Assignment Spotlight
The Assignment Spotlight highlights innovative, effective writing assignments from UMN faculty across the disciplines. Check back monthly to discover new assignments to inspire your teaching!
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Effective Data Presentation in Chemistry
Associate Professor Bantz's Figure 4 Report is a streamlined, four-part presentation assignment used in multiple labs throughout the semester for Introductory Analytical Chemistry. Designed to balance the workload for both students and TAs, it focuses on high-impact technical communication without the exhaustive length of a traditional report. -
Designing Innovative Retail Environments in Retail and Consumer Studies
Juanjuan Wu's virtual reality design project provides students with the opportunity to conceptually design a unique, future-oriented community grocery retail space for the year 2030, based on an understanding of local consumer needs and retailing trends. -
Exploring AI Ethics in Computer Science & Engineering
In Phil Barry's ethics and computing course, a scaffolded assignment has students use generative AI to produce and analyze a short persuasive paper on some topic in ethics and computing. -
Multimodal Stories on Climate Change in Earth & Environmental Sciences
In this assignment, Emi Ito challenges students to take a deep-dive into a climate topic and translate their findings into a group video presentation. -
Contextualizing Clinical Experiences in Dental Hygiene
In her Dental Hygiene capstone course, Yvette Reibel provides students with authentic, academic, and professional experiences.