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Assessment in Online Courses

ID Team

  1. Online Pedagogy

    1. Overview
    2. Course Learning Outcomes
    3. Engaging Students
    4. Strategies for Helping Students Learn
    5. Assessment in Online Courses
  2. Design & Teach

    1. Overview
    2. Course Design and Syllabus Development
    3. Uploading Your Syllabus
    4. Title IV Requirements for Online Learning
    5. Accessibility in Online Courses
    6. Confidential Data Policy
    7. Copyright Infringement
  3. Canvas and Ed Tech

    1. Overview
    2. Using Canvas
    3. Canvas Tutorials
    4. Importing from Another Canvas Course
    5. Honorlock for Exam Proctoring
    6. Web Conferencing Tools
    7. Streaming Video
    8. Tech Tools & Spaces
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    10. Perusall
    11. Portfolium Folio in Canvas
    12. Cloud Storage with OneDrive
    13. Anti-Plagiarism Tools
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What’s Involved In a Good Course Assessment?

Faculty new to online teaching may feel that assessment in online courses is limited to multiple choice quizzes or traditional research papers. However, through careful design and technology use, there are other assessment options to effectively assess how well students achieve learning outcomes in an online course.

As in the classroom, assessment is easier when it starts with observable, measurable outcomes. Once these outcomes are defined, the instructor can use a variety of formal and informal online assessments to measure student progress in the course.

According to New Horizons for Learning’s Building Tool Room five elements characterize effective online assessment (Gigliotti):

  • Continuous interaction between instructor and students and among students
  • Contribution to the learning process
  • Real-world demonstration, application, or performance
  • Relevant and aligned to the student outcomes and the learning community
  • Clearly communicated goals and requirements for success

“These elements are seen in other frameworks for developing and evaluating online learning assessment.” (Gaytan and McEwan 2007).

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