ASFM :: PD

Online Quizzes or Activities

This workshop comes with the caveat that this is not the only method of assessment being advocated, it is merely a way to make one method of assessment easier for you. We hope that you enjoy the session and make use of this technology to eventually save you time.

The websites you are going to see are:

4teachers.org - This one has many resources for teachers, one of which is Quizstar. Quizstar will take longer to setup but allows you more control over student logins and assigning quizzes at certain times, but short answers are not evaluated at all. (free access)
quia.com - This site allows you to create and host online activities, surveys and quizzes. It is easier to setup, but has less control over access, so it seems better as a practice or homework tool. (accounts: ELEM - See Marybell Rodriguez MSHS - see Phil Martin)

All of these types of online sites can be used either in:

a controlled environment like a computer lab at the school (like Sarah does with teacherweb) and only make the test available at certain times (good for testing), or

an uncontrolled environment just by making them available to students by telling them where to go… literally… you give them the address. (good for practice/review)

When you have your own time to explore these sites and ones like them, you will find that they have the following sections:

teacher section - where you have the following subsection after you login as a teacher

activity creation - make the activity with short answer, multiple choice, true/false for automatic scoring
class/student creation/setup - make classes and then students within to match your groups to make transfer of grades and management easier
activity assignment to classes - set date, time and class to which to offer a quiz
results area - view reports, get lists of grades

student section - where students go to take the quiz and see their results

If you want to login to Quizstar, follow these instructions:

	This workshop will show you how to use the online service to create a quiz or practice activity. Here is how.
1.	Go to 4teachers.org (Este sitio esta disponible en español tambien.)	This is not StarQuiz.
2.	At the right hand side of the opening page you will see a variety of tools for teachers. Click on the Quizstar icon.
3.	On the Quizstar page, follow the directions there to use the site as it is described above, navigating to the teacher section for example.	There are also options for registering with the site, but you do not need to register.