Faculty Spotlight: Jason Cohen

April 26, 2019 Author: Read time: 1 min

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Grading and Interacting with Large Class Discussions

With 750 students, Jason Cohen found grading and responding to his students’ posts on Packback saved a lot of time compared to a traditional discussion board.

INSTITUTION

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

DEPARTMENT

Kinesiology

COURSE

Introduction to Sports Psychology

SIZE

750 Students

“The reason I was so excited to use Packback was, not only did it save myself and my TAs time, but it also produced an environment where students were able to communicate together in order to provide a deeper understanding of the course content.”