Assessment and Surveys

Proper assessment ensures that your curriculum and instructional practices are on track with the learning goals you have for your students. Technology offers many types of assessment that would be too cumbersome and time consuming to perform manually. Please contact Instructional Computing instcom@stedwards.edu for help in choosing and implementing an assessem

Classroom Response Systems, "Clickers"

These handheld devices allow for greater student participation and realtime assessment within a class setting. Clickers have been found to encourage discussion of controversial issues, promote participation, provide comprehension checks during a lecture, and offer a great way to pre-test students before a quiz or test. Clicker questions are typically embedded within a PowerPoint presentation. Instructors have the option to display student answers on-screen or keep the results hidden in order to assess lecture comprehension privately. St. Edward's University equips a selection of classrooms with the clicker technology and faculty must request a clicker classroom several months in advance. Instructional Computing offers a wealth of resources to help train you and your students with the set-up, delivery and assessment of this technology.

iWebfolio (Electronic Portfolio System)

With iWebfolio, SEU student can create an unlimited number of electronic portfolio views and dynamically share them with anyone, including faculty, peers, colleagues, or potential employers. The student can add reflections and share their insights about each piece of work. Faculty members and others given access to a portfolio can review, rate, and provide feedback to the student about their work, creating a positive and collaborative learning experience. Click here for more information about iWebfolio.

Online Surveys

Instructional Computing can help you design, deliver and assess an Online Survey. We support surveys created for use within a course's Blackboard site as well as external surveys for the larger SEU community and beyond.