Back to resources Article Contents Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Joseph Dowd May 13, 2019 Author: Read time: 1 min Share This Article Copy Link Share on Linkedin Share on X Share via Email An Easy Way to Grade Discussions with Packback Dr. Joseph Dowd shares how easy it is for him to grade students’ discussion on Packback by using a mix of participation and the Curiosity Score! INSTITUTION University of California San Bernardino DEPARTMENT Philosophy COURSE Introduction into Eastern Philosophy SIZE 35-56 Students ” Packback is one of the most useful online tools that I’ve found for teaching. Logistically [grading] has been incredibly easy because all I need to do is go to my Packback account and look at the participation report and see how many posts were made on a given week and what their average curiosity score is for that week.” Community Stats QUESTIONS 148 AVG CURIOSITY SCORE 76 RESPONSES 283 POST WITH SOURCE 61% More Faculty Spotlights