Resources

Resources are links, instructions, and articles to help you complete the Course Components assignments. It is not our intention that you read or follow all the links below, but that you pick and choose to meet your needs, interest, and time.

Please also see the Blackboard and WebCT sections of this course for detailed instructions on using the assessment tools in those course platforms.

General Resources

• Methods of online assessment - a nice short summary
• Designing Online Tests: The Role of Assessment in Web-Based Learning By Gail Rice, Journal of Adventist Education, April/May 2003
• Awareness - Assessment and tracking; where are they, what are they doing
• Proctored Examinations - guidelines, checkpoints, and request form from the University of Illinois
• Indiana State University Distance Learner's Handbook - Proctored Examinations Procedures
• Delmar College WebCT instructions: Test Proctoring

Cheating and Plagiarism

• Strategies to Minimize Cheating Online
• WebCT Tip: Reducing Online Cheating
• Preventing Plagiarism links and articles
• The Virtual Professor: Dealing with Plagiarism, Cheating and Student Honesty in Online Classes
• University of Manitoba: Plagiarism and Cheating
• TurnItIn.com

Online Assessment

• Quia.com - online quizzes, games, and more. Create or use those created by others.
• Online Assessment Tools - reviews & links
• More Online Assessment Tools - links to rubric generators, free assessment tools, and fee based tools

Discussion/Interaction Assessment Tools

• Assessing Online Discussion Groups
• Assessment of Online Participation

What is a Rubric?

• Using Rubrics to Promote Thinking and Learning, Educational Leadership 2000 - by Heidi Goodrich Andrade

Creating Rubrics

• Rubistar (from the U.S. Department of Education - excellent rubric creator tool)
• Rubric Maker (Lots of starting places here)
• Rubric Construction Set (gives you HTML for a web page)
• Rubrics for Web Lessons (walks through the process)

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