Engaging Students Through Assessment (A session designed as a collaboration between Teaching and Learning with Technology and eLDIG): How can you engage your students through online assessments (both formative and summative)? This August 19, 2020 session covered the changes can you make to your assessments to take advantage of the affordances of the online environment. Topics include setting expectations for online assessments, managing student stress levels, determining the most effective delivery method in your teaching context, adapting both formative and summative assessments from in-person to online formats, and alternatives to online exams.
Session Resources
- Zoom Learning Path for Hosts: Module 3
- Poll Everywhere
- G Suite for Education (Google Docs, Slides, Jamboard, Forms)
- Kaltura Learning Path: Module 4 (Info on Video Quizzes)
- Online Tools for visual organizers:
- PSU Resource on Case Studies
- Flexible Teaching and Assessment Strategies
- Adapting Assessments (Keep Teaching)
- Creating question groups in Canvas
- Creating question banks in Canvas
- Open Stax
- Making Multiple Choice Tests More Effective – Linda Suskie – Recording in Kaltura
- Replacing High Stakes Exams with Multiple-Attempt Low-Stakes Quizzes
- Give students extra time on a Canvas quiz
- Give students extra attempts on a Canvas quiz
- Canvas Learning Path – Rubrics: Page 5b
- Basics of Rubrics (helpful reading from Schreyer)
- How to develop an Effective Rubric (helpful resource from Schreyer)
- Engaging Student Series Pressbook