written assignments

Tests

Written Tests

Quizzes and tests can be administered in various formats, using Zoom, Canvas, Google Forms, and attached PDF/Word files.

Different languages, teaching styles and teaching goals call for different forms of assessment, so that there is no one “best” way of handling quizzes and tests.

A sampling from Princeton’s language departments:

Hisae Matsui (JPN) offers several suggestions:


Procedures and suggestions for other options:

Zoom:

Deliver the quiz/test orally:

Deliver the quiz or test visually — but via Zoom, and in timed intervals:


Word:


PDF:

(Particularly useful for L2s with non-Roman characters)


Resources

Instructions for creating a quiz in Canvas:

An tutorial on using Google Forms:

Detailed instructions for creating a quiz/test in Google forms:

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