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SHERIE MORAN
Professional Educator
Online Teaching Standard 8
Assessment of Student Learning

Artifact(s): Checklists / Tools / Security
OVERVIEW: Each unit in my online and blended courses developed in BrainHoney or Blackboard has a variety of assessment creation tools to build teacher-made tests, performance tasks and a variety of other formative, summative, and authentic assessments.
Idaho Digital Learning Academy (IDLA) utilizes Blackboard and BrainHoney learning management systems which provides include secure, password-protected gradebooks so that students and their direct stakeholders (teachers, school-approved site coordinators and parents) must login to gain access to that student's records. IDLA also has its own password-protected website to secure student data (progress reports, contact information, IEP/504 reports, etc.)
Whether in Blackboard or BrainHoney, each unit/module provides multiple types of assessments that may include pre-tests, wikis, discussions, student-created works like charts, presentations and/or practice quizzes that allow checks for understanding along the way toward the unit/module post-test.
Performance Indicator #1: The online teacher selects, constructs, and uses a variety of formal and informal assessment techniques (e.g., observation, portfolios of student work, online teacher-made tests, performance tasks, projects, student self-assessment, peer assessment, standardized tests, tests written in primary language, and authentic assessments) to enhance knowledge of individual students, evaluate student performance and progress, and modify teaching and learning strategies.
Performance Indicator #2: The online teacher enlists multiple strategies for ensuring security of online student assessments and assessment data.