https://prepai.in/blog/how-to-assess-students-in-the-new-normal/ Teaching and assessing students remotely has been a cause of concern during the last two years. The Covid-19 pandemic has hastened digitalization in education, even when schools weren't ready. Various AI-based companies stepped up to provide platforms to help with online teaching and assessment.

1. How to Assess Students
in the New Normal

2. Challenges Teachers face in
Testing and Evaluating the
Students During the Pandemic

3. Lack of Proper Final Assessment
For a long time, the final exams were conducted to assess how the
students have learned well through the academic year and whether
they can move on to the higher class or not. With the final exams being
canceled, many students were promoted based on their performance
in the monthly assessments. But even the monthly tests were
conducted online during the pandemic. So how well did the students
actually learn

4. Lack of Infrastructure
Not all students had access to smartphones. Such students were
taught through television lessons or sharing of material. Assessing
students with little or no access to electronic devices is even
harder, as they cannot attend the tests the way students with
resources can.

5. Dishonesty and Cheating
Academic dishonesty is something all educational institutions should
consider when conducting online tests. Many teachers ask students to
write their exams with the camera turned on throughout the duration. It
can get exhausting for teachers to supervise students from the limited
view offered by the camera.

6. Low Personal Interaction
Online teaching restricts interaction between all parties. Teachers
cannot personally interact with every student, and the students cannot
work with each other in person. Everything happens through the
internet, thus limiting the teacher’s access to how the students perform
in groups.

7. How Do You Conduct a
Virtual Assessment?

8. Online Quizzes
Quizzes have been a part of educational assessments for decades.
Technology has made it easier to conduct quizzes through remote
learning. Quizzes generally comprise questions that require short
answers. Multiple choice questions, fill-in-the-blanks, true or false
statements, etc., are common in quizzes.
Online quizzes like Quizlet and Mentimeter offer the same facilities.
Teachers can conduct a quiz test in bulk and get the results
automatically. The teacher sends a link to each student. The students
answer the paper and submit it online through the same link. The app
will process the paper and share the results with the teacher. Teachers
can compare the students’ performance and identify the areas where
they went wrong. It’s simple and fun.

9. Online Games and Activities
Gamification is fast becoming a part of digital learning. It makes
assessment easier by providing teachers with different solutions to
conduct online games and activities for students. Apps like Kahoot,
Plickers, etc., simplify the process of organizing an online game for
students. This makes the session fun for both teachers and students.

10. Open-Ended Questions
Open-ended questions are a great choice to assess complex topics
and students in higher classes. Students can type their answers into the
provided interference or write them on paper and scan the copies to
submit. Some educational institutions use both methods. This helps
students with limited access to a computer. Taking a picture of the
written paper and sending it to the teacher is convenient for students
from remote areas. Either way, educators have found a way to conduct
exams in the long format despite remote learning.

11. Online Role Play and Dialogue
Simulations
How do you assess students in remote learning, especially for soft skills
and personality development? Apps like iSpring TalkMaster allow
teachers to design characters and assign dialogues for each. Students
are asked to take up characters and play their part online. Students
can also dress up for the role and perform in front of the camera, as the
teacher watches and makes notes.

12. Read how to Assess Students
Online Effectively
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the-new-normal/