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Tools for Assessment

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University of Southern MaineWorkshop

Workshop May, 2009 George Steele gsteele@oln.org

Examples of Survey Vendors• Zoomerang: http://www.zoomerang.com

• Survey Monkey: http://www.surveymonkey.com

• Key Survey: http://www.keysurvey.com/

• Survey Gizmo: http://www.surveygizmo.com/

• Constant Contact: http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp

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What to consider• Survey creation: can create survey online

using a variety of question formats• Deployment options: online, email or

paper • Design control: Use of several templates

for controlling how your survey appears• Tracking: able to track individual

responses• Reporting: charts, graphics, filters & etc.

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Issues for Surveys• “free or fee”

• Host or rely on the outsourcing in the “IT clouds”

• Who has the technical expertise to write questions and interpret statistical results?

• What are you going to do with the survey results?

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Examples of Rubric Vendors

Most survey products have “rubric” type of question, you can use if you are seeking this format and results. However, more robust tools exist:

• Rubstar: http://rubistar.com/

• Rcampus: http://www.rcampus.com/

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LMS or CMS• Learning Management Systems or Course

Management Systems• Most have built in assessment tools:

– Quizzes; assignment drops; etc.– Usage stats

• Examples:– Haiku - http://www.haikuls.com/ – ATutor - http://www.atutor.ca/ – Claroline - http://www.claroline.net/– WiZiQ - http://www.wiziq.com/

• Why use Web 2.0 tools?

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Resources• Found at:

– http://nacadatechseminar.wetpaint.com/page/Day-to-day+tools

– http://nacadatechseminar.wetpaint.com/page/Teaching