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This is a good tool to help with student engagement.

This is a clean and user-friendly tool that I use for multiple choice assessments during class. The interface is clean and simple. With the paid version, you can import class roles and keep track of points students earn. I also export quiz keys as PDF files for students to review questions after class.

Link to Blog describing first use of twitter in higher education classroom, provides tweets to follow and examples of "twitter assignments"

Great easy to use.

You can develop your own questions, use their test bank, or import your existing quizzes. You can select the order of the questions, indicate scores for passing, will show you their score at the completion of the quiz and reveal the correct answer to the questions. Very easy to follow. Almost no learning curve. I would definitely use this in an online class to assess students understanding of concepts covered. I would offer it either as a review or as a quiz itself.

ProProfs - Knowledge Management Software for Quizzes, Tests, Training, Flashcards, Knowledge Base. Get started with our knowledge management softwares.

I require the SmarterMeasure assessment and am really interested in learning styles and what is the best way students learn.

A wonderful place for up-to-date education news. I send my students here several times a semester for articles to discuss in class.

6 universities participating to crete a database that measures 33 variables for the online coursework of 640,000 students - tracks student performance and retention across demographics.

This paper addresses the faculty's awareness of the benefits of Web 2.0 to supplement in-class learning and assess faculty's decisions to adopt these tools using the decomposed theory of planned behavior. In my experience, all assignments in our courses are taught and completed in computer labs, we are supposed to attend several hours or more of professional development, teaching assistants and faculty are encouraged to pursue a certificate in teaching with technology, and in addition, more experienced teaching assistants routinely share their knowledge and experience in working with different types of technology with their colleagues who are just starting. The attitude of faculty and their perceived behavioral control are the main concern to their intention to use the technology tools.

Online teaching is increasingly common at many types of higher education institutions, ranging from hybrid courses that offer a combination of in-person and online instruction, to fully online experiences and distance learning. The following resources provide guidelines for creating an online course, best practices for teaching online, and strategies for assessing the quality of online education.

Lots of ready-made flashcards and quizzes here for self-assessment

A "bring your own device" student engagement, assessment, and classroom intelligence system.

UDL provides a blueprint for creating instructional goals, methods, materials, and assessments that work for everyone--not a single, one-size-fits-all solution but rather flexible approaches that can be customized and adjusted for individual needs.

This is a good article which highlights the ways instructors can design the course to reduce cheating.

My students actually love this. One of the assignments they have in my composition class is to "teach" a grammar topic they have been assigned. They are required to make a presentation and an assessment. Many of them choose to do Kahoot!

Explain Everything is an easy-to-use design tool that lets you annotate, animate, and narrate explanations and presentations. You can create dynamic interactive lessons, activities, assessments, and tutorials using Explain Everything's flexible and integrated design. Use Explain Everything as an interactive whiteboard using the iPad video display (via Airplay/cable).

This is good Article on the ways to use surveys in the classroom setting to assess, engage and monitor student development in the course

This resource is a place to share assessments, lesson plans, activities, and other tools for teaching information literacy concepts in higher education settings. There are a lot of ideas on how to use technology in our teaching.