NHREC Instructor Resources

Giving Formative Feedback

Formative Feedback is a “response to student work while it is in progress”. Good Feedback is frequent, specific, balanced, and timely!

Keep These Principles In Mind:

Use asynchronous tools when possible:

Having students participate in live online conversations can be useful, but scheduling can be a problem, and only a few students will actively participate (just like in your classroom). In such cases, using asynchronous tools like Canvas/Google Classroom Discussions or Blogs allows students to participate on their own schedules. In addition, bandwidth requirements for discussion boards are far lower than for live video tools.

Link To Clear Goals and Outcomes:

Clear objectives and goals are essential to setting the stage for providing formative feedback. Assess prior knowledge and chunk information. Provide multiple opportunities for students to give and receive formative feedback.

Build In Simple Accountability:

Assigning points for online discussion posts can be tedious, so some instructors ask for reflective statements where students detail their contributions and reflect on what they learned from the conversation. Do what works for you, but keep it consistent.

Tools For Giving Formative Feedback

Formative Assessment Professional Development Webinar Series:

Sessions that detail the process of providing formative assessment to New Horizons students lead by the Online Learning Team.

Formative Assessment PD 1 - Strategies for Providing Formative Feedback (Casey Roberts)

Monitoring Student Comprehension Presentation

Formative Assessment PD 2 -

Beginner Session (Dr. Melissa Bryant)

Advanced Session (Laura Vobrack)

Formative Assessment PD 3 - Discussion Boards and Rubrics (Laura Vobrack)

Online Discussion with Canvas/Google Classroom:

Discussion is an excellent strategy to give formative feedback in your online or hybrid course. Students can use discussion to connect asynchronously through the discussion board in the learning management system, which can offer students, especially those who may need time to process course content, the chance to formulate their thinking and articulate questions related to the course materials.

Resources

Create Discussions for Canvas (GSST)

Create Discussions for Google Classroom (CTE & SPED)

Planning and Facilitating Online Discussions

Additional Formative Feedback Tools

75 Digital Tools and Apps Teachers Can Use to Support Formative Assessment

Blooms Questions

Embedding Assessment and Feedback

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