Assessment+in+the+e-Leanring+Environment


 * Assessment in the E-Learning Environment **

Below is a list of sample e-learning applications that support assessment. Conduct research on your own and find at least one other example of an online assessment tool. Post a link to the assessment tool(s), along with a brief description, by the middle of Session 7 (Sunday 4/11). Please also include your last name with your post.

· Hot Potatoes is freeware that allows you to create interactive multiple-choice, short answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering, and gap-fill exercises on the web. It was created by the University of Victoria Language Center. - [] · Audacity - [] - is a free audio editor and recorder. It can be used as an assessment tool for online learning. Participants can record a podcast using the free, downloadable software and then submit the podcast to a discussion forum for evaluation. · An online quiz tool for creating surveys and quizzes. [] · Roobrix is a tool that helps educators avoid grading errors when scoring rubrics. [|www.roobrix.com] · [] is a suite of web services for online writing assessments - Quandary is a branching application for creating web-based critical thinking assessments. Quandary allows you to create an interactive scenario; the user is presented with a situation, and a number of choices as to a course of action to deal with it. On choosing one of the options, the resulting situation is then presented, the scenario branch taken works the user through subsequent branching options.[Lorna Gagneux]


 * Online Map Maker is a great assessment tool for physical geography classes. It really puts the ball in the students court to demonstrate their knowledge. Students create maps from known coordinates. It's more than just assessment of declarative knowledge but procedural knowledge too. [] (Matt Anderson)
 * [] Markin is a program that allows students to sumbit work digitally (instead of handing in papers). The teacher can then make comments on students work on the computer and upload it as an html document (like how donna gives us feedback). This is a great way to avoid paperwork, be able to clearly read script/comments from teachers. This negates the idea of losing papers! This program, however is only compatable with windows. [Ashley Burns]
 * [|http://www.ediscio.com/]Ediscio is a program that allows teachers or students to put together index cards that can test the students from a computer or mobile device, and than teachers are able to track the statistics of how the students are doing. This is a free web tool and teachers are allowed to make index cards private or public. They can put privacy settings on their students since they students join with the class group and not just on their own. This is a great way for teachers to help with study tools and track how their students are understanding the lessons. If there is a certain topic the students are not comprehending, the statistics chart will show that and the teacher can go back and review. It is also fun and mobile for the students. (Shannon Vesik)
 * [] QuizStar is a free online application where teachers can create quizzes for their students to take online. Then, the quizzes can be automatically graded and produce the results online. Educators can also attach multimedia files for students to access during the tests. The tests cn also be set in multiple languages. Quizzes can be shared with different instructors online. Appropriate edits to quizzes can also be made. (Meghan Zador)
 * http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/assess.html Rubric guides are an essential part of assessment. They enable the teacher to establish a framework for students to work with. This site has a huge number of rubrics filtered by subject and type. I find it very helpful to see how teachers and professionals create rubrics based on national or state standards. (Desautels)
 * To piggyback of of what Mike said, my principal requires that all posted assignments have a a rubric. I always provide children with a rubric and checklist before they complete it so that there are clear expectations. [|Rubistar] has many rubric templates for you to tailor to meet your needs.[| Easy Test Maker] This website allows you to make free online assessments. (Taeneress Griffin)
 * [|Quia Web] is an online assessment tool that allows teacher to create up to 16 different types of activities. You can create quizes and the computer does the grading for you and it also compiles reports. This way teachers have all the data in one place and can get an overall look at students performance. (Shannon Mulira)
 * [|**Google docs**] **-** use Google forms to create a quiz. It provides results in a spreadsheet and can be taken anywhere. (Dan Schrot )
 *  [|**Yacapaca**] Yacapaca allows a teacher to create on-line quizzes and assignments. A teacher would be able to build quizzes, ePortfolios, short-text tests, websites, multi-choice and/or free-text surveys. (JI)