Traditional ABCD Cards A formative assessment technique that a lot of faculty like to use is the ABCD card. The traditional "ABCD Card" is a sheet of paper marked with each letter in each quadrant with bright colors shading each quadrant. The teacher can pose a...
Using Canvas quizzes, you can create assessments similar to what you may have given in a face-to-face class. However, there are other forms of assessment that focus on students producing knowledge and then sharing that knowledge with their classmates. Explore some...
by Kamarie Chapman, Senior Instructor, Theatre and Dance, WWU Overview The idea of alternate grading (ungrading) was presented to me during the spring quarter of 2021. All the courses were offered online and students could opt to take a class as Pass/No Pass up...
Explore Best Practices for Creating Online Quizzes and Exams for ideas for designing online quizzes and exams using the tools available at Western. This guide includes the following topics: How to Design a Quiz or Survey Accessibility & Moderating Quizzes...
Contributed to the TLCo-op by Alina Holmes, Graduate Research Assistant of the Center for Instructional Innovation and Assessment, 2020. If you are looking for a safe, inclusive, and free virtual space to create classroom groups and discussions, Flip is the tool for...
This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of how to use SimCheck, an online plagiarism detection and educational option that is integrated with Canvas assignments. For assistance with Canvas, see: Canvas Help at WWU. See also: How...
Occasionally, things do not go as planned when quizzes and exams are administered via Canvas. Whether it is an internet outage or personal conflict, getting the assessment back on track may be possible. Communication when the LMS is down: When unable to contact...
This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of the process of creating the questions in your quiz, including setting up different types of questions, adding comments to potential answers, and assigning point values to questions. See...
This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of new, more flexible alternatives to the “mute grades” feature,(which is no longer present in Canvas) allowing for temporarily hiding grades from students while grading. See also: How do I...
This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of how to use the Question Bank feature in Canvas quizzes, which creates a randomized set of questions for a quiz, so the quiz uses a different combination of questions each time it is...
This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of how to use the Question Group feature in Canvas quizzes, which determines which questions everybody gets, and which questions are taken at random from a pool of potential questions, so...
This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of how to set up a Canvas quiz with extra time and attempts for those who require accommodations using the Quiz Moderation feature and "assign to" function in Canvas. For assistance...
This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of the Quizzes feature in Canvas, including how to create a quiz, the types of quizzes you can create and questions you can ask, setting a time limit and an attempt limit, and other aspects...
This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of how Canvas quizzes (and surveys) can be utilized as the only automatically-graded assessments in Canvas. For assistance with Canvas, see: Canvas Help at WWU.
This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of using rubrics with assignments in Canvas for grading and feedback. For assistance with Canvas, see: Canvas Help at WWU.
This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview and key features of the Canvas Gradebook. For assistance with Canvas, see: Canvas Help at WWU.
Traditional assessment strategies such as exams and quizzes are not always the most impactful way to measure student learning. Equitable assessment strategies provide students with opportunities to express their learning and growth in more than one way. This...
Contributed to the TLCo-op by Alina Holmes, Graduate Research Assistant of the Center for Instructional Innovation and Assessment, 2020. Zoom has a few different feedback options, that allow you to get immediate feedback from students, that are called "reactions" and...
Representing graded components of your class properly in the Canvas learning management system is essential for sharing accurate grades with students and for ensuring transparency between your expectations and theirs. Guiding Questions Can students easily find the...
The Heuristic for Inclusive Instructional Design (HIID) was created by staff at the Center for Instructional Innovation & Assessment and Outreach & Continuing Education as a questioning tool that could be layered with other instructional design methods to help...
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One of the concerns faculty have about teaching is the worry that what is being taught isn't effectively being learned or that student needs are not being met. It can be frustrating, but a simple solution could be to do a mid-point survey to find out what students...
Socrative Pro is a student response system that can help instructors to poll their students anonymously, gauge student learning through quizzes, and complement their discussions with interactive approaches, all of which are helpful to increase student...
Contributed to the TLCo-op by Alina Holmes, Graduate Research Assistant of the Center for Instructional Innovation and Assessment, 2020. A lot of people are listening to podcasts these days, and anyone can make or start one. A potential alternative assessment is...