eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2017

Some programs allow teachers to create assignments and comment on them through the platform of the program, where each student has an individual account and can see his or her assignments; to help assess the student throughout the learning process. Kahoot allows the teacher to build fun quizzes, flashcards and games.

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Quizzes Mobile Devices Essay Assignments 225

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

You can create quizzes for the books your students are reading and assign collections to your students. For the upper grades you can assign passages and assignments to specific students. When I taught the upper grades I used this a lot to help prepare students for standardized tests.

Elementary School 341

Elementary School Elementary School Schools Quizzes 341

Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2017

This product is designed to offer ways to assign work from a large body of standards and content that is vetted, and provide new reporting for teachers,” Khan tells EdSurge. Instructors might send students to the Khan Academy website for additional practice, or have computer stations in class where students complete online quizzes.

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Testing Quizzes Teachers Assignments 164

eSchool News

AUGUST 1, 2017

We’ve seen educators do incredible things with G Suite for Education tools: creatively teach classroom material, collaborate with students, and design innovative assignments to achieve meaningful outcomes. Classroom is a useful tool for teachers, and since it launched three years ago, students have submitted more than 1 billion assignments.

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Quizzes Teachers Mobile Devices Assignments 201

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 15, 2024

So, the teacher will use data to assign each student one or two “must-do” learning activities. Preparation for an Assessment: To prepare for upcoming tests or assessments, must-do stations provide practice and support in areas where data shows students struggle. These are the stations they must attend in the rotation.

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Metacognitive Skills Math Blended Learning Quizzes 344

eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2020

Task management features for assigning homework and following up easily. Polls and quizzes to test knowledge and enable peer-to-peer learning. The platform includes the following features: Dynamic communication channels to stay connected as a class. Analytics to track learning progress and generate a digital report card.

Quizzes 188

Quizzes Exams Learning Communication 188

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Some believe it will cripple the education system and replace human workers ; others denounce ChatGPT as a free essay-writing and test-taking tool that makes it laughably easy to cheat on assignments, while the validity of responses generated by ChatGPT has also been called into question.

Ethics 341

Ethics Essay Syllabus Feedback 341

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

All tests are registered trademarks of their respective owners. This product has been developed independently from and is not endorsed by the International Baccalaureate Organization. International Baccalaureate is a registered trademark owned by the International Baccalaureate Organization.

Quizzes 243

Quizzes Achievement Students Social Studies 243

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 3, 2024

It allows more educators like you to create, distribute, and grade assignments, albeit paperless, especially in online learning sessions. It’s got a lot of features, too, like: Easy assignment distribution and collection features Seamlessly integrates with Google apps Real-time grading and feedback Kahoot!

Activities 158

Activities Quizzes Education Feedback 158

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

Could tests be replaced by project-based work? On Tuesday, April 24 the #DLNchat community got together to discuss and debate: How Can Alternative Assignments Effectively Assess Student Learning? The community also noted digital portfolios as an example of assignments whose life extends beyond the course. Cali Morrison, Ed.D.

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Assignments Exams Learning Instructors 105

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

Most tools that teachers have for this purpose are lagging indicators such as tests, quizzes, and homework. Automated grading and feedback : Automated grading systems powered by AI can significantly reduce teachers’ time evaluating assignments and exams. These lagging indicators exacerbate the issue of lack of capacity.

Teaching 329

Teaching Gamification Feedback Intelligence 329

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

When Ray was my student, I decided to test out gamifying my Greek Mythology Unit by creating a new Edmodo class, chunking the content into small groups, and providing my students with a paper game board to support the blended learning within the unit. The video can be delivered to students via a Post to your Edmodo class or as an assignment.

Distance Learning 218

Distance Learning Culture Gamification Learning 218

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The pandemic is changing the way tests and quizzes are conducted at colleges across the country, with the rapid adoption of new tools that proponents say catch cheating, but in ways that many students say amount to an unacceptable invasion of their privacy. In that model, colleges are typically charged on a per-test basis.

Plagiarism 218

Plagiarism Exams Confidentiality Testing 218

eSchool News

MAY 28, 2024

The district was among the first in the country to test the chatbot called Khanmigo, an AI program developed by online learning giant Khan Academy that is designed for classrooms and acts as a tutor for students and an assistant for teachers.

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Schools Math Testing Intelligence 279

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Here are some you can look into–and all online: Easy CBM Educreations –video a whiteboard explanation of how students are completing a task (app) Edulastic –formative assessments; work on any devices (app) Flip — record a video question from your desktop; add attachments; students respond from the app with their answer Flubaroo (app) (..)

Quizzes 158

Quizzes Peer Review Failure Essay 158

Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

So Boyle, who is a secondary school principal at Dalian American International School, located on China’s northeastern coast, let teachers email assignments during the first few weeks out and skip most instruction. Issues With Feedback and Testing It’s much easier to hide in a digital world. I’m not being rude.

Schools 218

Schools Students Assignments Testing 218

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2017

We all have that one teacher who seems to take months to grade even a single test. It’s a student response system that allows teachers to make quizzes that students can take on their device. For those yet to experience the magic, Kahoot is a free, game-based platform that allows teachers to create competitive and interactive quizzes.

Quizzes 146

Quizzes Textbooks Syllabus Students 146

Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

Researchers at California Polytechnic State University conducted a study in 1994, which showed conclusively that the group that was given a random assortment of pitches did much better in the post test than the group that received blocked pitches—several of one kind followed by several of another—and the control group.

