A Checklist Manifesto for Assignments?
Although the latest book by Atul Gawande, The Checklist Manifesto, is still in my audible wish list until my next credit rolls into town, I wanted to share something that I'm trying out this week in class.Using a Google Doc Form to accept student assignments.
I think it will work because:
I already use Google Docs to record grades and although the data is spread across different spreadsheets, there is potential for integration between the various documents. It's less error-prone than my previous method of using the FriendConnect comments box for submission because the comments are displayed in a weird order which is not good for processing submissions.
I think it will work because:
- Students submit links instead of documents, which can be easily entered into a text field.
- A built-in checklist helps make sure students met each requirement before submission
- This is based on the experience of taking off points for missing a smaller requirement, or one that maybe was not communicated optimally.
- I'm going to try and use the skip logic of Google Forms to create one assignment submission form for all assignments instead of creating one per assignment.
So far, so good, but we'll see after this week's assignment is due and I ask the students what they thought.
I recommend giving this a shot! You can check out a copy of the form here and see it in context of the assignment page here.
Already do something like this? Have an improvement suggestion? I would love to hear your thoughts! twitter.com/ethansen
