1. CREATIVE APPROACHES TO
ASSESSMENT AND FEEDBACK
USING ICT IN THE HIGH
SCHOOL CLASSROOM
Lorinda Bruce | ASV eLearning Development Officer
Scott Westray | VCE English Teacher Gilson College
Link to this presentation: http://goo.gl/lL1ubQ

4. GROUP DISCUSSION
What is the purpose of assessment? What
kinds of assessment do you use?
What is the purpose of feedback? What
kinds of feedback do you give your students?
How do they give you feedback?

5. WHAT IS ASSESSMENT?
What is the primary purpose of assessment?
To improve the learning of students and the teaching capability of
teachers?
Assessment "Comes from the Latin verb ‘assidere’ meaning ‘to sit
with’. In assessment, one should sit with the learner. This implies
it is something we do with and for students and not to students
(Green, 1998)

6. WHAT IS FEEDBACK?
The challenge is to provide feedback that students can access,
understand and use to inform their studies and future performances.
To achieve this Boud and associates (2010) claim feedback should be:
A. Informative and supportive to encourage positivity towards learning;
B. Timely, allowing feedback to be used to inform other learning and
work;
C. Frequent and specific enough to guide students learning and work.

7. WHY SHOULD I USE ICT FOR
FEEDBACK AND ASSESSMENT?
Organisation (Folders, tabs, labels, notebooks)
Track Progress (See progress live, check revision history)
Collaborative (Peer editing, students can respond to and edit comments)
Versatile, accessible
Cloud based/does not get lost
Streamline/save time

8. ‘PODCASTED’ ASSESSMENT
FEEDBACK
Scott Westray

9. HOW DO I KEEP FEEDBACK
MANAGEABLE USING ICT?
Organised/Paperless/Timely/Frequen
t/Specific/Manageable
Look at changing your assessment
tasks
Develop or use existing electronic
rubrics/marking guides. Rubric
Generator: Rubistar
Develop or use existing electronic
quizzes, which can provide instant
feedback

11. PROVIDING TIMELY FEEDBACK
The comment feature: Microsoft Office, Google Docs, Presenter notes
in Google Docs presentations. PDF text editing tools.
Not using Google docs? Have students submit their work to you
digitally using the LMS at your school or through your through
DROPitTOme portal that sends the docs directly to your Dropbox
account and use the traditional commenting feature in Office
Podcast your feedback.
Use comments sections of YouTube/blogs/wikis for comments/self/peer
reviews

12. TIMELY FEEDBACK
Pull up any assessment item on your screen and create a
screencast as you go through their assessment. Provide specific
and detailed feedback on each part. Email the screencast back to
students for them to watch and rewatch. http://goo.gl/DQCPO
Use Evernote to create audio notes. Create a public link and send
it to the student. Create audio feedback in Google docs with
https://kaizena.com/
Computer assisted testing. Use your LMS (Blackboard/Moodle).
Apps such as Socrative, Quizlet. Use Google docs/forms

13. ORGANISATION IN GOOGLE
DOCS
Clear folders/file structure
Create a template for the assessment
Name the doc in a systematic way
(LorindaBruce_Map Readings_Yr9B)
Set sharing settings to ‘anyone with
link can view’
Share link/student makes copy of
template/renames and shares with you

14. PLAGIARISM
Prevention better than the cure
Create assessment tasks that are
creative/open ended rather than
Know students well so that you
know what they are capable of
Formative marks allocated for
draft process using Google docs
etc.

15. ICT TOOLS FOR PLAGIARISM
Search Google and Google Scholar. How to use Google search
more effectively: http://goo.gl/FLDcJ
Turnitin. A year-long subscription costs $US400 ($526) per
school, plus a fee of about $1 per student.
Overview of plagiarism detection software available: http://goo.gl/XWt46L

16. ADVANCED GOOGLE DOCS
USERS
Set your own preferences
Shortcuts save time
Make a master list of comments
Give feedback via Google Forms + Mail Merge.
Experiment with Doctopus

17. Lorinda Bruce
ASV eLearning Development Officer
t3ach.org
Questions?
Thanks!