Practices for Grading and Providing Feedback
CATE TA Workshops
September 5, 2025
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Overview
This workshop is designed to help TAs grade confidently and be able to give meaningful feedback. We will cover key strategies for fair and efficient grading, including working with rubrics, providing feedback comments, and managing large volumes of assignments. You will leave with the tools you need to develop a grading plan for assignments and feedback templates.
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Distinguish between different types of feedback.
- Write high quality assignment feedback.
- Apply strategies to manage grading and feedback efficiently.
WORKSHOP FORMAT: This workshop will be held on-campus, in-person in room 201 in the Teaching Excellence Building (TEB) located on 924 S. Morgan Street.
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR: Mikayla Strasser, mstras4@uic.edu
WORKSHOP CONTACT: Emily Potratz, epotra2@uic.edu
Inclusivity & Accessibility Information: CATE is committed to making events as accessible as possible. CATE’s in-person events typically involve a combination of presentation and discussion-based activities. We welcome ASL interpreters, note-takers, and accompanying assistants to all CATE events. The TEB is wheelchair accessible with an elevator to the second floor space. The TEB space is equipped with fixed-height tables that are moveable and can be reconfigured. There are single-occupancy, all-gender, accessible bathrooms on the second and basement levels of TEB. If you have any accessibility questions, requests, or to coordinate accommodations, please contact the CATE team at teaching@uic.edu.
Date posted
Aug 9, 2025
Date updated
Sep 2, 2025