Improving your course:
Adding grading criteria
lGrading Criteria: Explicit guidelines telling students how their work will be evaluated
lAdding grading criteria to the syllabus helps:
lLinks assessment to learning outcomes
lClarify assignments for you and students
lFocus instruction and class time on what you consider important
My final suggestion for improving your syllabus is to add explicit grading criteria to your syllabus.

Explicit what? Grading criteria. What are grading criteria? They are explicit guidelines telling students how their work will be evaluated.

There are a number of advantages to doing this. First, it’s a way to make sure that your assessment is linked to your learning outcomes. In addition, it helps clarify the assignments for students – they know what you’re looking for and how you’re going to assess that.

In addition, it can help you focus your class time on what you consider important – are you covering the skills and information necessary for your students to achieve their learning goals?