Assessment

Over the last several weeks, we've looked at building community and collaboration in online learning environments. But how do you assess how effectively a student has participated in the community? How do you determine the value of an individual's contributions to a small group? And how do you know what they learned during this process? Authentic assessment and evaluating community participation require methods that don't look for a single "right answer"; rather, allow for gradations along a scale. For this type of assessment, rubrics are an effective tool.

At the completion of this Module, you will be able to:

• Utilize rubrics and exemplars to grade multiple types of assignments.
• Compose appropriate feedback for all assessments through the gradebook and messages.

Module Five Activity Checklist

Open the Learning Activity Checklist (pdf).

The Checklist can be saved to your local drive by clicking Save on the toolbar. As you complete Module Assignments, check them off on this electronic copy. Alternatively, you can print a copy to complete.