Rethinking and Improving Online Tests in Brightspace

Originally presented for CAT+FD on 9 March 2023 by Ms. Janice Florent and Dr. Elizabeth Yost Hammer

“Knowing what you know and don't know focuses learning. Students need appropriate feedback on performance to benefit from courses.” (Chickering & Gamson, 1987).

We are constantly required to assess students, yet many of us have received no formal training in creating authentic assessments. Writing good questions, whether multiple-choice or other formats, takes skill. In this workshop, we discuss better practices for writing strong questions, then demonstrate the Brightspace Quiz tool.

Additionally, the Brightspace Quizzes tool was redesigned recently and a New Quiz Creation Experience was introduced. In this workshop we will review the New Quiz Creation Experience.

This workshop, the fourteenth in our #LEX Advanced series, builds on the skills you learned in the #LearnEverywhereXULA course AND challenges you to rethink and improve your tests and exams for better learning assessment.

Workshop Recording

• Coming Soon!

Resources

Slide Deck

• Workshop Slides

Online Tests Resources

• Rethinking Multiple Choice Tests for Better Learning Assessment
• Vaccinate Against Cheating With Authentic Assessment
• Writing Multiple Choice Questions For Higher Order Thinking
• Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Action Verbs
• Designing Effective Test Questions
• Considerations for Constructing an Exam

Brightspace Quizzes Tool

• Brightspace New Quiz Creation Experience
• Question Types & When to Use Them
• Brightspace Question Types (strengths, challenges, and tips for using)
• Understanding Grading Options for Question Types
• Understanding Regular Expressions
• Customize the Submission View to Show Quiz Answers to Learners
• How-to Documents for Assessing Learners (on CAT FooD Blog)

Question Converter

• Quiz Question Converter

CAT Unleashed

• Complex Tests in Brightspace (workshop recording)
• Complex Tests in Brightspace (slide deck)