Case Study: Making Learning Skills-First

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The Challenge

In many courses, time is tight, so skills like reading critically or making graphs get squeezed out by content requirements. Students memorize a chart, yet still stumble when asked to interpret or build one. Faculty wanted a way to have learners practice skills without adding extra to the curriculum.

Project: Essential Skill Assignments for Any Course

Year: 2020

Audience: Faculty across disciplines; undergraduate courses

Role: Interim Product Design lead (8 months)

Tools: Canvas, Blackboard

Team: ETX Learning Design team (concept, testing); Unicon (software development)

The Solution

The ETX Design team created four reusable LTI assignment tools using practical essential skills. Each tool is content-agnostic, so instructors add a theme and prompt, and students practice the skill and the subject at the same time.

Outcome

Four LTI tools were created:

  • Plan It builds visualization, organization, and responsibility

  • Tour It builds creativity, innovation, and technical proficiency

  • Review It builds reading comprehension, critique, and communication

  • Chart It builds reasoning, numeracy, and communication

Next Steps

  • Tour It is now in its fourth version, and the next step for it will be to add a collaboration mode

Watch It!

See an overview of setting up an assignment in Chart It.

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