This document discusses online assessments and their importance. It explains that online assessments are used to measure student achievement and determine if adjustments need to be made to teaching or learning. Some benefits of online assessments include flexibility of location and time as well as instant feedback. The document also outlines different types of online assessments, tools used for assessments like the GATE and GRE exams, and argues that both perceptions and methods of assessment must change to effectively incorporate online learning.

1. Submitted by,
Aswathy K U
Physical Science
Emmanual College Vazhichal

2. INTRODUCTION
Assessments are a vital part of determining student achievement. There are
used to determine the knowledge gained by students and to determine if
adjustments need to be made to either the teaching or learning process.
Online assessment is the process used to measure certain aspects of
information for a set purpose where the assessment is delivered via computer
connection to a network must often the assessment is some type of educational test.
Online assessments are used by organisations, schools and individual to
determine attributes like personality types, learning style, communication skill,
Management style and even iq measurement. There many kinds of online learning
assessment as there different aspects of a person’s psych that some one feels the
need to measure.
MEANING OF ONLINE ASSESSMENT
Different types of online assessment contain elements of one or more of the
following components, depending on the assessments purpose. Formative,
diagnostic or summative, instant and detailed feedback as well as flexibility of
location and time are just two of the many benefits associated with online
assessments. There are many resources available that provide online assessments,
some free of charge and others that fees or require a membership.
Online assessment is used primarily to measure cognitive abilities,
demonstrating what has been learned after a particular educational events has
occurred, such as the end of an instructional unit or chapter. When assessing
practical achieves or to demonstrate learning that has occurred over a longer period
of time an online portfolio is often used. The first element that must be prepared
when teaching an online course is assessment. Assessment is used to determine if
learning is happening, to what intent and if changes need to be made.
Online learning assessment can take the place of paper and pencil
assessment as in the case of personality testing in business. It is also a new way of
looking at assessment of educational goals in as online learning environment.
Assessment is happening all the time through a verity of media including testing
observation, modelling and performing him to utilize the information gained through
assessment is key to both academic professional successes.
Tools
GATE
Graduate aptitude test in engineering. It is a computer based standardised
test conducted jointly by IISC and VIITS.
GRE

3. Graduate record examination is a computer / paper based standardised test
developed by educational science services.
NTSE
National Talent Search examination is a national level scholarship programme
in India to identify and recognise students with high intellect and academic talent.
SOF
The Science Olympiad Foundation is an educational foundation and a non-profit
organisation.
CONCLUSION
Online assessments have traditionally been alone through quantitative
methods like paper and pencil examinations. To make the transition to online
learning assessment, there must be a shift in the Para diagram of the school
administration, faculty and students. The traditional way of looking at assessment
need to change to incorporate new learning modalities and different learner
behaviour.