Q. What software do we have to complete formative assessment tasks? [Scotch Staff]
Answered By: Brad Tyrrell Last Updated: Jan 28, 2020 Views: 26
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Answer
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
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