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Test Placement in Course Site

Online assessment provides the instructor with a flexible test environment, which automatically provides feedback to students. Correct test placement within a course is the key to effectively evaluating the learning of your students.

Consider your options:

• Surveys
• Weekly homework check-ups
• Pre-tests
• Post-tests 

Assessing the knowledge your students bring to your course provides a foundation from which you can develop the rest of your course.  Consider using a survey at the start of the course to collect aggregated data about your students’ pre-existing knowledge.

Where should I put my quizzes and tests? Basically, you have two options: gathered or integrated.


You can gather all of your surveys, quizzes, and tests under one navigation button, called "Assignments" or "Quizzes."

Integrated: Focus on one unit and integrate all the components under one navigation button. For example:

• Pre-unit survey
• Readings
• Links
• Video clips
• Podcasts
• Self-assessment
• Final unit assessment

So each content area becomes a discrete location with all the relevant content and activities in one virtual space.