I like to use the following online tools for both formative and summative assessment in my art classes:
Google Slides: I use google slides with my upper level students to document their process on projects. I give them a template with an artistic thinking design concept put in throughout the template. The students then have to share the google form with me so that I can periodically check on them throughout their project. The students have to document the process of their work in separate slides and some of the phases get graded as they go. For example, they have an Inspiration slide and a Design Phase slide where they come up with the idea for their project and do research and practice pieces before starting. They submit these ideas then I comment in their slides with suggestions before they move on. The students then document by adding photographs of their work each day showing their progression and making comments about their thought process while they work. Again I can comment on these and help them as they go through the project. At the end they submit a reflection of their learning process by answering questions given by me and a picture of their completed project. This is both a formative and summative assessment piece for me. PROS: It is a great way for me to view and review their process while working on a project, especially if I am absent one day or maybe I just didn't get time to work or see that student that day. It is also an informal way for me to communicate with each student. CONS: If you do this for each student - it is a lot of shared google forms you need to keep track of and look through. I each class in folder and review periodically. The other con is students forget often, even if you remind them at the end of the period to document daily.
The second technology assessment tool I use often as a formative tool is KAHOOT. The students love the competitive trivia game competition this game provides. It is a great tool to review vocabulary or terms periodically or before big tests. Pros: it is fun and the kids love it. It is easy to use and you can add pictures/photos as part of your questions. And it gives you good data and feedback when you finish so you can see which students are doing well or struggling. OR if you have one question that students struggled with, you know you may need to reteach that item. CONS: sometimes it kicks kids off unexpectedly in the middle of the game, then they lose their spot with points if they jump back on. I am going to say this is more because of a device or wifi issue than the game itself, but it happens often.
Another tool I use often is Canvas's video upload in assignments or you can also use FlipGrid for this. This is a great summative tool for me because I almost always have my students do a REFLECTION when they complete a larger assignment. In the reflection I ask them to identify where and how they have used the different techniques and strategies that we have implemented throughout the lesson. I like the video feature for both these tools so the students point out specific areas to answer the questions and it also makes them think about their process while and after they have completed a project. PROS: Student's cannot cheat on this, it is them showing me how they did things in their projects. It is a visual response, not a written response. I have asked for written responses in the past and I get very short answers without any specific details. It is easier for students to talk about their work than write about it. CONS: students at first don't like the idea of video themselves. I try to tell them to focus the camera on the project and not them. Another con, students sometimes don't know how to use the camera on their chromebooks correctly, and it is very hard to see and hear. And sometimes Canvas shuts down in the middle of their video and they have to redo it.
Google Slides: I use google slides with my upper level students to document their process on projects. I give them a template with an artistic thinking design concept put in throughout the template. The students then have to share the google form with me so that I can periodically check on them throughout their project. The students have to document the process of their work in separate slides and some of the phases get graded as they go. For example, they have an Inspiration slide and a Design Phase slide where they come up with the idea for their project and do research and practice pieces before starting. They submit these ideas then I comment in their slides with suggestions before they move on. The students then document by adding photographs of their work each day showing their progression and making comments about their thought process while they work. Again I can comment on these and help them as they go through the project. At the end they submit a reflection of their learning process by answering questions given by me and a picture of their completed project. This is both a formative and summative assessment piece for me. PROS: It is a great way for me to view and review their process while working on a project, especially if I am absent one day or maybe I just didn't get time to work or see that student that day. It is also an informal way for me to communicate with each student. CONS: If you do this for each student - it is a lot of shared google forms you need to keep track of and look through. I each class in folder and review periodically. The other con is students forget often, even if you remind them at the end of the period to document daily.
The second technology assessment tool I use often as a formative tool is KAHOOT. The students love the competitive trivia game competition this game provides. It is a great tool to review vocabulary or terms periodically or before big tests. Pros: it is fun and the kids love it. It is easy to use and you can add pictures/photos as part of your questions. And it gives you good data and feedback when you finish so you can see which students are doing well or struggling. OR if you have one question that students struggled with, you know you may need to reteach that item. CONS: sometimes it kicks kids off unexpectedly in the middle of the game, then they lose their spot with points if they jump back on. I am going to say this is more because of a device or wifi issue than the game itself, but it happens often.
Another tool I use often is Canvas's video upload in assignments or you can also use FlipGrid for this. This is a great summative tool for me because I almost always have my students do a REFLECTION when they complete a larger assignment. In the reflection I ask them to identify where and how they have used the different techniques and strategies that we have implemented throughout the lesson. I like the video feature for both these tools so the students point out specific areas to answer the questions and it also makes them think about their process while and after they have completed a project. PROS: Student's cannot cheat on this, it is them showing me how they did things in their projects. It is a visual response, not a written response. I have asked for written responses in the past and I get very short answers without any specific details. It is easier for students to talk about their work than write about it. CONS: students at first don't like the idea of video themselves. I try to tell them to focus the camera on the project and not them. Another con, students sometimes don't know how to use the camera on their chromebooks correctly, and it is very hard to see and hear. And sometimes Canvas shuts down in the middle of their video and they have to redo it.