A Guide to Feedback What is feedback A

A Guide to Feedback

What is feedback? • A response that helps to evaluate performance • Used in Quizzes • Instant – After answering a MCQ • Summary – Overview of total performance

Instant Feedback Answer Based Review Page • Are you Right or Wrong? • Guidance on how many attempts are left • Offer a tip? • Explanation of the question/answer • Given no-matter if the student was right or wrong • Can allow a student to learn from mistakes • Important to understand why you were right/wrong

Summary Feedback • Evaluates performance of whole activity • Alerts user to their strengths / weaknesses • Can offer advice on additional materials that may be useful 10 / 10 7 / 10 3 / 10

What is Good Feeback? Good Feedback Bad Feedback • Is meaningful • Is not meaningful – Well done, Edinburgh is the Capital of Scotland – That’s incorrect, Aberdeen is the ‘Oil’ Capital of Scotland • Is useful whether the student is right or wrong • Provides support • Justifies why the answer is correct – Correct / Incorrect – 1/5 Correct • Just gives away the answer

Creating Feedback in Articulate Quizmaker Per Question • Each question type is slightly different • Feedback Box – Correct – Incorrect – Score • Options – Score – Attempts • More. . . (advanced) – Audio – Branching

Creating Feedback in Articulate Quizmaker After a Question • Create a blank page • Fill in the form for content or • Create content just like a Power. Point Slide

Creating Feedback in Articulate Quizmaker End of the Quiz (Summary) • Show the Result • Give some comments – Congratulations – Support – Suggestions for additional material

Summary • Make sure the feedback is meanignful – Imagine you are the student, what information would you want • Is important no matter if answer is Right or Wrong • Feedback is there to help the student find out their strengths and weaknesses in the subject