Instructional & Professional Materials 

Collaborative Authentic Assessment and Evaluation Rubric for Course Design

This project showcases my ability to design a comprehensive assessment strategy for a course, with a focus on authentic, collaborative evaluations. I developed an authentic performance assessment that engages students in meaningful, real-world tasks, and an accompanying evaluation rubric to measure student performance accurately and fairly.

Project Components:

• Collaborative Authentic Assessment: The assessment was designed to mirror real-world applications of course content, encouraging students to work together in a meaningful and practical way. It allows students to demonstrate their understanding through performance-based activities.

• Evaluation Rubric: Created using RubiStar, the rubric consists of six categories and four levels of mastery. The rubric provides clear and measurable criteria aligned with course objectives, ensuring that student learning is evaluated comprehensively.

Tools & Methodology:

• RubiStar was used to develop the rubric, ensuring an evidence-based approach to evaluating learning.

• The assessment and rubric are designed to provide a performance-based evaluation that fosters critical thinking and collaboration.

Tech Support Handout: Digital Badging & Micro-Credentials

This tech support handout provides a detailed overview of digital badging and micro-credentialing, explaining how educators and organizations can use these tools to recognize and verify specific skills or achievements. The handout guides users through the process of creating and managing digital badges, as well as establishing criteria for earning them.

Key Features:

• Introduction to Digital Badging: An explanation of digital badging and micro-credentials, including their purpose and how they are used to recognize achievement.

• Benefits of Digital Badging: Suggested reasons for integrating digital badging tools, such as enhancing learner motivation and providing verifiable evidence of skill mastery.

• Step-by-Step Guide: A clear, easy-to-follow process for creating digital badges using a selected badging tool, broken down into 5-10 steps.

• Best Practices: Final recommendations for successfully implementing a digital badging system, along with suggestions for maximizing its impact on learners.

• References: A list of resources and citations used in the development of the handout.

This project showcases my ability to create user-friendly, instructional materials that simplify complex technologies for educators and instructional designers, while offering practical steps for implementation.