Blog Assignment 2 - Assessment 

     As I was reading chapter nine from the ED 308 book I truly realized the endless types of assessments and assessment opportunities. Assessments in online and land-based classrooms can be used to determine where the student is academically and how the class can be refined.  Assessments absolutely have to be valid and reliable no matter what; therefore, forming assessments for a class will take time and creativity.  My course outline is based on Anatomy and Physiology, and I have decided that I will include five question quizzes throughout my course as formative assessments.  The quizzes will be multiple choice and true/false.  I believe I will also add some lab-centered simulations that students can do at home and receive a participation grade.  Also,  I am interested in incorporating discussion boards with every module because I believe that students learn a lot from their peers. I am considering basing the discussions on the lab simulations or the assigned chapters in the book.  I, however, am concerned with how I am to implement that lab term paper and the PowerPoint presentation that I want to do because I am not confident in my ability to make the assessment valid, reliable, and rubric-based.  I want the paper and PowerPoint to be the main final exam.  Last but not least, I am also still concerned about how I want to scale all of the assignments; therefore, any suggestions would be appreciated.