module):
a. Provide detailed instructions for completing each Case and SLP assignment.
b. Are designed to support students in achieving the learning outcome(s) associated with that assignment. They are related to, but not synonymous with, the learning outcomes.
c. Vary by program, as well as within the program by type and level of course. See the SLP in this module for an example.
4. Grading Rubrics:
a. Provide the detailed criteria that faculty use to evaluate students’ Case, SLP, and Discussion assignments.
b. Support consistency, quality, and relevance of evaluation by the same faculty member across multiple students and across multiple faculty members across multiple students on the same assignments.
c. Are normally tailored to each type of assignment. Each assignment—Case, SLP, and Discussion—usually has its own rubric.
