E-assessments

Hello everyone,
The topic for this week's blog is e-assessments. We all know that assessments are important because they are given to measure student's learning performance through tests. They give valuable feedback about a student's progress and also about the teacher's instructional effectiveness.
But what is e-assessment?

It refers to the use of information technology in innumerable ways to assess performance and measure student learning. The notion of e-assessment was presented to overcome all the inadequacies of traditional pen and paper assessment modes.

Electronic assessment arises from the use of Web-specific tools for assessment. It can be used to assess theoretical knowledge (using e-testing software) as well as practical skills (using e-portfolios or simulation software).

E-assessments use IT to help evaluate the students by creating e-portfolios, e-quizzes, e-surveys, and e-rubrics. 

Questionnaires and ability tests are the most important components of an online assessment.  

The assignments are completed in a secure online environment that is not accessible to others. For some ability tests access to the Internet could be used to achieve better results. In those cases the online assessment is often completed in a controlled room or a room where access to the remainder of the Internet is blocked.