Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-2026
Abstract
Seeking student feedback in a tangible manner during the semester has inherent value. Ongoing student feedback can help a professor gauge what is (and what is not) working in the classroom. The professor can take the temperature of the class and get a decent read on how things are going.
This article discusses how student feedback in my Fall 2024 class birthed a practice of delivering a daily question (sometimes with subparts) to students about creating or editing Bluebook citations. I call it “Bluebook Bites.” In Part I of this article, I explain how I gather student feedback and how it often leads to “one thing” that I change in the semester. In Part II, I describe the daily Bluebook Bite exercise. And in Part III, I describe how the exercise has evolved over time and lessons learned.
Recommended Citation
Heather Kolinsky, Bluebook Bites: Practicing Citation One Day at a Time, 39 Second Draft, no. 1 (2026). https://www.lwionline.org/article/bluebook-bites-practicing-citation-one-day-time