https://padlet.com/bergesona/ee09zssl1ef9 After reviewing the materials from class this week, please share two assessment strategies (formative, summative, and authentic) that you use in your course. Make sure to start your post with your name and then explain what type of assessment it is, how you use it, and any helpful hints your have learned about grading or providing feedback about the assessment. If you see that one of your favorites is already listed try thinking of another one that you use as the goal of this padlet is provide everyone with as many new ideas as possible! To post to this board, select the magenta "plus button" in the bottom right corner to contribute. Happy sharing! en-us 2018-02-16 18:23:16 UTC 2022-03-02 16:14:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Dartstarget.png https://padlet.com/bergesona/ee09zssl1ef9/wish/2055521660 In my ethics courses, I use discussion posts as my primary Authentic Learning Tool at the end of each module. They are generally low-stakes and give some kind of real-life or pop-culture example to reinforce or extend the ideas encountered in the dry academic readings at the beginning of modules.  I like doing this because students who might have struggled can see what their comrades say before jumping in on their own, if they choose.

I also use summative short papers to tie together separate modules.  I give writing prompts which requires students to combine elements from multiple previous modules in order to see the relative value of different approaches to ethical questions.  ]]> 2022-02-18 16:10:54 UTC https://padlet.com/bergesona/ee09zssl1ef9/wish/2055521660 https://padlet.com/bergesona/ee09zssl1ef9/wish/2071985535 I use authentic assessments throughout my course in the form of website projects. Almost every week, students take what they learned previously with some new knowledge and create a new website that they submit through Canvas. I have started using screenshots of the student's code and use a PDF editor to write notes on the code. Not sure that would help anyone here but it's definitely been more helpful for my students than my long-hand notes.

As a formative assessment, most modules in my course include a discussion meant for self-reflection on what the students have learned each week. I think the students see them as busy work though and aren't getting much out of them, so I'd like to work on them (or replace them with something more beneficial). For example, this past week, the discussion prompt was, "Post one question you had while reading the textbook or working on an assignment for this course so far." Students are supposed to answer each others questions but often posts are left completely unanswered, leaving me to fill in all of the blanks. I think changing this prompt to "Post one question you had and find one or two resources online that seem to answer it. If you can't find any answers, post your best possible guess to the answer." I think that would get the students thinking a bit more and help them with their ability to research/troubleshoot more.]]> 2022-03-01 17:49:35 UTC https://padlet.com/bergesona/ee09zssl1ef9/wish/2071985535 https://padlet.com/bergesona/ee09zssl1ef9/wish/2073895986 I teach Anatomy & Physiology and Microbiology, and the primary means of assessment I use in these courses is summative assessment. I spend more time in class teaching some topics than others, the "important stuff," and I try to reflect that in my assessments, having a larger portion of the questions focus on that content. I frequently tell my students to notice what we spend a lot of time on, since that will be reflected on the exam. I try to include a lot of short answer (1-3 sentences) and longer answer (Steps of a process and description of each step), for a more authentic assessment than just multiple choice. 
   In Microbiology, generally, I am able to use more formative assessment in the lab. Students have to follow procedures they have learned in the past few days/weeks and complete them correctly to have end products that exhibit the proper results. I love this form of assessment as it seems to engage the students more. 
   I am a newer professor, so I am in the building my content phase still, but I would ideally like to transition much of my Anatomy & Physiology assessment to formative as well. Most of my students are going into the nursing program, so having content based around illnesses that are related to the chapters we are working on, is what I am working toward. Writing compositions discussing pathologies, and maybe integrating a few scientific papers, would really help with getting them a good start into science literacy, which I notice a lot of students are severely or entirely lacking in. 
   This module so far has gotten me very excited to try new forms of assessment in my courses. It is a daunting task to design a new course, and I want to implement these things correctly, so I am trying to work in a bit new at a time.]]> 2022-03-02 16:13:27 UTC https://padlet.com/bergesona/ee09zssl1ef9/wish/2073895986