Directions: This month, trail-test two different mediums to gauge student mastery. Choose any two of the trail tools below to gather real-time data and ensure no camper is left behind.

Your Focus: Show how the data helped you gain insight into student learning. Use these tools to peel back the curtain and see exactly where students are flourishing or where the trail has become a bit muddy.

🔥 Formative Assessment Trail Tools, Choose Two

• 🍐 Pear Deck: Interactive Exploration
  Transform static slides into an active trail map where every student responds in real-time. See the Playbook Guide to Checks for Understanding with Pear Deck for ideas and implementation support.

• 📋 Google Forms: Real-Time Surveying
  Use Forms to create quizzes or surveys and analyze results instantly. Explore the Playbook Guide to Checks for Understanding with Google Forms for ideas. Pro Tip: Embed your form directly into Canvas to keep students from wandering off the digital path.

• 🎯 Canvas New Quizzes: Diverse Data Points
  Use up to twelve question types to switch up your assessment style. Instructure’s Guide to Creating New Quizzes walks you through setup.

• 🎥 Canvas Studio: Multimedia Check-Ins
  Have students demonstrate spoken fluency and content mastery through video. Learn more with the Playbook Guide to Checks for Understanding with Canvas Studio. Not in Canvas yet? Seesaw or Google Classroom videos meet the same goal.

• 🎬 Canvas Studio Quizzes: In-Video Questions
  Harness the power of embedded questions to track engagement and comprehension. Use the Digital Learning Playbook Guide to Canvas Studio Quizzes to build your assessment.

• 🎨 Canva Quizzes: Engaging Assessments
  Use Canva’s Online Quiz Maker to create an engaging quiz with real-time insights.

• 🌱 Seesaw: Visual Evidence of Learning
  Build an activity as a check for understanding and capture students’ sweet success.

📝 Post-Hike Reflection

Implement your two selected tools, then submit your insights through the embedded Google Form in your Canvas course.

The canvas assignment for the opens at the beginning of the month, and it should be submitted by the final Friday of the month. 

Physical Badges will be delivered by your DLS the following month.