3. Forms of assessment

A list of many forms of assessment is presented below. Moodle can be used to implement or support most of these forms. 

  • Quiz items, including  multiple choice, true/false, matching, fill-in-the-blank, short- or long-text answer : Quiz, Choice, Feedback    
  • Written tests, essay questions: Assignment, Forum
  • Contributions to discussions: Forum             
  • Papers, reports, or projects: Assignment, Wiki             
  • Problems and exercises: Lesson, Quiz       
  • Student-created diagrams/illustrations/concept maps: Assignment, Forum        
  • Interviews: Forum, Feedback
  • Observation of practice or work tasks: Assignment might be used to provide evidence            
  • Peer-assessment: Workshop, Forum   
  • Self-assessment: Quiz, Grading Rubric, Blog      
  • Role play: Chat, Forum to some extent     
  • Simulation or case study: Lesson, Quiz, Forum, Chat, Feedback, External Tool (combinations of these)  
  • Real-time (actual) work: Difficult to achieve real-time assessment, but Assignment can provide near real-time evidence      
  • Portfolios of collected student/employee work: Assignment, Workshop