Belonging by Design: Change one thing to tweak assessments to foster a sense of belonging

Change One Thing Workshop, June 2025

  • Tuesday, June 17, 2025 (11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.)
  • In-person: Haley building, Room 254 (Agriculture Campus, Truro), or, Online via MS Teams

Grading should do more than provide a grade for a course; it should help them feel they belong and that the course is designed to help them learn and thrive. In this Change One Thing workshop, the community of practice explored hands-on design to explore retooling assessments (grading, feedback, or evaluation method) to foster a sense of belonging. Attendees shared approaches that has already fostered belonging in their teaching or learning journey, and collaboratively identified assessment practices that could help foster a sense of inclusion and belonging in courses.

Session recording

  • Will be made available after the session.