Guide to Digital Tools for Developing Teaching Content and Assessing Knowledge

4. Digital tools for assessment

Table 3. Tools for assessment

Tool (with link)

Pedagogical purpose

Level of interactivity

Availability

Possible use scenarios

Google Forms

Creating online surveys, quizzes and forms for data collection or knowledge checks

Low - Medium

Free

- Quick knowledge checks
- Short self-assessment quizzes
- Collecting student reflections
- Activity registration
- Anonymous feedback collection

Kahoot!

Interactive assessment through quizzes in game form to increase motivation and engagement

High

Free with limitations; paid versions available

- Icebreakers at the beginning of class
- Repetition of key terms
- Formative assessment during lessons
- Group competitions
- Student activation during theoretical content

Mentimeter

Creating interactive polls, questions, and brainstorming activities in real time

High

Free with limitations; paid plans available

- Investigating student opinions
- Collecting anonymous questions
- Word cloud brainstorming
- Live lecture evaluation

Edpuzzle

Transforming video content into active lessons with embedded questions and tasks for comprehension checks

High

Free with limitations

- Converting videos into interactive lessons
- Checking understanding of video content
- Tracking student viewing
- Analysing video segments with teacher comments

H5P

Creating various interactive activities for formative and summative assessment, including quizzes, interactive videos, combined tasks, timelines, branching scenarios, and reflection activities; enables automated grading, feedback delivery, and progress tracking through LMS

High

Free with limitations

- Automated assessment and feedback in the LMS
- Formative assessment through interactive quizzes
- Interactive videos with embedded questions and comprehension tasks
- Combining task types (quizzes, essays, images, timelines) in one lesson
- Self-assessment and reflection
- Branching scenarios for decision-making and problem-solving assessment

 

 

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