Assessment/Evaluation & Survey Tools
Creating Rubrics and Online Surveys

Rubrics are scoring guidelines. They provide a way to make judgments fair and sound when assessing performance. A uniform set of precisely defined criteria or guidelines are set forth to judge student work. Generally rubrics specify the level of performance expected for several levels of quality. These levels of quality may be written (e.g., Excellent, Good, Needs Improvement) or numeric (e.g., 4, 3, 2, 1).  The total score may then be associated with a grade (e.g., A, B, C, etc).

Many rubrics also specify the level of assistance (e.g., Independently, With Minimal Adult Help; With Extensive Adult Help) for each quality rating.

Rubistar

Rubistar is a free online tool for creating quality rubrics. Rubrics are created based on a topic. Sample topics include; oral projects, multimedia, math, writing, products, reading, art, work skills, science and music. Registered users can save and edit rubrics anywhere there is online access.

According to the Rubistar site, rubrics can help students and teachers define "quality" work. Rubrics can also help students judge and revise their own work before handing in their assignments.

Click here to access the tutorial on using Rubistar.

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Aligned to NETS-T: 2.a, 2.d, 3.a, 3.d
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Survey and Evaluation Tools

Surveys and evaluation tools are a great way to collect data from students to determine the direction the teacher should take in the classroom. They can also be used for formative assessment or determining professional development needs of staff. Zoomerang and Survey Monkey are comparable tools with educational prices available. Both have limited free versions.  

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Aligned to NETS-T: 1.a, 2.b, 2.c, 2.d, 3.a, 3.b, 3.c, 3.d
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Zoomerang

Not only does Zoomerang allow you to create surveys with a variety of questions, but it also allows you to import the information directly into PowerPoint, create custom branding, use skip logic, and create charts and graphs from the data. For a quick demo click here.

Survey Monkey

Survey Monkey has over a dozen types of questions to choose from when creating a survey. There are ready made templates, results can be downloaded quickly into a spreadsheet, all languages are supported, and the questions can be randomized. For video tutorials click here.

21things Hands-On Activity and Assignment:

1.  Create an online educational survey with either Zoomerang or Survey Monkey with at least 5 questions.

2. Survey at least 5 teachers/students and view the results on screen. (Note:  In the professional version you can export results, create graphs, etc. This is not possible in the FREE version).
 
3.  Capture a screen shot of the results, and record your reflections in the portfolio. If you are unfamiliar with capturing screen shots, click on the Basics page for a quick tour).

4.  Create a rubric using Rubistar for use in your classroom.  Capture a screen shot of your rubric for your portfolio and record your reflections on how you will use in your classroom.

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