Digital Formative Assessments

Teachers in every subject and grade level find it necessary to adjust their teaching based on student understanding. Valuable assessment (e.g. diagnostic, formative, and summative) can hold all students accountable, engage everyone, remove the embarrassment of public hand raising, and give critical feedback to teachers and impact lesson progression.

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Google Forms is a free G-Suite for Education tool which allows educators to do any and all of the following:

Create forms, surveys, quizzes
Share creations with others
Complete forms online
Collect and review submissions using spreadsheets
View data summaries in charts and graphs

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Use the provided Google Form templates or browse the template gallery to get started.

Gamify Formative Assessments

When was the last time your students asked to be assessed on their learning? This dream could become your reality when implementing digital formative assessment tools which capitalize on "gaming" in the classroom.

Kahoot! empowers teachers, and students, to create their own quizzes. Or utilized Kahoot!'s web-based library to select pre-created assessments.

Create, share, and view assessments at no cost. Additional pricing may apply for some features and quiz customization.

Try Kahoot! in your classroom.

Quizizz features free gamified assessments for every subject area. Or, educators can create their own assessments. Empower students to create their own quizzes for presentations and whole class engagement.

Quizizz is currently 100% free with no paid features.

Could Quizizz be the assessment feature for you?

Gimkit is a live, quiz based assessment tool promoting student engagement and strategy in a fast paced learning environment.

Platform offers free and paid options.

Learn more about how Gimkit could be used in your classroom at on their website.

Plickers allows educators to poll their classrooms for free. It's software features an interactive card activity which provides immediate student feedback. Students enjoy tracking and trending their progress with instantaneous graphs showcasing their learning.

Learn more about Plickers on their webpage.

Video for Instruction

Make videos a part of your lesson and ensure student understanding. Web-based tools make adding response questions easy and tracking student progress a breeze.

Playposit.com-Is a web-based site that allows teachers to upload YouTube, Vimeo, and other videos and insert questions at desired points. Teachers can view student responses in real time. It's free. It's engaging and most importantly, it's educational. Engage students using video and assess their learning.

EDpuzzle - Choose a video to include in your instruction and personalized assessment questions to track student learning. Browse the EDPuzzle library for precreated videos, with the option to further customize videos to fit your classroom.

Store up to 20 videos for free before upgrading your account.

Additional Digital Assessment Tools

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Socrative enables educators to review student understanding at the class, individual, or question-level. Socrative is a powerful instructional tool to gather data pre/post lessons and verify student understanding.

Socrative features free and paid plans to support educational goals

Quizlet provides user-friendly learning tools to aid students build strong study habits. Including flashcards, games, and other learning tools - all for free.

If you are need of an online bulletin board where students can type responses to prompts, post comments, add videos, images and links, then Padlet is what you want. Students do not need to login to view and post.

Padlet offers 3 boards free of charge before upgrading to a paid version.

Gooru, offers both students and teachers real-time feedback by allowing students to answer key concept comprehension questions before they leave the classroom. Students are able to see their own progress and take ownership of their learning journey. Reduce grading time by utilizing pre-set answers that tabulate student responses. Not all assessment types are available on the free version.