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[|Rubrics and Assessment]

This article discusses the benefits of using rubrics for assessment purposes. In addition to being easy to use, rubrics are easily understood to visual learners, and the expectations for assessment are very clear. Types of rubrics are described, and examples are shown.

[|Poll Everywhere] This article highlights the benefits of using this assessment method. It increases classroom participation and attentiveness, encourages risk taking, and helps assess student comprehension of the material. It then takes the reader through the steps of using Poll Everywhere, which I found to be very helpful.

**How to Use Rubistar**

 * 1) Log onto @http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
 * 2) Under create a rubric, select the topic of your choice
 * 3) Once you have selected a topic there will be multiple choices of rubrics to select from the topic. Choose one of them and click on it.
 * 4) After choosing one, then it brings you to the screen where you have to put in your rubric information (your name, rubric project name, zip code, ect.)
 * 5) Once you have done that, you can proceed to creating and editing your rubric on the bottom of that same page. On the left hand side under category, you want to select a category in which you will grade your students on. You can create as many categories as you wish.
 * 6) If you don’t like the name of the category you can modify the content and create your own name. Once you select a category this site automatically fills in the points. It gives you a 4-1 point system, but you may change the points to your preference. Also, under each point has a description of what is needed to receive that grade for the category. Once again, if you don’t like the description, it allows you to write in your own description.
 * 7) Lastly, after you have selected all the categories in which you want to grade your students on and have made your modifications to the points and descriptions to your preference, scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page. At the bottom of the page you will find a submit button, shaped like an arrow, click on it! Once you have done that it will bring you to a page where it shows you what you have just created. You can either save what you created to print it out, or if you find something you would like to change on it you can go back and modify it by clicking on the green “modify this rubric” button above it.



== These are some of the polls I created from the book //The Odyssey//:

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Instructions for using Poll Everywhere:



**How to Use Google Forms to Create a Survey**

 * 1) Create/log onto your Google account.
 * 2) Choose **More ** along the top menu, and then select **Documents** from the drop-down menu.
 * 3) Click on the red **Create ** button on the left hand side of the page, and select **Form **from the drop-down menu.
 * 4) A new window will open with your blank form, ready to create. Begin by entering a title in the where it says "Untitled Form."
 * 5) There is a box below the title where you can enter any extra info your survey-takers need to know, perhaps why you are asking the survey or directions on how to answer the questions.
 * 6) The next section is where you begin typing your questions. The first question goes in the box that says "Sample Question 1."
 * 7) After typing your question, you can **Tab** down to the "Help Text" box, another place for you to provide any necessary directions or information for the survey-responder.
 * 8) The next box down is where you choose what type of question you are asking. Choose one. **Text** or **Paragraph Text** are for free response questions, while the rest of the options are some sort of multiple choice question, choosing the answer from those provided.
 * 9) Once you pick your question type, the stuff below that box changes. If it is free response, your question is done, and you can press **Done**. If it is multiple choice, you will now see a box to type the first option for an answer. Type your first choice, then click in the next box down or **Tab** to it, and fill in the next choice. Continue to do this until you have as many options as desired.
 * 10) If not all questions will be required, you can choose which ones will be required by checking the box that says "Make this a required question".
 * 11) Click **Done.**
 * 12) Now if you roll over Sample Question 2, some buttons show up to the right side of the screen. The pencil icon is on the **EDIT** button. Click this button.
 * 13) You can now complete the process again of writing a question and options.
 * 14) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">To add another question beyond the two sample spaces, you can click on the button at the top left side of the screen that says **+Add Item**. Choose which type of question you'd like to add, and a new box will show up below your completed questions.
 * 15) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">If you need to edit any questions, roll over the question and those buttons on the right side of the screen will appear. The pencil icon is for the **EDIT** button, the two papers icon is to duplicate your question, and the trash can is to delete that question.
 * 16) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Finally, you can choose a background theme for your survey. Click on the button at the top that says "Theme: Plain," and choose a theme. Once you select one, it will preview your document with that theme. Choose **Apply** in the top left hand corner.
 * 17) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Once your form is complete, you can choose **Email this form** in the top right hand corner, or **More actions**, where you can **Embed** this form on your own page.
 * 18) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">You can now go to your Google Docs home page to see the survey there and click on it to see responses.
 * 19) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">If you want others to be able to see the responses summary or spreadsheet, there is a **Share** button on the right hand side of the spreadsheet. If you click that, you can click **Change** by the setting that is currently "Private." Changing this will allow other users to see the results after they take the survey.

My google survery based (again) on //The// //Odyssey//:

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