Read articles, tip sheets, press book chapters on assessing students in various teaching contexts, creating transparent assignments, and more.
These two chapters from the Online Course Development Basics eText are on how to use backwards course design and write measurable and meaningful learning outcome statements for your course.
This chapter from the Online Course Development Basics eText explains the differences between formative and summative assessments, including examples of each.
This chapter from the Online Course Development Basics eText introduces the transparency framework and describes the three major components of a TILTed assignment.
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Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT) website, TILT template, and TILT assignment design checklist
The TILT website includes several resources for instructors to use for their assignments, including frequently asked questions, videos, and examples of assignments. You can also use the TILT template and TILT assignment design checklist to begin drafting or revising an assignment.
This page contains suggestions and resources to modify your current forms of assessment with an emphasis on exams, group papers/projects, and Canvas support.
This resource includes questions for you to determine what skills and knowledge you would like to include in your alternative assessments and lists different types of alternative assessments.
This website lists several advantages of using multiple-choice exams, guidelines for writing effective multiple-choice questions, considerations for testing for higher-order thinking, and examples of exam questions.
This resource describes different types of alternative assessments, considerations for implementing those assessments, and considerations for proctoring online exams.