Assess Student Understanding

of Key Information Literacy Concepts

with an Online Survey

Paula Palmer

The Meridian School; 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98103

ppalmer@meridianschool.edu; http://www.meridianschool.edu

Timeline Set up a free account Survey name Select your color theme Select question types and enter

questions Establish restrictions Go LIVE Collect Responses Fine tune year-end lesson plans

Why ?

Kids enjoy it / candid answers Variety of templates that you can customize Interpreting results is quick and easy

Library Outcomes Matrix

Essential concepts and skills critical to grade-level success

http://www.meridianschool.edu/pdf/libraryoutcomes.pdf

Begin in April so that you have time to address potential questions

students may have.

Set up a free account www.surveymonkey.com

Be aware of □Agreements and the option to receive communications

via surveymonkey

Your survey title; it may include specific classes or grades

Note 3 tabs—you will use these a lot

Regard this as the section heading

Questions students respond to

Student responses are limited to “I know it” or “I want help”

Edits can be made easily

Time to go LIVE.

Click on the tab Collect Responses.

Multiple options for administering survey and collecting responses

Critical steps ↑

Options for setting responses

Options for timing of survey

Use the link on the Summary page to send in an e-mail or paste into browsers.

Test the survey to see that it works the way you want it to.

Pitch the survey to your students and administer the survey.

Options for using Survey Link

A preview of the way the survey will appear to students

The screen that appears once the student finishes taking the survey

Once the survey is completed, log in to your account and click on the tab Analyze Results. Here you will see responsesand comments. Remember, the free version does not allow you to download results.

I share the results with the students; then, use the responses to the “I want help with this before graduation” beginning with those least understood to fine tune lesson plans prior to year’s end.

Results indicate areas students know or need help with. Fine tune instruction to those areas.