There are 14 pieces of software available to assist in completing formative assessment tasks. A list is contained below that gives a more in-depth look at each piece of software.

 

Online text books:

• Often built in formative assessment e.g. Pearson Assess.
• Immediate feedback to teacher and students.
• Easily set and specific to chapter content.
• Some question banks are not able to be modified.

 

TEDEd : 

• Student must create own accounts.
• Editing of personal, public and copyright video.
• High quality existing video in library (many Ted talks).
• Embedded into various tools (TA, LibGuides etc)
• Can add formative and summative assessment
• Create quiz overlaid onto video.
• Feedback is clear and has an ability to track student progress through an activity.

 

ClickView: 

• School Subscription
• Editing of personal, public and copyright video.
• Embedded into various tools (TA, LibGuides etc)
• Can add formative and summative assessment
• Create quiz overlaid onto video.

 

Quizlet : 

• Self assessment, formative
• Range of learning activities (gamification)
• Many (1000s) existing quizzes
• Easily editable
• Easy student access
• Self paced
• Each subsection (ie flashcards, scatter, test etc.) are able to be embedded into TA.

 

Quizlet Live :

• Collaborative group assessment – peer instruction.
• Gamification of existing quizzes.
• High student engagement.
• Feedback about cohort learning and shortcomings provided.
• Individual student feedback provided on Paid version.

 

Twig :

• Highly engaging concise and content specific 2-3 minute videos
• Self assessment quizzes associated with each video to be used as self assessment. However, can also be easily copied into formative assessment tools (e.g. Socrative , Quizlet ).

 

Kahoot :

• Provides immediate feedback
• Whole class understanding
• Teacher effectiveness
• Formative
• Browser based
• Individual or Team competition

 

Socrative :

• Provides immediate feedback
• Individual understanding
• Whole class understanding
• Teacher effectiveness
• Anonymous feedback
• Formative and summative
• Available on all platforms
• Team competition

 

Verso :

• Whole class discussion forum
• Safe, anonymous, collaborative space
• Flipped, pre-lesson.

 

ProProfs :

• School Subscription
• Can set due dates
• Multiple quizzes can be set
• Immediate feedback
• Descriptive Feedback
• Certificates given
• Good for surveys
• Formative Assessment
• Able to be embedded into TA

 

Survey Monkey :

• Paid subscription to surveys
• Analytics available
• Anonymous interaction

 

LibWizard 

• School Subscription
• Embedded into the LibGuides
• Formative and summative
• Good for surveys
• Cannot give descriptive feedback
• Cannot create collaborative testing

 

Padlet :

• Interface for whole class posts.
• Versatile options for posting. (Comments, images, documents, links.)
• Individual or group responses.
• Multiple Editing functions/settings
• Embeds into TA

 

eClicker :

• Apple only. Cost $7.99 (iPad/iPhone/Macbook)
• Provides immediate feedback
• Individual understanding
• Whole class understanding
• Teacher effectiveness
• Anonymous feedback
• Formative and summative