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What does the Tk in “Tk20” stand for?

Explore the significance of Tk20 in literature essay assessment, including rubric use, feedback features, and course binders for streamlined student work collection. Learn tips for improving essay evaluation and leveraging Tk20 effectively.

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What does the Tk in “Tk20” stand for?

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  1. What does the Tk in “Tk20” stand for? • We don’t know and Tk20 hasn’t explained • Some memorable student suggestions include: • Teacher Killer 2.0 • Terrifying Klown • Totally Keasy (the ‘k’ is silent) • Technical Katastrophe • Create your own!

  2. Dr. Frank Mabee Department of English How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Tk20

  3. Title & [k]ontent • Using Rubrics for Literature Essays • Assessment: TK20 vs. Blackboard vs. Paper • Tk20 Course Binders • Some Issues

  4. The Rubri[K]: 2210 • Rubrics and writing classes OK, but literature? • What is an explication essay and what does it do? • Assessable criteria: • close reading • interpretation • thesis • topic sentences • paragraphs • integration of quotes • style and diction • grammar and mechanics

  5. The Rubri[K]: 2210 • Assessing literature essays: rubrics in addition to marginal and terminal comments • Consistency across papers • At-a-glance guide for students to see where they need to improve • Different ways to attach a rubric • Paper • Word document emailed to students • Blackboard • Tk20

  6. Tk20 Screen Capture – Assignment Interface (Essay prompt on left, assessment tool on right)

  7. Tk20 Screen Capture – Assignment Interface (Essay prompt on left, rubric on right)

  8. Whither Tk20? • Paper essays and rubrics are just another sheet of paper for students to lose. They probably can’t read your handwriting. Most can’t read mine. • How to keep a detailed record of it once it’s returned or sent? • Forms and Rubrics are easy to use and once they’re built, they’re built • Students can use “Feedback” feature for sending drafts to you • You can generate reports! That’s right! Reports!

  9. Course Binders in Tk20 • Send your course materials to students • Tabbed Sections • Create links to Documents (syllabus, quizzes, essay prompts) • Students upload their material to the binder • One-stop collection of student work for the semester

  10. Document Room in Tk20

  11. The Key to Nothing: Some Issues with TK20

  12. Total [k]op-Out • No way to edit student artifacts and resubmit them • No feedback on quiz or exam responses • Or… is there? • Ask Stephen Wall-Smith or Ann Hogan about form builder – they can add an upload field to your rubrics • Tk20 can also make the links in your Course Binder, if you don’t want to write HTML code

  13. Title (K)lincher: Till Knockout 2.0 The Devilish Default Vs. Teacher Killer 2.0

  14. The Call of [k]thulu • Tk20 as “External Link” in Blackboard • Possible future uses of Tk20 for the English Department • Tk20 for Senior Portfolio assessment • Tk20 for Writing I and II • Rubrics tied into our new Goals and Objectives • Assignment-driven classes work well with Tk20 • Feedback feature for early drafts • Build a rubric! Make a binder!

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