Math 216

Math Coaching Testing Assignments 216

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

As he watched his own kids adjust to online schooling during the pandemic, he felt that Zoom lacked features to let teachers handle standard classroom activities such as taking attendance or giving quizzes.

Online Learning 200

Online Learning Quizzes Technology Learning 200

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2022

It actually requires some unlearning, and some changes in approach, to create an environment that better encourages students to complete assigned activities. For instance, instructors can strategically assign tasks that can be auto-graded, or spot-checked. To incentivize that, I typically assign reading exercises and quizzes.

Motivation 203

Motivation Reading Instructors Assignments 203

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

Google Classroom , the company’s online tool that lets teachers, students and parents manage assignments and discussions, will be getting a small facelift as part of 12 updates that Google is announcing at this week’s ISTE conference, an annual K-12 educational technology expo. In other words, the most recent activity sits at the top.)

Education 161

Education Quizzes Assignments Testing 161

Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2020

While many students say they’re looking for the assistance they’re not getting from their colleges, professors argue that students are using these sites to cheat on quizzes and tests. And then that student who asked it will copy and paste it or use that answer in their own graded assignment. It's just impossible.

Study 200

Study Exams Quizzes Lecturing 200

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Lesson one: Planning teaching presence At our university training during the pandemic, professors learned that enhancing flexibility for online learners involved making all assignments and activities accessible on the first day of class—this way students could work at their own pace.

Quizzes 126

Quizzes Teaching Learning Feedback 126

Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Now, he and Baselice collaborate to create and test games and are actively trying to gather evidence that these activities aren’t just good for engagement, but for long-term learning. When I’m testing a game, I have no way of knowing if it's going to be blocked by the school’s servers,” Angie says.

Teachers 215

Teachers Quizzes Testing Learning Outcomes 215

eSchool News

AUGUST 22, 2016

The newly added Assessments tool gives educators full control to create, distribute, and assess custom quizzes, tests, and homework assignments directly within the platform. This feature can also be used to differentiate homework assignments from exams.

Multiple Choice Questions 133

Multiple Choice Questions Quizzes Social Studies Exams 133

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2019

Tests these days start by making students prove not what they know, but who they are. The Boston-based company passed its own test of sorts today: securing a $90 million investment from private equity firm Great Hill Partners. That test is no longer around, but he says that experience inspired him to launch Examity in 2013.

Exams 162

Exams Online Learning Testing Quizzes 162

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

-based company last raised money in 2014 , when it was best known as an online destination where students could share notes, assignments and other course materials from classes they have taken. The company is also working with textbook publishers on interactive experiences that pair reading materials from the book with quizzes on Course Hero.

Quizzes 173

Quizzes Lecturing Textbooks Instructors 173

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

The student knew the material, but she just wasn’t a good test-taker. Her score on that exam was so low, in fact, that she realized she had no chance to get an A in the course, no matter how well she might do on future tests and assignments. After that, this professor vowed never to use traditional grades on tests again.

Grades 202

Grades Exams Feedback Testing 202

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

With the ClassFlow Moments app, teachers can easily share classroom assignments, announcements, and awards with parents so they can proactively engage with their students’ learning. As teachers assign homework or reward students with award badges in ClassFlow, they can easily alert parents at the same time.

Communication 140

Communication Teachers Laboratory Quizzes 140

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2023

AI can also generate short content, such as answers to take-home quizzes or un-proctored multiple-choice exams. This was often for written assignments or take-home quizzes and tests. A fellow instructor suggested I try audio or video presentation assignments instead.

Intelligence 144

Intelligence Plagiarism Quizzes Academic Integrity 144

Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2020

This functionality helps students ask questions about assignments that Lewis creates in PowerPoint, and also helps students strengthen relationships by allowing them to work together in real-time. It’s very informal,” Fine says of her efforts to measure student progress with Google Drive.

Education 217

Education History Students Quizzes 217

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Lesson one: Planning teaching presence At our university training during the pandemic, professors learned that enhancing flexibility for online learners involved making all assignments and activities accessible on the first day of class—this way students could work at their own pace.

Quizzes 111

Quizzes Teaching Learning Feedback 111

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

I use a daily quiz that has a two-fold purpose: first, it tests the students’ knowledge of the day’s reading material; and second, it provides a focus for the lecture and activities scheduled that day in class. I vary both the number and type of questions I use on the quizzes. I administer two daily quizzes in that course.

Quizzes 101

Quizzes Lecturing Course Evaluations Exams 101

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

But if you’re new here, I’ll give you a very quick overview: Retrieval practice is the act of trying to recall something you learned from memory by doing things like taking a test on it or using flashcards instead of just looking at, rereading, or reviewing the information. “So basically, why did you pick that response?

Multiple Choice Questions 78

Multiple Choice Questions Teachers Writing Questions 78

eSchool News

AUGUST 24, 2016

The newly added Assessments tool gives educators full control to create, distribute, and assess custom quizzes, tests, and homework assignments directly within the platform.

Quizzes 140

Quizzes History Social Studies Assignments 140

eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2016

The device-agnostic Ormiboard goes beyond presenting and testing by opening up whole-class creation and participation. With browser-driven publishing, lessons are assigned links and can be sent to students using Google Classroom.

Mobile Devices 140

Mobile Devices Quizzes Exams Assignments 140

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

From IBM’s test scoring machines in the 1930s to the Speak & Spells of the 70s, innovators and educators have been trying to improve education with technology for decades. Today’s educators need simple tools that take the stress out of lesson planning, grading written assignments, and differentiation.

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Teachers Writing Feedback Assignments 166