Blackboard Assessment Matrix

Blackboard Tool	Description and Use	Who Can Access?	Student Anonymity	Use for High Stakes Assessment	Practice	Ease of Use/Grading	Ability to Trade Files/Work Products with Peers	Ability to Give Feedback (Peer and/or Instructor)	Can Incorporate Rubric when using as Peer Feedback tool
Quizzes	Online quizzes and tests for assessment and practice -Gage student knowledge on a particular subject -Give points for doing something, such as class reading -Perform spot checks (are they understanding the lecture or reading) -Check prerequisite knowledge. -Advanced use-Peer Feedback Tool	All students	No	Yes, possibly, with acknowledgment of limitations.	Yes	If all questions are objective (such as multiple choice), quiz will grade itself	No	Yes, with advanced setup	Yes
Surveys	Online survey tool -Good for obtaining candid information -Semester spot checks -Check perquisite knowledge -Advanced use-Peer Feedback Tool	All students	Yes	No	Yes	Easy	No	Yes, with advanced setup	Yes, with advanced setup
Assignment Tool	Document or file collection tool that places submission in Grade Center -Tool for collecting student papers/files and providing private feedback to students	All students	No	Yes	Yes	Easy-Difficult depending on type of feedback provided by instructor	No	Yes, instructor feedback	Yes
Discussion Board	Online threaded discussion tool -Can be used facilitate discussion around course content -Can be used as peer feedback and collaboration tool -Can be used as assessment tool when Forcing Moderation of Posts	All students	No	Possibly (using Force Moderation to hide responses)	Yes	Easy-Difficult depending on type of feedback provided by instructor	Yes-Excellent tool for this	Yes, instructor and peer feedback	Yes
Student Groups (Discussion Boards and File Exchange)	Student group online threaded discussion tool -Can be used as peer feedback and collaboration tool -Excellent file exchange feature for trading files -Entire class can be placed in a group for access to file exchange feature	Only students in groups or, if desired, entire class	No	Possibly if monitored by instructor	Yes	Easy-Difficult depending on type of feedback provided by instructor and number of groups	Yes-Excellent tool for this	Yes, instructor and peer feedback	Yes
Self and Peer assessment Tool	Tool randomly assigns students to other students in class for peer evaluation and grading of student group, while maintain evaluated student and evaluators anonymity -Good for practice (peer assessment of work product or piece of work product such as introductory paragraph of essay	All students	Yes	Possibly if monitored by instructor	Yes	Easy-Difficult depending on instructor need to regulate grades given by peers	Yes	Yes, peer feedback	Yes