Interactive formative assessment

Videos themselves are not usually interactive but the new tools that have emerged in the past decade allow teachers to easily embed custom questions into videos making them interactive.

When reviewing the different tools they must support formative instructional strategies. Students should be able to receive feedback while watching and answering questions in the video. Both the teachers and students should be able to take an active role in using them but the teacher will need to be a facilitator or creator in the beginning.

Teachers have been using film and video in their classrooms for decades to engage students. Videos themselves are not usually interactive but the new tools that have emerged in the past decade allow teachers to easily embed custom questions into videos making them interactive.

When reviewing the different tools they must support formative instructional strategies. Students should be able to receive feedback while watching and answering questions in the video. Both the teachers and students should be able to take an active role in using them but the teacher will need to be a facilitator or creator in the beginning.

Students love video and more and more learn via video with tools like YouTube, Khan Academy, and Vimeo. Between them, there are millions of videos available. As a teacher, you can use these videos to make them interactive and provide thoughtful questions and feedback as the students watch them.

After completing this unit, the educator will:
1. Know about the variety of digital assessment tools available online
2. Understand how to assess students with digital tools
3. Be able to create and use quiz and polling tools with students
4. Be able to create and use interactive and video assessments with students
5. Understand that course management systems have built-in formative assessments
6. Be able to create online interactive lessons
7. Be able to use online bulletin boards
8. Make connections with technology standards and best practice
9. Transfer the learning to professional practice by applying these resources to assess students in the classroom

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