Tips for Assessing Student Learning Using Blackboard

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The online assessment tools of Blackboard can be utilized to facilitate meaningful and memorable learning activities for students. These online assessment tools include: surveys, test, quizzes, and electronic submission of assignments. What are the most efficient and effective uses of the Blackboard assessment tools? What recommendations exist for reinforcing academic integrity and providing meaningful feedback? This online discussion to shared tips and best practices for assessing student learning using Blackboard.

Tips for Assessing Student Learning Using Blackboard Jason Rhode, Assistant Director Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center jrhode@niu.edu | jasonrhode.com | twitter.com/jrhode Handout available at http://blackboardtips.wikispaces.com/assessments

Agenda Preliminary thoughts General online assessment tips Tips for surveys in Blackboard Tips for tests/quizzes in Blackboard Tips assessing discussions in Blackboard Tips for SafeAssignments in Blackboard Q&A

Questions for Consideration What are the objectives of your course? How are you currently measuring whether or not students are meeting your objectives? What instructional materials or methods do you currently use to help facilitate the learning process?

Question for Consideration What active processes do students engage in during your course? What types of assessments are you currently using? What is the purpose of these assessments? Are they fostering the learning process or are they simply a formality?

Questions for Consideration How do you define learning? Is regurgitation true learning?

Attainable Goals C ritical thinking A pplication R eflection

The Bottom Line… Outcomes should drive assessment, not the available technology

General Online Assessment Tips Avoid high-stakes objective assessments online Have students complete practice version of a require online assessment to become familiar with technology Deploy assessment link(s) in the same folder as unit content Reuse and repurpose assessment types once configured in Blackboard

General Online Assessment Tips Provide meaningful feedback to students Remember there is no guaranteed approach to prevent cheating online

Surveys Use Survey tool to gather aggregate responses from students Remind students surveys are anonymous >5 questions, display 1 question at a time If desiring to share findings with students, copy/paste results into Word to post in Blackboard

Tests/Quizzes Format questions in MS Word; import using Blackboard Quiz Generator Add test questions to pools for easy reuse and expansion Check with your textbook publisher to see if they offer question pools for your textbook Create tests from random blocks or question pools whenever possible

Tests/Quizzes (cont.) Pay attention to test options when deploying Randomize questions

Discussions Provide clear expectations for how discussions will be assessed Use Blackboard discussion grader; grade by forum, not thread After entering scores for contributions, enter comments directly in the Grade Center

Assignments Use Assignment Manager instead of Digital Drop Box Attach assignment instructions and/or template files when creating assignment Download submitted assignments for offline grading Enter feedback electronically & return to students via the assignment

Assignments (cont.) If attaching feedback to an assignment, remind students to view attached file(s)

SafeAssignments Use SafeAssign for substantial written assignments Inform students in the syllabus of the requirements to use SafeAssign Create draft version for students to submit to in order to self-check their work Make originality reports viewable by students

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This document discusses mobile communication strategies for supporting online students. It provides statistics showing high percentages of teens and college students owning cell phones and using text messaging as their primary form of communication. It encourages considering how mobile technology can help support students more efficiently and effectively, and developing a mobile communication strategy to do so. It closes by quoting that technology doesn't matter for learning as much as structure, and information alone is not knowledge.

Designing Self-Paced Training Modules as the Foundation of Online Faculty Cer...Jason Rhode

During this session on November 21, 2013 at the 19th Annual Sloan Consortium International Conference on Online Learning, learn about Northern Illinois University's innovative faculty development initiative to offer introductory online teaching training via self-paced modules as an initial phase of comprehensive online faculty certification. An overview of the program will be shared as well as the design, development, and implementation phases of the project, highlighting lessons learned and tips for other institutions interested in pursuing a similar self-paced model for scaling their faculty development efforts.

