Part 4: Assessment
Introduction
This module will introduce you to the pedagogy of course assessment, and methods by which to employ Desire 2 Learn’s quiz function in your course.
The D2L Quiz feature offers you an easy way to build course assessments. The tool is highly customizable and provides a variety effective assessment options. Yet, D2L’s quiz feature is only a tool, and serves no purpose if not wielded towards a specific end-goal, such as maximizing student learning.
Learning Objectives
By the end of Part 4 you should be able to:
- Build an exam in Desire 2 Learn.
- Enable automatic grading of a Quiz and link the Quiz to a grade item.
- Distinguish between formative and summative methods of assessment.
- Design exams that track class progress and adapt course material to student learning.
- Create assessment that maximize active and high-order learning.
- Find additional sources to learn more about assessment.
