Classroom Assessment Examples – Online Tools
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The Assessment Process
All of the following examples reflect this assessment process. It is important to be aware of where we are in the process, what we need to do to prepare for the next step, and how those decisions and results can be used to improve our future use of classroom assessment. |
| Gather information | Use Blackboard surveys to collect quick responses to a few questions about course readings. Or if you want to look at your class as a whole, use the discussion forum to ask similar questions, and set it to allow anonymous postings. |
| Analyze the information | Blackboard gradebook shows a checkmark when students complete the survey; Blackboard shows statistics for each individual question, i.e., how many students answered correctly. In an anonymous, feedback forum, you can review responses to guage responses. |
| Act on the analysis | Find or create any additional resources or links that address concerns or issues. Post this in an announcement or send an email through Blackboard. Give feedback to the whole class feedback about their performance on the assessment (e.g., "most of you appear to need more work on this topic" or "you did well on the Blackboard survey so it seems like we're ready to move on to the next topic." |
| Sample 1 | Conduct a weekly assessment: Using the survey tool, ask students, “what is the foggiest point this week.” Send an email and post an announcement thanking students for their input and explaining the point(s) in more detail or saying that you will address their questions at the next class period. |
| Sample 2 | At the end of the quarter, ask students to submit suggestions for the next time the course is taught by posting anonymously to the feedback forum. You can ask clarifying questions, and other students can expand on earlier postings. Use the forum and/or the email and announcement functions to thank students and summarize the key suggestions. |
| Gather information | Quickdata is a DePaul-created survey tool that, unlike Bb surveys, allows you to view responses by respondant. A variety of question types are available including Lickert and open-ended. |
| Analyze the information | Download data into Excel for more flexibility in analysis. |
| Act on the analysis | Report to students - It is possible to create a Quickdata “report” that is available on the web to all; and you can add a password to limit access. |
| Sample 1 |
Pre-midterm summary of learning – provide a short case study (similar to what will be on the mid-term exam) on quickdata and have students answer a series of questions to assess their understanding of concepts so far, including a short essay question.
Analyze the responses and give students a summary of the results providing suggestions on readings or weak issues in order that they might improve their results on the mid-term |
| Sample 2 |
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