Google Forms
- Formative Assessment (but could also be used as a Summative Assessment if you wanted to?)
- You can create a series of multiple-choice or response questions for students via Google Forms. The form can be shared with them through a single link. I see myself using this in my classroom to ask students how confident they feel about the current material/whether or not they can explain class content to me.
- Pros: Easy to navigate and use, free, can access through a mobile device, data is collected and organized into Google Sheets (which is very convenient for teachers)
- Cons: there is no time limit, students could ask peers what answers are or copy an answer from the internet
- Formative Assessment
- Through EdPuzzle, you can create instructional videos for your students and ask students questions at different times throughout the video. You can also insert questions for students to answer on videos that have already been uploaded to YouTube. You can insert notes, multiple-choice questions, or short answer questions and use student responses to get a better understanding of where they are at in their learning.
- Pros: free, can make it so that students can’t skip ahead in the video, will give you a record of student responses, keeps students engaged
- Cons: students have to have decent internet at home (internet that doesn’t stall when you trying watching videos) to be able to use edpuzzle
- Summative & Formative Assessment
- Loom is a video messaging tool that allows you to record your camera, microphone, and desktop simultaneously. I think this would be a great tool to have students use for class presentations held virtually. Students could create a slideshow presentation and record themselves presenting through Loom!
- Pros: free, lets you know when someone views your videos, videos are easy to share, and you can save the videos to your computer in MP4 format
- Cons: have to have decent wifi to download the Loom videos to your computer in MP4 format, I also read somewhere that the free version maxes out at 198 recordings (which is a lot in my opinion)