Designing an exemplary course assessment
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This document outlines best practices for developing quality assessments in online courses. It discusses three key areas: 1) ensuring assessments match course objectives and are clearly explained, 2) using authentic assessment designs that require higher-order thinking, and 3) providing opportunities for self-assessment and feedback. The workshop aims to help participants identify high-quality assessment elements from the Blackboard Exemplary Course Program rubric to design exemplary online assessments.
Designing an exemplary course assessment
- 2. 22 Workshop Objective By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to: – Identify the elements of assessment from the Blackboard Exemplary Course Program Rubric.
- 3. 3 What is an Exemplary Assessment?
- 4. 44 Blackboard Exemplary Course Program Exemplary Course Program
- 5. 5 Exemplary Course Program Rubric Course Design Interaction and Collaboration Assessment Learner Support
- 7. 77 ECP Winner 2012 Course TourExemplary Course Tour
- 8. 88 Developing Quality Assessments 1. Expectations – Assessments match the goals and objectives – Learners are directed to the appropriate objective for each assessment – Rubric included to explain evaluation – Instructions are clearly written and with sufficient detail
- 9. 99 Developing Quality Assessments 2. Assessment Design – Assessments measure the performance they claim to measure – Higher order thinking is required – Assessments are designed to mimic authentic environments – Assessments occur frequently throughout the duration of the course – Multiple types of assessments are used
- 10. 1010 Developing Quality Assessments 3. Self-Assessment – Many opportunities for self-assessment provided – Self-assessments provide constructive, meaningful feedback
- 11. 1111 Developing Quality Assessments Blackboard Assessment Tools – Assignments – Self-Assessments – Multiple Question Types Hot Spots Matching Ordering Jumbled Sentence Fill-in-the-Blank – Feedback on individual questions and answers
- 12. 1212 Best Practices for Quality Assessments – Communicate clear expectations and criteria for evaluation – Link course learning outcomes, evaluation strategies, and course assignments – Provide detailed step-by-step instructions – Allow learners to track and evaluate their own progress (self-assessments) – Evaluation should align with course objectives
- 13. 1313 Designing an Exemplary Course https://open.coursesites.com – Presentation Video – Course Tours – Scholarly Readings – Hands-On Activities
Editor's Notes
- #2: 4 minutesWelcome participants. Distribute Participant’s Guide.
- #6: 1 minuteExplain to the participants that there are 4 main sections (Course Design, Interaction and Collaboration, Assessment, Learner Support) in the rubric. This workshop focuses on the third section, Assessment. Tell the participants that the complete rubric is located in the Participant’s Guide.
- #7: 1 minute Tell the participants that there are three main subsections for Assessment, which will be described in more detail in the following slides. ExpectationsAssessment DesignSelf-Assessment
- #15: 2 minutesReview the three main parts of the Assessment subsection of ECP rubric.ExpectationsAssessment DesignSelf-Assessment