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Magna Commons videos on-demand are available to all COD Employees. To activate your account, follow the instructions in the Institutional Membership Information (requires COD login)
- Using Authentic Assessment to Assess Student LearningThis Magna Online Seminar will help you develop authentic assignments and assessment mechanisms to help encourage a holistic understanding of student learning.
- Grade Less, Teach Less, Learn MoreThis Magna Online Seminar presents a framework of expert-level teaching practices, all backed by the science of how our brains learn. Adopting three elements of a constructivist teaching approach can help to make learners more active, curious, and engaged, all while reducing your workload as an instructor.
- Grading Startegies to Promote Academic Integrity and RigorIncrease student motivation, produce higher-quality student work, and encourage student responsibility and academic integrity, all while making assessment less stressful for students and simplifying the grading process for themselves.
- Writing Better Multiple-Choice QuestionsExamine common question-writing pitfalls and learn item analysis, so you can examine the performance of your questions and determine how to refine them for next time.
- An Integrated Approach to Student ExamsDiscover simple strategies you can use every day, whether online or in the classroom, to ensure exams are not simply perceived as grade-generating mechanisms but instead recognized as enriched learning tools that will have a significant impact on student success.