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Unlocking learners’ potential: How to use e-learning assessments?

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E-learning assessments are crucial in online courses, particularly those designed for continuous improvement. They play an essential role in measuring the quality and effectiveness of any learning process. But evaluations go beyond simply determining if training requirements have been met. They also reflect the effort put in by the student to learn, which is a significant accomplishment!

For these and other reasons, e-learning assessments deserve an important place in creating online learning courses. This article will tell you everything you need to know about them and how to use them correctly to unlock learners’ potential.

What are e-learning assessments, and what do they work for?

When we deliver an e-learning training course to our team, it’s our responsibility as professionals to know if it meets its objectives or is effective. To determine this, we can use tools such as assessments in e-learning.

E-learning assessment refers to evaluating learners’ progress and knowledge within an online environment. They’re tools that provide insight into the quality and effectiveness of training and can take many forms, such as tests, quizzes, projects, or assignments.

These tools are used to measure the effectiveness of the training and assess the student’s understanding and application of the concepts or skills learned. They provide precious feedback for learners and companies because they help identify strengths and weaknesses in the learning process and allow course content to be adapted to improve understanding and achieve objectives.

E-learning assessment examples

E-learning assessments are instrumental in corporate training to certify knowledge and skills acquired before, during, or after a course or training program. These are some examples of types that you can use when developing your training program:

Initial evaluation

Initial assessments are the most effective way to evaluate employee competencies and skills before training. They are generally used to discover training needs in work teams and can be conducted through methods such as questionnaires, interviews, or focus groups.

Final evaluation

Final exams or tests are the most commonly used last evaluation tools in online courses. They assess the knowledge acquired throughout the program or at the end of a module through tests designed to evaluate the learner’s performance. A final evaluation provides data on the student’s progress and allows us to determine the effectiveness of the training.

Self-assessment exercises

Self-assessment exercises or reinforcement activities are great allies in e-learning training, as they allow learners to test their knowledge through online activities or exercises. In this way, they will be the ones to observe their mistakes and successes.

Some of the most commonly used self-assessment exercises in e-learning courses are single or multiple choice exercises for theoretical evaluations; grouping exercises, for which you can use text and images; completion exercises, ideal for learning and remembering; or matching and ordering exercises, perfect for connecting concepts and remembering procedures.

Evaluation of training qualification

These evaluations determine if the training meets its goals and objectives. They provide a clear picture of the activity’s benefits to employees regarding knowledge, skill acquisition, or improvement. Training program evaluations are also used to see what effect the training has had on the company’s results and return on investment, as well as to find potential problems in the training program and correct or improve them.

Importance of e-learning assessments in your courses

But why is e-learning assessments so critical? To begin with, you should know that if you don’t do a good course evaluation, it’s very likely that your audience is not learning anything! Yes, you read that right: no matter how hard you try to provide the best content, there could be professionals who are not taking the courses or simply aren’t trying hard enough to complete them in the best possible way.

The evaluation should be helpful for both the company and the professional. Thanks to the results, we will know if the course is well planned or if we need to modify it to make it more effective.

E-learning assessments are fundamental elements within the training process and should be understood as quantitative and qualitative tools. This is so because they judge or assess both: the quality of the process and each student’s achievement level.

Benefits of e-learning assessments

By evaluating the e-learning contents, we will be able to:

  • Measure the extent to which the objectives of the e-learning training have been met and determine the audience’s interest in the content.
  • Focus on the critical points of the learning process to ensure that students acquire the minimum expected knowledge.
  • Establish the strengths and weaknesses of the training to know which aspects need improvement.
  • Ensure the effectiveness of the training and know if it has been worthwhile for the company, taking into account the cost-time factor.

The ROI (Return on Investment) should always be considered when planning online training. With the data obtained through the evaluation systems, we can ask ourselves if the time and money invested in the training project has been profitable for the organization.

#3 Steps to design and use e-learning assessments

As you have seen so far, e-learning assessments are not only and exclusively part of the final section of a course. Evaluation is an ongoing and planned process encompassing all e-learning experience aspects. To implement an evaluation system in e-learning courses, we must focus on 3 steps:

#1 Design of the evaluation plan

In this first phase, the training manager must ask themself: What will be evaluated? How and when will the company assess the level of learning? Who will be responsible for measuring and analyzing the data obtained?

For example, in e-learning courses, tasks should be proposed, delivered, and corrected throughout their duration to evaluate the audience finally. In this way, the learner can receive feedback on the progress of their learning process – perfect for better internalization of knowledge!

In this phase, it’s crucial to establish the purpose of the evaluation. For instance, if the goal is to certify the knowledge acquired at the end of a module. This decision will determine the type of evaluation to be applied. Sometimes, it may be necessary to evaluate the knowledge or skills of the professionals before, during, or at the end of the e-learning course.

#2 Collection of information

In this phase, the information the user recorded on the platform during the learning process is collected. To do this, the evaluation criteria (what data to gather), the evaluation sources (where to find the information), and the techniques and instruments must be precise.

The most attractive options to evaluate students’ progress are test questions and gamification resources such as alphabet games, trivia, etc. There is no single, magical, and definitive method! You can choose one system or another depending on the knowledge you want to impart.

#3 Decision-making

Once the information has been collected, analyzing it and establishing an action plan are necessary. Was the training successful? Was the knowledge acquired as planned from the beginning? How can the process be improved?

How to make a final assessment with isEazy Author?

IsEazy Author allows you to easily activate the final evaluation or assessment option for your courses from your project’s “Edit contents” menu. Click on the activation button at the top right. 

final test or e-learning assessment with isEazy Author

Once activated, you will see a tab with the most relevant data about your course. To start editing, click on the arrow located to the right of the tab, where you will be able to configure parameters such as:

  • An introductory text to describe the test and make clarifications.
  • Cut-off score to pass the evaluation.
  • The number of attempts each user can try to pass the assessment.
  • The review of the final evaluation (if you want this option to be available or not).
  • Customizable cover.

How to make an e-learning assessment with isEazy Author

The question pool is one of the most critical parameters of your final evaluation. With this option, as many questions as you wish will appear in your assessment, randomly selected to include different options in each attempt. You can also reorder the questions, edit them, or adjust the feedback you want to give your students, including a message for success and failure.

IsEazy Author is the most accessible tool in the market to design and share addictive e-learning courses. With its powerful features, you can create customized courses easily and in no time, motivate your learners with entertaining interactive and multimedia content, and create your training environment or export your courses to upload them to your LMS. What are you waiting for to request your free trial?

Félix de Uña

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