Online Assessment Strategies by Ashley Craig

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acraig2_9 — 2024-04-26 00:06:00 UTC

This digital portfolio system enables both educators and students to curate their knowledge evidence, as well as share it.

CrosswordLabs

acraig2_9 — 2024-04-26 00:10:59 UTC

At a glance, some might judge the simple look and feel of this site, but it is super useful for creating custom crossword puzzles that are self-checked and unlimited uses.

Example

acraig2_9 — 2024-04-26 00:12:12 UTC

Pictured is a CrosswordLabs activity embedded on a Canvas page.

Writable

acraig2_9 — 2024-04-26 00:17:39 UTC

This resource, which integrates with some online textbooks like HMH's Ed: Your Friend in Learning, enables teachers to leverage seamless writing instruction sessions in which students can complete graphic organizers, then use them to write, and perform peer reviews. Educators are able to leverage AI-supported grading features to provide students with specific and actionable feedback.

Canvas

acraig2_9 — 2024-04-26 00:23:29 UTC

Cliché as it may be, the Canvas LMS remains a stronghold for educational technology in effective pedagogy. There are multiple options for students to provide audio or video responses for teacher review on assignments or post responses on discussion boards to interact with their peers.

Formative

acraig2_9 — 2024-04-26 00:33:21 UTC

This is an extremely easy-to-use resource for creating assessments with multiple choice, multiselect, graphing, embedded text interactions, and more. Teachers are able to view student progress in real time and provide two-way conversation feedback.

acraig2_9 — 2024-04-26 00:34:50 UTC

Obviously I couldn't use Mentimeter as it is in your example, but I wanted to note that Menti is my go-to for informal polling.

Poll for All

acraig2_9 — 2024-04-26 00:38:33 UTC

This resource actually offers quite a bit in the free version for educators, including unlimited single-question polling (seems like the most logical use of the strategy to begin with), visibility controls, and analytics. I plan to try this one out!

Video

acraig2_9 — 2024-04-26 00:51:33 UTC

I got ideas and guidance from this video by Ditch That Textbook.

StoryboardThat

acraig2_9 — 2024-04-26 00:56:51 UTC

Students can create detailed visualizations of their learning, with flexibility for personalization and creative expression without a necessity for analog artistic abilities. StoryboardThat can be used for students to demonstrate understanding literary elements, illustrate historical events, and convey sequenced events.

G-Suite

acraig2_9 — 2024-04-26 01:04:42 UTC

The greatest long-term benefit we can embed in our students is effective use of common office applications such as Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Sites, and others. Not only can teachers review work and provide feedback in real time, but students can collaborate on group projects with real-time interactions. Using G-Suite or similar suites such as Office365, we prepare students to engage as collaborative professional when they move beyond school. And with version tracking, educators are better able to hold students accountable for contributions to the group effort.

Checking for understanding before, during, and after instruction

acraig2_9 — 2024-04-26 15:43:35 UTC

A way of quantifying student performance to assess transfer

acraig2_9 — 2024-04-26 15:44:28 UTC

Student expression enables them to convey their mental models in their own words

acraig2_9 — 2024-04-26 15:45:08 UTC

Technology enables teachers to evaluate oral presentations in low-pressure environments

acraig2_9 — 2024-04-26 15:45:46 UTC

Students show understanding through task completion or application of a skill

acraig2_9 — 2024-04-26 15:49:04 UTC

Technology enables digitization of card sorts, manipulatives, graphic organizers, and more

acraig2_9 — 2024-04-26 15:49:59 UTC

Collaboration is a critical part of education, and EdTech makes this possible across time and geography

acraig2_9 — 2024-04-26 15:50:42 UTC

Student portfolios display growth over time and can transfer to future opportunities

acraig2_9 — 2024-04-26 15:51:21 UTC