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 – a concise resource with examples of building assignments and assessments Curriculum Mapping – National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment NILOA Reference Library – searchable library of full articles, presentations, and reports Developing Scoring Rubrics – steps to creating rubrics from University of Lethbridge Direct and Indirect Measures – examples from Tulane University How S.M.A.R.T. Are Your Learning Outcomes? – Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-based outcomes Rubric Creation and Use in D2L Brightspace – .pdf guide Rubric Creation and Use in D2L Brightspace – series of 3 short Riverland SLOAP training videos Using ZOOM to Engage and Assess Your Students – a faculty development offering from Riverland VALUE Rubrics – widely-adopted AACU tools for assessing teamwork, problem solving, communication, critical thinking, and more