Online Assessment Types
This is an unproctored tests or quizzes that students can complete from any computer, rather than exams done on a computer in a controlled, supervised environment.
What is Online Exam
It is any means of evaluating student achievement, providing feedback, or moving the students forward in their learning process in fully online credit courses
What is a definition of online assessment.
With this type of assessment a common challenge is that students’ will make separate, unrelated posts, rather than have an actual conversation.
What is Discussion Boards
Online assessments can be either formative or summative.
True
An electronic compilations of academic, personal, and professional development.
e-Portfolio
This is a technologically advanced measure being researched to authenticate students' written assignments or exams.
What is keystroke dynamics or biometric data checking.
In engaging in this type of assessment students may not be fair or effective out of competitiveness, solidarity, or implicit biases towards a person.
What is peer feedback.
Summative assessments are designed to monitor students’ progress in a low or no stakes environment.
False
A process in which students provide comments and suggestions about an assignment or project to one another
Online Peer Feedback
This is a common concern among students engaged in online assessment.
What is equality and fairness.
In engaging in this type of assessment students may need technical support, especially when students are using an unfamiliar platform.
What is e-portfolio.
The design and implementation of assessments have more impact on student performance than the method of assessment delivery (online vs face-to-face).
True
This is a forum within a LMS where students can make posts and reply to one another. They can be used for full-class discussions or small-group pieces
Discussion Board
An online assessment task can have this feature embedded so that it becomes available when students submit a wrong answer.
What is built-in hints / feedback.
When grading this type of assessment providing detailed, specific feedback to each student can be time consuming especially if you have a large class.
What is online essays.
Research suggests that frequent, low-stakes quizzes can undermine the integrity of larger assessments.
False
Creation of digital maps that connect various course concepts to one another and to further knowledge.
Concept / Mind Mapping
Without in-person proctoring, instructors feel that they do not have the same ability to monitor students and this compromises an important aspect of assessment.
What is academic integrity.
In designing this assessment it can be difficult to ensure that questions assess deeper levels of thinking or mastery of the concepts
What is un-proctored exam.
Online assessments must be radically different to those used in face-to-face courses.
False