{"id":34126,"date":"2022-11-14T21:58:54","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T02:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/?p=34126"},"modified":"2022-12-12T12:51:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T17:51:07","slug":"alternative-assessments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/alternative-assessments\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternative Assessments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Whether you’re looking for a new way to reach your students, want to help them build real-world skills for life beyond the classroom, just want to mix up your assignment schedule a little, or want to be able to answer the question “When am I going to use this?” you’re probably looking for an alternative assessment to get you going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Traditional Assessments<\/strong>
    1. What is a traditional Assessment?<\/li>
    2. Why do they fail?
      1. student ingenuity<\/li>
      2. 3rd party sites like chegg and quizlet<\/li><\/ol><\/li>
      3. Solutions that aren\u2019t solutions
        1. SEB<\/li>
        2. Proctored exams<\/li>
        3. strict rules<\/li><\/ol><\/li>
        4. Traditional Assessments with a Twist
          1. Cheat safe exam – let them cheat!<\/li>
          2. Rephrase and replicate<\/li>
          3. Student generated exam – make them do the work for you!<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol><\/li>
          4. Other Types of Assignments<\/strong>
            1. Digital Storytelling<\/li>
            2. Podcasting\/Audio Assignments<\/li>
            3. Social media<\/li>
            4. WikiEdu<\/li><\/ol><\/li>
            5. Personalized Classroom Experience<\/strong>
              1. By Topic
                1. Students get to choose their topics<\/li>
                2. Type of assignment stays the same<\/li><\/ol><\/li>
                3. By Assignment
                  1. Students get to choose their turn in<\/li>
                  2. Topic stays the same<\/li><\/ol><\/li>
                  3. Personalize by both
                    1. Mix-n-match throughout your course, you make the rules!<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol><\/li>
                    2. Gamification<\/strong>
                      1. Gamified Assignment
                        1. Digital Escape rooms<\/li>
                        2. simulations<\/li>
                        3. adjacent: Find a game in a topic<\/li><\/ol><\/li>
                        4. Gamified Module
                          1. make it game week<\/li><\/ol><\/li>
                          2. Whole Course Layout
                            1. storyboarding<\/li>
                            2. badges<\/li>
                            3. make it optional?<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                              Whether you’re looking for a new way to reach your students, want to help them build real-world skills for life beyond the classroom, just want to mix up your assignment schedule a little, or want to be able to answer the question “When am I going to use this?” you’re probably looking for an alternative […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":328,"featured_media":35143,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,34,37,66],"tags":[],"coauthors":[435],"class_list":["post-34126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-news","category-professional-development","category-workshops"],"acf":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2022\/11\/altassess.png",1513,646,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2022\/11\/altassess-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2022\/11\/altassess-300x128.png",300,128,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2022\/11\/altassess-768x328.png",768,328,true],"large":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2022\/11\/altassess-1024x437.png",1024,437,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2022\/11\/altassess.png",1513,646,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2022\/11\/altassess.png",1513,646,false]},"post_excerpt_stackable":"

                              Whether you’re looking for a new way to reach your students, want to help them build real-world skills for life beyond the classroom, just want to mix up your assignment schedule a little, or want to be able to answer the question “When am I going to use this?” you’re probably looking for an alternative assessment to get you going. Traditional AssessmentsWhat is a traditional Assessment?Why do they fail?student ingenuity3rd party sites like chegg and quizletSolutions that aren\u2019t solutionsSEBProctored examsstrict rulesTraditional Assessments with a TwistCheat safe exam – let them cheat!Rephrase and replicateStudent generated exam – make them do the…<\/p>\n","category_list":"events<\/a>, News<\/a>, Professional Development<\/a>, Workshops<\/a>","author_info":{"name":"Caitlyn Deeter","url":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/author\/cdeeterwooster-edu\/"},"comments_num":"0 comments","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2022\/11\/altassess.png",1513,646,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2022\/11\/altassess-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2022\/11\/altassess-300x128.png",300,128,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2022\/11\/altassess-768x328.png",768,328,true],"large":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2022\/11\/altassess-1024x437.png",1024,437,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2022\/11\/altassess.png",1513,646,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2022\/11\/altassess.png",1513,646,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Caitlyn Deeter","author_link":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/author\/cdeeterwooster-edu\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Whether you’re looking for a new way to reach your students, want to help them build real-world skills for life beyond the classroom, just want to mix up your assignment schedule a little, or want to be able to answer the question “When am I going to use this?” you’re probably looking for an alternative…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34126"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36261,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34126\/revisions\/36261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34126"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=34126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}