Assessment Type
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Description and Uses
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Tool(s)
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Quiz
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Description: Auto-graded questions including multiple choice, true/false, matching, fill-in-the-blank, formula, file upload or short essay (needs manual grading). It can be timed/untimed, randomized, one or more attempts by students
Use Cases: Self-knowledge check, formative assessment, reduced grading effort
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Blackboard Ultra Quizzes (optional Respondus Lockdown Browser)
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Google Forms
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Assignment
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Description: Regular assignment where students submit answers/papers in Word document, PDF, or other files by uploading to Blackboard.
Use Cases: Apply concepts, formative assessment, summative assessment
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Blackboard Assignments
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Google Classroom
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Whole-Class Discussion
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Description: An asynchronous class-wide discussion that begins with prompts by the faculty; students post responses to prompt and reply to one another
Use Cases: For small class sizes; apply and clarify concepts, build faculty presence, build community, formative/summative assessment
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Blackboard Discussion Forum
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Google Classroom
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Small-Group Discussion
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Description: An asynchronous discussion that happens in small groups; begins with prompts by the faculty; student post responses to prompts and reply to one another in the group
Use Cases: For medium-large class sizes; apply and clarify concepts, build faculty presence, build community, formative/summative assessment
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Blackboard Discussion Forum
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Google Classroom
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Individual Project
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Description: A larger assignment where students need to apply, analyze, evaluate or create works in different stages in order to demonstrate their learning
Use Cases: Summative assessments
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Blackboard Assignments or Discussion Forum
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Google Classroom
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Group Project
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Description: A larger assignment where students work in groups to apply, analyze, evaluate or create works in different stages in order to demonstrate their learning.
Use Cases: Community building; summative assessment; reduced grading effort for large classes
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- Blackboard Group Assignments or Discussion Forum
- Google Docs
- Blackboard Collaborate
- Zoom
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Case Study
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Description: Students are presented with realistic problems faced by professionals in the real world and are typically provided with a variety of documents outlining a specific problem or situations, and required to formulate a plan of action addressing the issue
Use Cases: Real-world application; authentic assessment; formative/summative assessment
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Blackboard Group Assignments or Discussion Forum
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Google Classroom
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Debate
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Description: Students assigned to teams to research and analyze a controversial topic based on a stance which will lead to a series of online presentation of statements and arguments by the two opposing teams
Use Cases: Real-world application; authentic assessment; community building; formative/summative assessment
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Blackboard Discussion Forum
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Blackboard Collaborate
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Google Meet
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Zoom
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Role Play
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Description: Students are assigned to act out an imaginary scenario that closely mirrors a situation that could occur in a real-world environment
Use Cases: Real-world application; authentic assessment; community building; formative/summative assessment
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- Blackboard Discussion Forum
- Blackboard Collaborate
- Google Meet
- Zoom
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Video (Direct to the camera)
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Description: Videos where the faculty speaks directly to the camera
Use Cases: Course/module overview, concept/content demonstration, promote faculty presence
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- iPad
- Laptop webcam
- Panopto
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Video (Screencast)
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Description: Videos where the faculty narrates while showing the screen by using a whiteboard or showing website/tools/visuals
Use Cases: Detailed concept demonstration
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Video (Interview or guest speaker)
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Description: Videos in which the faculty member interviews (or invites) an expert in his or her field on topics related to the course
Use Cases: Build faculty presence; bring in external expertise
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- Blackboard Collaborate
- Zoom
- Google Meet
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Video (Third party
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Description: Videos curated from publishers or public websites, and embedded or linked in the course.
Use Cases: Bring in existing professional resources; reduced production effort
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- TED
- YouTube
- Vimeo
- Publisher content
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Infographic
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Description: A custom graphic that is created specifically to illustrate a course topic or clarify a course concept
Use Cases: Visualized concept demonstration
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- Adobe Suite
- Canva
- Piktochart
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Group Synchronous Sessions
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Description: A real-time learning session where student groups
and faculty collaborate in a live online learning space
Use Cases: Build community and faculty presence; moderate group work; clarify concepts/assignments
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- Blackboard Collaborate
- Zoom
- Google Meet
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Individual Synchronous Session
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Description: A real-time learning session where an individual student
and faculty collaborate in a live online learning space
Use Cases: Build faculty presence; clarify concepts/assignments; office hours
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- Blackboard Collaborate
- Zoom
- Google Meet
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