LLCC faculty and staff are invited to attend “Upgrading, or Why It’s Time to Rethink How We Assess” taking place today, Feb. 3, noon to 1 p.m. via Zoom (https://go.uis.edu/CFEZoom). Stephanie Kratz, coordinator of faculty academies at Heartland Community College will be presenting. The workshop is sponsored by the Central and Southern Illinois Faculty Development Network.

The presentation will:

• Consider limitations of traditional grading methods.
• Explore how alternative grading methods — including but not limited to ungrading — help address these limitations.
• Share ideas about the future of grading.

Participants will be invited to share what grades mean to them and to consider the opportunities and challenges presented by alternative forms of assessment.