The document discusses various free assessment tools, focusing on their features and purposes, including Quizstar, Socrative, and Quandary. It emphasizes the importance of empowerment, participation, and community capacity building in adult and youth learning. Each tool offers different functionalities for quiz creation, class management, and reporting to enhance the learning experience.

1. Free Assessment Tools
(and how they might be used)
Kenji Lamb

2. North Lanarkshire CLD
The priorities are:
• Achievement through learning for adults
• Achievement through learning for young people
• Achievement through building community capacity
and are based on a commitment to the following:
• Empowerment
• Participation
• Inclusion, equal opportunity and anti-discrimination
• Self-determination
• Partnership

3. So, here’s my 3
QuizStar
online quiz authoring tool
Socrative
voting system
Quandary
branching scenarios

4. QuizStar
Background
Developed originally as free online tool, but switched to a subscription
model, and then to an ad-based model in 2009 (instructor pages/login).
Features
• Class management
• MCQ, MRQ, T/F and Short Answer (without grading) question types
• Supports embedded multimedia (images, audio, video)
• Share quizzes (within QuizStar)
• Private/Public settings
• Simple reporting tools (gradebook and email)

5. Socrative
Background
Free multi-platform (mobile, desktop/laptop, tablet) voting system. Can
be controlled via a mobile device making it a very portable solution.
Features
• Class management
• MCQ, T/F and Short Answer question types
• Simple reporting tools
• Share quizzes (within Socrative)

6. Quandary
Background
From the developers of the popular ‘Hot Potatoes’ quiz software,
Quandary is a branching scenario authoring tool. Originally a commercial
product, it was released a free educational tool in 2009.
Features
• Simple interface
• Supports embedded multimedia
• Doesn’t require it, but complicated scenarios with additional features
can be created with some HTML knowledge

7. Take a look at …
Open Badges
Accredited learning
PeerWise
Learners as authors
Poll Everywhere
Simple mobile surveys