ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE ONLINE CLASSROOM

1. Assignments allow students to submit work to their teacher for grading. The work may be text typed online or uploaded files of any type the teacher’s device can read. Grading may be by simple percentages or custom scales, or more complex rubrics may be used. Students may submit as individuals or in groups.

Guides to create assignments:

• editing settings
• submit a task - for participants
  
• assessment of the assignment

2. The Quiz is a very powerful activity that can meet many teaching needs, from simple, multiple-choice knowledge tests to complex, self-assessment tasks with detailed feedback.

Guides to create quiz:

• Editing settings
• Options for adding questions
• Adding questions - multiple choice questions
• Adding questions - true/false questions
• Adding questions - short answer type questions
• Adding questions - matching type questions
• Adding questions - essay type questions
• Questions of the drag-and-drop mark type
• Adding questions - numerical type questions
• Adding questions - multiple choice type questions

3. Workshop is a powerful peer assessment activity. Students add submissions which are then distributed amongst their peers for assessment based on a grading scale specified by the teacher.

Guides to create workshop:

• creating a workshop
• editing individual phases of the workshop

4. The Lesson activity allows teachers to create 'branching' exercises where students are presented with content and then, depending on their responses, are directed to specific pages. The content may be text or multimedia.

Guides to create lesson:

• Creating a lesson
• Editing a lesson and adding pages

5. The Choice activity allows you to ask a question and set up radio buttons which learners can click to make a selection from a number of possible responses. They can choose one or more option and they can update their selection if you allow them. Choices can be useful as quick poll to stimulate thinking about a topic; to allow the class to vote on a direction for the course, or to gauge progress.

Guides to create choice:

• creating choice

6. The Survey activity offers a number of verified survey instruments, including COLLES (Constructivist On-Line Learning Environment Survey) and ATTLS (Attitudes to Thinking and Learning Survey), which have been found useful in assessing and stimulating learning in online environments. Teachers can use these to gather data from their students that will help them learn about their class and reflect on their own teaching. Note that the Survey is not customisable; if you want to create your own survey questions, then explore the Feedback activity.

Guides to create survey:

• creating a survey