100 ideas for assessment

A good Assessment Strategy need to provide a balance of group: individual assessed tasks, as well as traditional and innovative strategies. I think it's healthy to keep some kind of traditional assessment strategy to satisfy part of the students’ expectations. After all, there is a stereotype of the Teaching and Learning process that shapes part of the students' expectations. of course, innovation is expected, however, it should be a small component in the overall Assessment strategy, not to threaten the stability of the process, while meeting the rest of the students' expectations in having innovative assessments that answers their own generation's calls. 

Online multiple choice quizzes, when designed well, can make an excellent assessment strategy. I usually try to keep this kind of assessment long, to increase the challenge level, and phrase the question well to accurately test the students’ level of understanding. This method is also the most popular internationally among many reputed organizations as a method to grant professional certification, which is an integral part of the students’ continuing education in the future. Online multiple choice quizzes can work really well as formative assessment strategy. Quizzes can be based on big questions databases, configured to select random versions, and allow multiple attempts with ongoing average. Students can take such quizzes as they are revising as many times as they like and monitor their own progress. 

On the less traditional end, Digital Narratives and Case Study based tests can make very good assessment strategies. Digital Narratives allow students to express their findings in a creative manner and help shaping their Independent Learning activities as they are planning the production. They need to clarify their understanding of basic concepts and research around topics to be able to express them creatively, as a result get to a deeper level in their learning.

On the other hand, Case Study based test, where a case study is shared with the students prior the assessment date to familiarize themselves with the overall scenario and any difficult terminology. Students then, in couple of days duration, come to the assessment with all the useful resources they found in their research with relevance to the assessed case ready to answer the Test questions. The test questions are then shared for the first time at the beginning of the formal assessment session. This method help guide the students readiness for assessed tasks within specific context, which is similar to the situations they'll face at work, where they need to use their problem solving skills to relate the concepts they learned in their classes to particular real world scenarios.