Reusable assignment

Reusable Assignments (RA) are learning activities that have value beyond a class or course. These assignments have recognisable merit, their immediate relevance is clear to students, as opposed to the single-use assignments, 'Disposable Assignments’, where set work is submitted to only an educator for evaluation purposes and then thrown away, like a recall test.A RA encourages students to create an artefact (such as a Wikipedia article) that goes beyond the classroom itself and corresponds with student’s interests. These RA tasks confirm that assigned work can be completed. Then another student can build upon this task and use it for a future assignment. These "reusable assignments" draw inspiration from the open education resources movement. David Wiley wrote about this format in 2013. A RA assignment should freely and legally be used, adapted, and expanded upon by the student or others outside of the course. The opposite of an RA is a ‘disposable assignment’, these assignments often elicit complaints from students and educators.

Creating such RA assignment

Creating a reusable assignment requires an understanding of Wikipedia's norms (known as policies and guidelines). If you are setting Up a reusable assignment, this should be done with an assignment course page, in order to lessen the burden for Wikipedia Editors.