Course Description

Performance-based assessment, summative and formative feedback methods to assess student learning in the online classroom. Best practices for grading procedures, prevention of plagiarism in the digital environment, electronic evaluation tools, using electronic record keeping systems and time saving methods for evaluating eportfolios, discussion postings, and group products.

Course Goal

By the end of the course, students will be able to plan online assessment that provides their future students with activities closely related to learning objectives. They will be familiar with technology tools that provide effective record keeping, timely, valuable feedback and prompt interaction including the use of virtual office hours, valuable team projects, group discussions, journaling, presentations and relevant personal portfolios.

Participant Outcomes

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate development and use of academic standards across the curriculum and application of standards and objectives in online classroom assessment and evaluation.
2. Analyze the assessment process including types of evaluations, the relationship of assessment to institutional & curriculum objectives, high stakes testing, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), corporate assessment framework (CAF) and standardized testing.
3. Match assessment to learning outcomes, develop rubric criteria and select appropriate online assessment choice using mapping software.
4. Apply current research and technology tools to create authentic assessment, discourse analysis, self and peer evaluation, rubrics, online surveys, tests and mini-quizzes for self-paced tutorials
5. Evaluate and utilize appropriate technology tools including e-gradebooks, calendars, spreadsheets and eportfolios.
6. Demonstrate research-based practices for choosing assessment models and apply plagiarism detection tools and support ethics, community building and team trust that help prevent cheating.