FreeFoto.com - free photographs for non-commercial use on the Internet

Media Builder - make banners, buttons, text, background

Microsoft Design Gallery Live - search tool, photos, bullets, backgrounds, icons.etc.

Pics4Learning - provides "copyright friendly images for use by students and teachers in an educational setting. The original photographers of each image retain the copyright to these images and have graciously allowed their use in this collection."

Science Graphics - free for educational purposes

The Whole Internet Guide to Clip Art - also fonts, backgrounds, script archives, html resources

Assessment Resources

The 2004 Assessment Institute
The 2004 Assessment Institute, a national conference on assessment in higher education, was held October 31st to November 2nd, 2004 in Indianapolis. The conference provided excellent workshops and best practices on topics such as: assessing student learning,
student services assessment, and program and institutional outcomes assessment. Presenter handouts for many of the concurrent workshops are can be found at this link.

FLAG, the Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide
Is there a gap between what you are teaching and what your students are learning? This excellent website offers assessment tools and methods for you to use to obtain valuable feedback during a course. Visit their websites:
FLAG, the Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide, an online guidebook of innovative assessment techniques specifically designed for courses in science, mathematics, engineering and technology.
SALG, Student Assessment of their Learning Gains, quick and easy, online template containing 46 sample questions that you may adapt, drop or add to fit your assessment needs.

The National Teaching and Learning Forum
The National Teaching and Learning Forum. The Forum is sponsored by Oryx Press. It is a monthly newsletter on assessment along with supplemental information on related issues.

The Annenberg/CPB Project
The Annenberg/CPB Project's Website for Learners and Educators. Supports innovation in education and assessment.

Curriculum Renewal Site of Mount Royal College
Curriculum Renewal Site of Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Interesting approach to assessment.

University of Colorado (Boulder), Undergraduate Outcomes Assessment

North Carolina State University, Outcomes Assessment
Fantastic site - tons of resources! Extensive collection of Internet resources for higher education outcomes assessment; Click on the right-hand side menu, Planning & Assessment. The index includes assessment "handbooks"; assessment of specific skills/or content; discussion groups; links; archives of articles, etc.

Seton Hall University, Outcomes Assessment
Shares methods of assessment used by various academic departments.

Student Assessment-as-Learning at Alverno College
In 1973 Alverno College began a new curriculum based on eight abilities integrated within the content of the disciplines. Student Assessment-as-Learning is Alverno's term for a process that involves individual student demonstration of those abilities as requirements for graduation. This site shows you how they do it.

The Assessment Resource Center, Association for the Advancement of Colleges and Schools of Business (AACSB)
Resources for rubric building, case studies, and authentic assessments.

ERIC's Practical Assessment Research and Evaluation (PARE)
Peer-reviewd electronic journal.

Classroom Assessment-Measuring Learning
George Mason University helps answer...What is assessment? Types of assessment? Why do assessment...what's in it for faculty? What should faculty assess? When to assess? etc.

2004 Program Outcomes Reports, Sinclair Community College
See what your peers are doing at Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio. This site has a number of Program Outcomes Reports (2004) for programs such as, Business, Computer Sciences, Hospitality, Engineering, Basic Skills, ECE, Fine & Performing Arts, Liberal Arts and Sciences and Allied Health programs.

Techniques and Tools for Assessing Classroom Learning

Pro and Con Grid (Word)

Background Knowledge Probe (Word)

Minute Paper (Word)

Internet resources for classroom assessment techniques

Assessment Toolkits

Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
This is an EXCELLENT site - check it out!

Maricopa Community Colleges

Montana State University
Assessment philosophy, plans for individual academic units, assessment outlines for general education and for majors; links to other assessment sites.

Utah State University

Assessment Tools from the University of Nebraska Peer Review of Teaching Project

General Education Outcomes and Assessment

Pellissippi State Technical and Community College

Lane Community College, Eugene, OR

Critical Thinking

FLAG (Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide)
Various types of classroom assessment techniques are discussed. Audience: science, engineering and technology faculty. Available at the FLAG (Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide) site. This is a NSF funded project.

Web-based Rubric Generators

Quality Matters Rubric
http://www.qualitymatters.org/

Some examples of rubrics on the Web

A very good Web site that has links to online rubric construction sites

Great online rubric construction site; allows you to customize the descriptors to specific task or assignment (demonstrated during the Institute)

A website to create personalized, but non-customizable rubrics

Assessment Software and Rubrics

Another customizable online rubric builder