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Topic: Student Feedback

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On-Demand Webinars

Assessment Trends in 2021 with Dr. Gianina Baker (EAC 2021)

On the second day of EAC 2021, Dr. Gianina Baker, the acting director at the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA), delivered her keynote. She invited attendees to reflect on lessons learned this...

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Improving Assessments Through Versatile Categorization, Using Learning Outcomes as a Guide to Student Engagement (EAC 2021)

This session will help you formulate a user-friendly database, breaking down questions into manageable sections to facilitate fluent communication between students and the course director, allowing them to pinpoint th...

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How I Became a Better Teacher During the Time of COVID -19 (EAC 2021)

Over 500 year-two medical students attended problem-based learning session designed using clinical reasoning. This session compares exam questions performance on lecture session versus problem-based learning. Learning...

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Leicester Medical School

Background The University of Leicester, founded in 1921, is a combination of traditional and modern. From this beautiful British campus, just south of the city center, more than 20,000 students study, conduct research...

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Exploring Assessment Technology’s Impact on Undergraduate Education

Over the previous 40 years, higher education has begun to adopt innovative technologies in an attempt to better educate students and holistically optimize the assessment process. However, many undergraduate programs h...

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Why You Should Use Categories for Curriculum Guidance

If you’re using ExamSoft, then you’re probably already using categories in your exam creation and grading to provide students with more informative feedback. Category tagging proves a powerful tool for directing your ...

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How Not to Use Assessments: Common Mishaps Implementing Formative Assessments and How to Correct Them

Instruct. Assess. Feedback. Repeat. This is the timeless methodology of formative assessment applied, in some way, in all levels of education. The application of this process is continuously subject to change based on...

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How Not to Use Formative Assessments

Here are some common examples of how not to use formative assessments and the simple corrections to get you back to being an assessment pro.

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Putting Data to Work: Incorporating Technology into Curricular Review

Presented by Mr. Eric Ermie, Director of Client Solutions at ExamSoft This webinar demonstrates how ExamSoft can be leveraged to make new curriculum successful, as well as how to properly use assessment data to ensure...

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Data-Driven Educational Assessments Using Longitudinal Analysis

When it comes to data-driven educational assessments, one of the bigger challenges for educators is measuring how teaching methods and course design are quantitatively impacting student learning. ExamSoft’s computer-b...

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Testimonials: How Students Benefit from Using ExamSoft

ExamSoft’s education software provides unmatched support for faculty, staff, and administration with a comprehensive solution to manage and optimize student assessments. It’s an invaluable platform for students as wel...

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What Is Summative Assessment?

When people think of assessments, they may envision a number of high-stakes exam scenarios — from sitting for SATs and mid-terms to taking final exams and licensure tests. While there are many different types of stude...

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Reduce Costs and Improve Student Outcomes through ExamSoft Assessment

Throughout the years, educational institutions have struggled to improve with reduced budgets. Always asked to do more with less, it’s abundantly clear that programs and educators need help. Thankfully, there is a sol...

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Enhanced Formative Assessments: Improving Student Performance through Meaningful Feedback

Mapping summative exam items to a variety of outcomes or objectives has long been best practice when it comes to gathering data to improve institutional processes. Tagging assessment questions to categories allow educ...

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Learning for the Long Term: Providing Students with the Appropriate Feedback for Retention of Knowledge

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Curriculum Mapping: Are You Teaching What You’re Supposed To?

How do we choose which content we cover in our courses? As subject matter experts, we’re expected to automatically know the answer to this question, which is sometimes easier said than done. Too often, educators are l...

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How Mapping Assessment Items Can Make Your Life Easier

Implementing a new educational technology takes time and energy—two things in short supply for just about everyone these days. If you’re going to put the time in to learn how to do things a new way, there needs to be ...