Assessment, Evaluation and Feedback

For many courses that include a face-to-face component, assessment and evaluation methods often favour the use of the time that is available in the classroom for receiving, presenting or completing assignments. While virtual teaching creates challenges for some methods of assessment, it also provides opportunities for other types of assessment. The following resources provide a basic overview of assessment and evaluation tools.

Where do I begin?

 

Current face-to-face assessment strategy
 Remote/Online Options
 Tips and Resources
In-class review
Written Assignments
  • Create an Assignment in Brightspace where students can submit their papers
  • Provide text or audio feedback through Brightspace.
  • Offer options for learners to submit assignments in different formats (e.g. text, audio, or video).
Student Presentations
  • Live presentation in the Zoom Classroom
  • Create a Video Assignment in Brightspace
  • Consider the use of Microsoft Forms so that peers can provide feedback on each others’ presentations
Group Projects
  • Create groups in Brightspace with tools that students can use to collaborate.
  • Create a Group Assignment for students to submit their projects.
  • Encourage students to collaborate using Microsoft’s suite of apps (Office 365).
Tests, quizzes and exams
  • Create a Quiz in Brightspace
  • Give an open-book exam with a variety of question types.
  • Use remote proctoring for an exam (costs apply, discuss with your Chair)
  • Consider alternative, non-test assessment types

Table adapted from the Humber College Learning Continuity Kit.

Feedback

Brightspace and Zoom provide many different options for providing feedback to students, as shown below:

  • Brightspace Assignments: written feedback, audio and video feedback, in-line annotations, clickable rubrics (analytic and holistic)
  • Brightspace Quizzes: written feedback for the whole quiz or per question, preset feedback per question based on answers
  • Brightspace Discussions: written feedback, clickable rubrics (analytic and holistic)
  • Brightspace Video Assignments: written feedback, video feedback, peer review
  • Turnitin (Brightspace Assignments): written feedback, in-line annotations, clickable rubrics, Quickmarks (allows you to create bank of clickable comments for frequently used feedback words or phrases)

Where can I learn more?

The resources below provide further explanation and suggestions for the implementation of authentic, alternative assessment:

You’ll likely want to review the following areas of this website:

You may also want to take a look at some of the frequently asked questions that faculty and learners have been asking about virtual teaching and learning.