Blended Assessment Tools
In this module, you will learn strategies and best practices for designing both face-to-face and online assessments and add your assessment plan to your course blueprint. You will also explore examples of online assessments and learn about leveraging and creating rubrics for assessments.
In-Person and Online Assessment Tools
- Online Assessment Tools
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- NOTE: This reading offers a discussion of the choice to offer in-person or online assessments, as well as best practices and examples of online assessments with pros and cons for their use.
Student Feedback and Developing Rubrics
- The Basics of Rubrics
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- NOTE: Clear assessment guidelines for students are always important, but especially so when some of the assessment is being done online. This outline from Penn State's Schreyer Institute offers descriptions of the various types of rubrics with explanations for when to use them. It also details the benefits for both faculty and students.
- NOTE: Clear assessment guidelines for students are always important, but especially so when some of the assessment is being done online. This outline from Penn State's Schreyer Institute offers descriptions of the various types of rubrics with explanations for when to use them. It also details the benefits for both faculty and students.
- How to Develop a Rubric
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- NOTE: This brief outline offers a simple step-by-step guide for creating effective rubrics.
- How to Give Your Students Better Feedback With Technology
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- NOTE: This guide from The Chronicle of Higher Education offers information on how to use technology to better evaluate and comment on student work.