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Principle #6: Communicate High Expectations

Expect more and you will get more. High expectations are important for everyone-for the poorly prepared, for those unwilling to exert themselves, and for the bright and well motivated. Expecting students to perform well becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy when teachers and institutions hold high expectations of themselves and make extra efforts.

	Pedagogy	Implementation
1	Share your rubrics with students, so they know how they are being scored.*	Canvas Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes support rubrics. In addition to clear communication with students, these can streamline grading.
2	Let students see their learning progress*, and monitor individual student performance.	Use Course Analytics to monitor student performance and message students. Review this periodically, message as appropriate, and talk face-to-face with every student who is falling behind or not completing assignments.
3	Include due dates, any rubrics, and details of grading for all assignments, no matter how small.	Due dates are critical, as they will appear to students on Modules and Assignmnets pages, as well as their Canvas Calendar. Rubrics will appear on the submission pages. Other details should be put in the Description field of graded activities.
4	Suggest that students take a self-evaluation of readiness.	The evaluation by CSU Stanislaus is very useful.
5	The requirements for learner interaction should be clearly stated.* For discussion forums, consider a minimum word count, that students need to articulate something complex, in Bloom’s Taxonomy levels 3-5. Also consider a maximum word count (e.g., more than 500 words you’re probably rambling). Also, articulate how to be successful in meeting your high expectations.	Canvas's Rich Content Editor displays the current word count, as does SpeedGrader. The RCE is used in most places where users enter text into Canvas, including Assignments, Discussions, Quizzes, and the descriptions thereof. Here are additional tips for discussion forums from Educause.