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This French website created for native French speakers is full of dictées - dictations. This site is divided into grade levels based on the French school system. (For a brief run-down of the grade levels in France visit the blog from Transparent Language entitled À l'École!: French and American Grade Levels Compared at http://blogs.transparent.com/french/a-lecole/) Since the ladictee.fr website is targeted toward elementary aged children, the language level works well for beginner and intermediate French L2 learners. Even though a dictée isn't what people would call a "communicative" activity, it does serve the purpose of helping students make connections between spoken language and written language, especially since French spelling is not phonemic. The site includes various dictées for each level, along with a PDF of the written text so student's can check their work. Doing dictées can help students improve their spelling, recognize spelling patterns, and learn to listen for cues in spoken speech that indicate whether the person is speaking in the plural or singular (often tricky in the French language). Note: When doing a dictée, students are focused on writing down what is said word for word, and NOT on comprehension. It would NOT be effective to give a student a dictée and then immediately ask them specific comprehension questions about what they just heard.

Вітає Українська is a resource for intermediate-level Ukrainian that integrates the features of a traditional textbook with the authentic language content and interactivity of the web. Activities include cultural readings with mouse-over glosses, audio recordings, embedded videos, structured activities using Ukrainian websites, and self-graded comprehension checks.  The materials are organized as thematic modules, which can be used in any order or as stand-alone supplements to more traditional classroom instruction.  The self-graded comprehension checks also make the materials ideal for those who wish to improve their Ukrainian through self-study.

Tool for scaffolding, managing, organizing, and assessing student projects in Google Drive. Doctopus gives teachers the ability to mass-copy (from a starter template), share, and manage grading and feedback for student projects in Google Drive. The Goobric Chrome extension works alongside Doctopus to enable rubric-based grading of Google Docs right in a browser popup window using the rubric of your design.

App for mobile device and plugin for Google Forms/Canvas that allows you to generate tests and bubble sheets to print, then grade automatically using mobile app.

Creates self-grading quizzes. Limitations: The free version allows up to 100 submissions per month.

Creates self-graded quizzes using javascript. Limitations: Requires some web programming knowledge to use. Does not report the results to the instructor.

Learning management system that includes discussion forums and a gradebook. Can also be used to grade assignments in Google Drive using a rubric.

Animated videos in English and Spanish about school and life skills for pre-K to 2nd grade.

Read articles in Chinese, graded by HSK levels. Provides audio, pinyin, and translation support on demand.

Live Mocha is a social networking device devoted to language learning through lessons and chat graded by native speakers.

Script for automatically grading quizzes administered through Google Docs Forms.

Real Time Student Reponse System. Students use computers or mobile devices to respond to multiple-choice or constructed response questions posted by the teacher. Student responses can include text and the ability to draw or write by hand. Instant results can be displayed. Also allows the teacher to provide feedback and grades.