Rubrics for Assessment
Use rubrics to score subjective activities and assessments
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Assessment Methods and Tools
Tools and methods to assess learning in your course can include a variety of direct and indirect measures. More information about some common tools and techniques including rubrics, authentic assessment, multiple choice questions, classroom assessment techniques, focus groups, and course evaluations are linked below. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list of assessment tools and methods.
Direct Assessment Tools
Direct assessment measures student learning through active, practical application. By embedding targeted evaluation tools directly into course assignments ranging from quick checks like multiple-choice and short-answer questions to in-depth essays and lab reports, students demonstrate mastery by completing authentic tasks. For more subjective work, such as written essays or oral presentations, structured rubrics provide clear, consistent criteria to evaluate achievement.
Direct Assessment Tools
Indirect Assessment Tools
Direct Assessment Tools
Indirect assesment involves collecting data on perception of learning, typically by asking students to self report what they gained from a course. And includes methods such as surveys, interviews, focus groups and course evaluations.
Course evaluations are deployed at the end of every term. Instructors have the opportunity
to add their own custom questions. Facilitate focus groups to get feedback from students on what they learned from their
experience in a program or course.
Indirect Assessment Tools
About Course Evaluations
Course Evaluations
About Focus Groups
Focus Groups