Use the Quality Matters rubric and Standards 3, 4, and 5 to help guide your course development
Discuss appropriate assessment strategies in your course course and discipline
Use a variety of formative and summative assessment methods to maximize your picture of how students are doing
FORMATIVE
Helps you get a handle on how the course and/or students are doing at any given point
Gives you a chance to correct something if it’s not going as planned
SUMMATIVE
Usually done at the end of a unit or course
Provides a final look at how things went
Determines whether students “pass” or have attained the necessary skills to move on
Make sure that the information that you’re testing students on it directly related to what students are supposed to know and be able to do
Nice-to-know information is great, but shouldn’t be included if it’s not directly tied to an objective
Make sure your assessment matches the level of the objective and is not above or below the students’ skill level
Unfortunately, human nature is such that we will typically only do what we have to
Only students that are intrinsically motivated will tend to go beyond
Experience and research shows that most students tend toward extrinsic motivation and perform best when: A grade is involved
Completion of a major course requirement is contingent on participation
When students have a chance to reflect on themselves as learners, they may be more inclined to grow and achieve more
Try one of these surveys in class or as an assignment/discussion and see the reaction
Felder’s Index of Learning Styles: http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html
Biggs’ Study Process Questionnaire: http://www.johnbiggs.com.au/academic/students-approaches-to-learning/
• Evaluationmake judgments based on criteria
• Synthesiscompile information in a new way
• Analysisbreak down information into parts
• Applicationuse information in a new situation
• Comprehensioninterpret information
• Knowledgerecall information
Lower Order Thinking Skills
Higher Order Thinking Skills
Type of Objective How to Measure
Discuss/Recall/Identify Discussion board, summary paper, objective test
Apply/Use Essay or fill-in test, labs, report paper
Analyze Problem-solving, analysis paper, case studies, presentations
Create/Design Research paper, creative essays, art, prototypes, plans, student-created tests, presentations
Evaluate/Judge Journals, case studies, debates, peer review, critiques
Quizzes and tests Discussion forums Rubrics for the creation of:
Writing assignments
Multimedia (text + images, video, etc)
Presentation tools
Digital video and audio
E-books, wikis, blogs
Can be mobile-capable or browser-only Can be supported through Respondus
LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor You can create tests from scratch or import from
Respondus Test Generator (or other tools) Test exceptions settings allow different options
for different students (like extra time) See https://www.pnc.edu/distance/learn-
tutorials/ for all videos on tests See http://www.pnc.edu/distance/respondus for
info on downloading Respondus
Edit the Test Options -check your settings
Do NOT turn on Force Completion!
Use Test Availability Exceptions for make-ups and accommodations
Auto-Submit is ok –forces the student to stop when timer ends
Decide on options for how and whether students can receive feedback
Need help with the text for your rubric?
Try rubric-makers that make your job easier!
Rubistar:http://rubistar.4teachers.org
iRubric:http://www.rcampus.com/indexrubric.cfm
You can grade using rubrics right within BlackBoard
Rubrics make your job a little easier when grading more extensive assessments
Video tutorials available: https://www.pnc.edu/distance/learn-tutorials/
Use the left-hand sidebar and choose Needs Grading to view when new work has been turned in
Alternately, in the Full Grade Center, ungraded work submitted will have a “!” icon
Allows you to see all grades at a glance –works like a spreadsheet
You can create columns for various purposes, including calculated columns
Use the Manage button to change column organization
Use the “arrow-menus” to change settings, view and edit grades
BlackBoard discussion, blog, wiki, Kaltura media tools WebEx: http://purdue.webex.com Google Docs: http://drive.google.com Prezi: http://www.prezi.com MS Office Templates: http://office.microsoft.com/en-
us/templates/ Screencast-o-matic: http://www.screencast-o-
matic.com Jing and Camtasia: http://www.techsmith.com Wordpress: http://www.wordpress.com SimpleBooklet: http://simplebooklet.com/index-
edu.php Draw.io: https://www.draw.io
Carnegie-Mellon Assessment resource: http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/assessment/howto/basics/index.html
Writing good learning objectives: http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/id/developObjectives.asp
Kathy Schrock’s guide for educators: http://www.schrockguide.net/assessment-and-rubrics.html
Workshop in scenario-based learning and authentic assessment examples: https://sites.google.com/site/workshopctandsblresourcesite/home
Tests, Surveys, and Pools: http://help.blackboard.com/en-us/Learn/9.1_2014_04/Instructor/110_Tests_Surveys_Pools
Using assignments: http://help.blackboard.com/en-us/Learn/9.1_2014_04/Instructor/100_Assignments
Using rubrics: http://help.blackboard.com/en-us/Learn/9.1_2014_04/Instructor/120_Grade_Center/020_Grading/010_Rubrics
Using the Grade Center: http://help.blackboard.com/en-us/Learn/9.1_2014_04/Instructor/120_Grade_Center
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http://www.pnc.edu/distance for all workshop notes, links, and training needs
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