Offering Online Professional Development Using a Cross-Platform StrategyJason Rhode

For the very first time, Northern Illinois University offered in January 2013 a fully-online teaching effectiveness institute utilizing a combination of Blackboard Learn, Blackboard Collaborate, and Blackboard Mobile platforms. This cross-platform approach has proven to be very successful and provides a model for faculty to incorporate an integrated approach for implementing all three platforms in their teaching. In this session at BbWorld13 we will share NIU's cross-platform strategy, practices, and lessons learned that can be applied to any online professional development initiative.

Offering Online Professional Development for Faculty Using a Cross-Platform S...Jason Rhode

NIU presented on their strategy for offering online professional development for faculty using a cross-platform approach. They chose to deliver their Teaching Effectiveness Institute online using Blackboard and its mobile apps. This allowed more faculty to attend, saved travel costs, and modeled effective online teaching practices. Lessons learned included the success of the online format, need for backup activities, and managing time between sessions. Their next steps are to repeat the model, reuse content, try new formats, and possibly invite outside speakers.

Maintaining Momentum: Successful Faculty Development Strategies  for Supporti...Jason Rhode

How do rollouts of new Blackboard releases impact institutions? What steps are institutions taking to prepare faculty, teaching staff, and students for the changes brought about by Blackboard upgrades? During this presentation at the 2013 Blackboard Product Development Offsite on May 15, 2013, Northern Illinois University shared its comprehensive faculty development strategy for supporting faculty and preparing the campus community for new upgrades. Specific steps taken to prepare faculty and staff for each service pack were shared, including the initiatives underway in conjunction with NIU's upgrade from Learn 9.1 SP8 to SP11 in June 2013. Walk away with practical examples of how an institution is compiling and integrating available support documentation and resources from Blackboard to share with its campus as well as the wider Blackboard user community!

Social Teaching Strategies for Engaging Today's Active LearnerJason Rhode

The prevalence and widespread use of social media tools make possible a seemingly endless array of ways to share ideas and build new knowledge. During this keynote presentation on March 29, 2013 at Western Illinois University Symposium on Teaching, Research, and Creative Activities by Jason Rhode, we considered how students today are using social media in their daily lives and explore together how social media can be used to actively engage students in the learning process, both in and outside the classroom. A social teaching framework was shared as well as principles and best practices for leveraging social media in teaching and learning. Participants were encouraged to bring their own device to actively participate in the conversation! Online and mobile versions of the handout accompanying the slides is available at http://j.mp/socialteaching Session hashtag, for tweeting or other social media uses: #socialteaching

Using Twitter for Teaching, Learning, and Professional DevelopmentJason Rhode

Have you wondered what Twitter is and what if any practical applications there are for teaching and learning? Perhaps you are among the 30% of faculty who now use Twitter in some capacity and you would like to learn some tips and tricks for better utilizing Twitter in education context. During this online session offered 11/30/2012 we introduced the basics of Twitter and explored best practices for using Twitter in teaching, learning and professional development.

Introduction to Social BookmarkingJason Rhode

This document provides an introduction to social bookmarking. It defines social bookmarking as saving bookmarks to a public website and tagging them with keywords. Benefits highlighted include cloud-based storage of bookmarked resources that are accessible from anywhere. Several free social bookmarking tools like Diigo, Delicious, and CiteULike are introduced. Best practices for implementing social bookmarking in the classroom are also explored.

Introduction to Social Media in EducationJason Rhode

Do you use Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube? Have you ever considered leveraging social media tools like these in your teaching? During this introductory online session led by Jason Rhode on 9/28/2012, we explored what social media are and the pedagogical potential for use of social media in educational settings. We set the stage for future sessions to further explore use of social media tools and the design of engaging and innovative learning activities.

Rock on SLATE! An Up Close Look at How a Blackboard User Group Has Impacted T...Jason Rhode

This document announces a panel discussion on the impact of the SLATE user group on teaching, learning, and technology support in the Midwest. The panel will feature four speakers: Ken Sadowski and Jason Rhode from SLATE Group and Northern Illinois University, Cheryl Boncuore from Kendall College, and Heath Tuttle from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Attendees can find additional resources and join the conversation using the tags and web address provided.