Unit 5: Assessment
Desire2Learn
Quality Matters
The Quality Matters (QM) project is creating an inter-institutional continuous improvement model for assessing and assuring the quality of online courses. To characterize quality, QM first turned to the research literature and national standards. The project identified 40 elements, distributed across eight broad standards, shown to positively impact student learning. These elements were then incorporated into a web-based rubric and weighted from 1 (important) to 3 (essential). The QM Rubric is the basis for course building at SDSU.
Using Grade Tool
Assessment Tools
Resources
Respondus is a powerful tool for creating and managing exams that can be printed to paper or published directly to SDSU's CMS.
- Download and install Respondus (requires IDS web site registration)
StudyMate is an authoring tool that lets you create 10 Flash-based activities and games using three simple templates. The Flash activities are usable with any web server or can be published directly to SDSU's CMS.
- Download and install StudyMate (requires IDS web site registration)
Respondus LockDown Browser™ (LDB) is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment within SDSU's CMS. When students use Respondus LockDown Browser they are unable to print, copy, go to another URL, or access other applications. When an assessment is started, students are locked into it until they submit it for grading. (Supports Windows and Mac OS X 10.3.9+.)
The Respondus Test Bank Network contains test banks for the leading textbooks in higher education. The test banks are in Respondus format and can be downloaded for free by instructors who adopt a participating textbook.
- Respondus Test Bank Network
- Search for Publisher Test Banks
- Demo movie: "Downloading a Publisher Test Bank"
- Suggest a test bank
- Become a Publishing Partner
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