By UNCG Libraries Spring 2012

1. Assessment 101
April 2012

2. Your Presenters
Amy Harris Houk, Information Literacy
Program Coordinator and Reference
Librarian
Lauren Wallis, LIS graduate student (and
soon-to-be librarian)

3. A Quick Review of Assessment
Two main types: formative and summative
• Formative: formal or informal ongoing
assessments used to improve teaching
and student learning
• Summative: formal assessment used to
determine program effectiveness and/or
student learning

4. Assessment v. Evaluation
Assessment: formative, process oriented,
measured individually
Evaluation: summative, product oriented,
comparative

5. Characteristics of Classroom
Assessment
Learner-Centered
Teacher-Directed
Mutually Beneficial
Formative
Context-Specific
Ongoing
Rooted in Good Teaching Practice
(Angelo & Cross, 1993)

6. Student Learning Outcomes
• Should be measurable
• Use action verbs (such as Bloom's
taxonomy)
• 2-3 SLOs per class session is a good
number
• University Libraries' SLOs are here:
http://library.uncg.edu/info/help/Informatio
n_Literacy_learning_outcomes.pdf

7. Tips for Creating Good
Assessments
• Good learning outcomes is key
• Keep it simple
• Use a combination of multiple-choice and
open-ended questions
• Use assessment as an opportunity to start
classroom discussion

8. Questions or comments so far?
Now, on to the tools!

9. Clickers
Advantages Disadvantages
• Useful for just-in-time • Cost
assessment • "clicker fatigue"
• Easy to discuss
results in class
• Lots of research
available on impact
on student learning

10. For more information about
using Clickers
Derek Bruff has done extensive research into the
use of clickers
His blog: http://derekbruff.org/?cat=122
CRS bibliography:
http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/docs/classroom-response-
system-clickers-bibliography/
Chronicle article:
http://chronicle.com/blognetwork/castingout
nines/2012/04/10/peer-discussion-or-peer-
pressure/

11. Google Forms
Advantages Disadvantages
• Available for free • Difficult to see results
through Google instantly
• Variety of question • Easy to get carried
types away
• Can be embedded
anywhere
• Results are fed into a
Google Spreadsheet

12. Poll Everywhere
Advantages Disadvantages
• Allows quick polls • Free account has
without a clicker some limitations
• Can use with • Less useful in
computer or phone traditional
• Works with multiple classrooms
choice or short
answer questions
• Instant results

13. Let's Try One!

15. Blackboard
Advantages Disadvantages
• Survey function • Must be course
allows for instructor or added
assessment separate by course instructor
from grades • No instant feedback
• Students go there
anyway
• Can be created,
exported and reused

16. Creating a Survey in BB
• Open a class for which you are Instructor,
TA, or Course Builder
• Click on "Quizzes" (left navigational bar)
• Hover over "Create Assessment"
• Click on "Survey"
• Click "Create New Survey"

17. Questions? Suggestions for
Other Helpful Tools?