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Below you will find a link to a unit assessment (Right Triangle Trigonometry) from my Geometry class that I turned into an online test using Google Quizzes. The test includes the possible use of an assistive technology add-on called Equatio. In addition there is a link to the reflection paper covering the use, creation, and challenges of both the online test and the assistive technology.
In 2017-18 the school where I teach will go one-to-one with every student receiving a Chromebook. In addition, more and more standardized tests are heading in the direction of being administered online. Because of those two very important aspects of my job I feel it is important to prepare to administer online assessments in my classroom. In truth, I was happy this assignment forced me to create a full summative assessment online. I have done some short formative assessments, but not a full unit summative. As you can read in my reflection paper it is very challenging to have a math test online. Not only is it challenging to get images to be adequate, but “mathtype” is very hard. Most online tools do not support math typing. I’ll be honest, I chose a unit test that I felt I had the best chance of making it look correct. It was a great start! I definitely feel like I could use this test in my class next year just the way it is. In addition, I would like to incorporate Flubaroo (see Artifact 1) to grade the assessment.
I am not as confident about the assistive technology I incorporated with the assessment, the Google Add on, Equatio. It is brand new and there are definitely kinks that need to be worked out. It seems to work fine on my computer, but others have had trouble getting it to work well. It would definitely take some training for students to be able to use it well so I couldn’t just throw it at them for the first time on an assessment. Overall, it seems that with this Add On Google is on the right track to making themselves math friendly.
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