Many of the assessments that teachers use in the face-to-face classroom can be utilized in the online classroom. Plus, there are creative ways that are unique to online education to effectively assess student learning.
- Oral Exams: Have students orally respond to exam questions synchronously by using technology such as Zoom. Oral exams can also take place asynchronously by using technology such as Voicethread.
- Traditional Formal Exams: Utilize the technology that is built into a Learning Management System to draft traditional formal exams. Remember to utilize a healthy mix of true/false, multiple choice, fill in the blank, short answer and essay in order to utilize multiple levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
- Student Choice: Provide students with the freedom to demonstrate their mastery of skills by creating their own projects. Ideas could include a student-created video tutorial, a visual graph or display of knowledge, creative writing or spoken word.