Data xUTK 2026 — Beyond the Grade

Beyond the Grade: Using AI-Assisted Speech Evaluation to Build Meaningful Data for Instruction and Program Assessment


Event	Data xUTK Conference · Discovery
Date	August 3, 2026
Presenter	Anna Lyn McClure, PhD · Technical Documentation Specialist, Office of Communications and Marketing, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Recording	Watch on YouTube

Speech instructors already produce rich judgment when they evaluate performances. Little of that judgment becomes structured, comparable campus data. This talk frames the listening-time constraint, what an instructor-finalized evaluation can retain as a data record, and how instructors and administrators can use category-level evidence—drawing on SpeechGradebook (an independent ValidBound product) and lessons from a Summer 2026 campus pilot.

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Campus-first framing: timing and capacity constraints, instructor-finalized evaluations as data records, and Summer 2026 pilot lessons on Canvas adoption.