The Advantages
Improve Consistency
Consistently provide points and feedback based on specific variations in students’ work
Enhance Feedback
Combine the efficiency of rubrics and comment banks, with the power of custom feedback
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teachers
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recurring use
About HAPP
Effective feedback is essential to student learning, but providing comprehensive feedback while grading student work can be time-consuming and inefficient. The Harmonized Appraisal (HAPP) assessment methodology integrates the grading and feedback processes into one, simplifying the assessment process for teachers and enhancing the learning experience for students.
Our mission is to serve educators and students in higher education with assessment methodology that is efficient, effective, and has a high impact on student learning, while heeding the key constraints provided by resources, deadlines, and other responsibilities.
How does HAPP work?
Set Up the Rubric
Create the student rubric and instructor rubric. The student rubric will be the general outline of the grading criteria. The instructor rubric will be used for grading and includes the checkmarks for the components of each criterion.
Grade the Student
Grade the student using the previously created rubric and its checkmark levels. Based on the checkmarks that are selected, feedback texts are automatically generated. The texts and awarded points can be customized on a per-checkmark level.
Customize the Feedback
After the grading is completed, the full feedback text can be reviewed. If needed, changes can be applied to further tailor the text to the student.
Publish Feedback for Student
When the feedback and grades are published for the students, they can review the points that were awarded to them on a per-criteria level. They will also obtain the customized feedback text as well as the itemized grading rubric.
What Users Say
“This was the best feedback we have gotten for any group assignment so far when it comes to insights that can be taken for future assignments.”
Student at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
“HAPP revolutionizes the evaluation experience for students.”
Teacher at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Request Access for Courses at RSM
Are you interested in using HAPP for your course?
The HAPP web application plugs into your course’s Canvas environment and is easy to set up.
It is now available for use at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.
Use the button below to get in touch with us to discuss how you can use HAPP for your course.
Not at RSM? Get in touch!
While the HAPP web application is currently only available at Rotterdam School of Management,
Erasmus University, we are working on expanding support for all courses at Erasmus University.
You may still be able to use HAPP for courses outside Erasmus University as well, by using our Google Apps Script implementation of HAPP.
Do you want to explore if you can use HAPP for your course at an institution outside of Erasmus University?