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This chapter reviews some of the basic issues of evaluation and assessment relevant to both online testing and authentic assessment techniques. While WebCT ver 4.1 is the primary example, the information can be applied to most online platforms used in a lab setting.

The chapter begins by detailing some of the more important security issues for online testing, ones that generally are not covered in most reference material. It looks in detail at some third- party software, namely NetSupport and Excel, for managing computer labs. NetSupport provides a means of monitoring every computer in a lab from one workstation. Excel, through its web query function, provides a means of collecting data from any page in WebCT in order to monitor activity on that page. Detailed examples are provided for both packages. The quiz settings relevant to monitoring a WebCT quiz in a computer lab are discussed in detail. Here, the discussion focuses on WebCT 4.1 and a computer lab environment. The chapter ends by describing other ways to evaluate student performance, such as using rubrics and peer review to evaluate writing assignments submitted electronically, or asking students to submit items within an electronic portfolio.

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