Assessment Tools to Support Online Learning

In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will teach you about specific assessments you can provide in an online learning environment. Model Teaching's mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn methods for evaluating and tracking student progress to provide feedback to your students virtually.

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Assessment Tools to Support Online Learning

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Course code: T14743

This teacher professional development course teaches you about formative and summative assessments in a virtual learning environment. You will explore a range of online tools to assess your students' progress and evaluate data-tracking methods to provide feedback and plan future lessons. The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content and an online assessment planning tool to help you prepare to implement the ideas into your classroom.

What you will learn

  • Define summative and formative assessments, even when in a virtual learning environment
  • Analyze a variety of online tools available for assessments
  • Evaluate data tracking methods and ways to provide valuable feedback to students in an online setting

How you will benefit

  • Possess a clearer understanding of what students know so that you can be sure the online learning they are receiving is relevant
  • Your students will learn similarly to a live lesson format because you will be able to accurately assess progress and modify lessons based on the data you collect
  • Provide students with more unique opportunities to demonstrate their learning in an online format, improving their engagement in the course

How the course is taught

  • Self-Guided, online course
  • 3 Months access
  • 1 course hours
  1. Simple Assessment Tools & Ideas to Support Online Learning Course Content
    1. The video and article will provide you with specific ideas for integrating valuable assessment tools into your online learning environment so you can properly measure student progress over time. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
  2. Quiz
    1. You will answer questions related to online assessment tools. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
  3. Implementation Reflection
  4. The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
  5. Considerations for Implementation
    1. This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
  6. Videos and Further Reading
    1. Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of assessments in an online format.
Self-Study

Prerequisites:

There are no prerequisites to take this course.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 10 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Microsoft Word Online
  • Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

Your course begins immediately after you enroll.​

You have 3 months of access to the course. After enrolling, you can learn and complete the course at your own pace, within the allotted access period. You will have the opportunity to interact with other students in the online discussion area.

There is no time limit to complete each lesson, other than completing all lessons within the allotted access period. Discussion areas for each lesson are open for the entire duration of the course.

Because this course is self-guided, no extensions will be granted after the start of your enrollment.

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