Resources for Improving Assessments


Improving Assessment: Teaching and Learning

Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education

  online repository of newsletters with practical ideas, research articles, and more

Best Practices in Assessment: Formative & Summative with Rubrics

  Riverland Faculty Conference Day session from Feb. 4, 2020

Bloom's Taxonomy Levels of Learning

   information including verbs for measuring learning levels from St. Paul College

Creating Assessments for Evidence of Learning

  an excellent, conscise resource with examples of building assignments and assessments

Curriculum Mapping - National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment

  .pdf download; NILOA has a large reference library with full articles, presentations, reports, books, etc which are searchable by keyword.

Developing Scoring Rubrics

  .pdf download from University of Lethbridge illustrating steps to developing a well-crafted rubric to make grading fast and fair

Direct and Indirect Measures

  .pdf download from Tulane University showing examples of different types of measures 

How S.M.A.R.T. Are Your Learning Outcomes?

  building Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-based learning  outcomes

Rubric Creation and Use in D2L Brightspace

  .pdf download showing steps to creating and using a rubric in Brightspace

Rubric Creation and Use in D2L Brightspace

   a series of three short videos - Riverland SLOAP training

Using ZOOM to Engage and Assess Your Students

   a faculty development offering from Riverland

VALUE Rubrics

   respected and widely-adopted assessment tools from AACU for assessing outcomes including teamwork, problem solving, critical thinking, written and oral communication, creative thinking, intercultural competence, and more