†How does the new GoFormative help meet the need for real-time data when working with students?
As a long-time user of GoFormative, I have seen multiple changes in the service. It has become more user friendly with the continued focus on having access to real-time data. Whether the tool is used in a flipped, blended, student-directed, or traditional model, GoFormative meets the need by providing teachers and administrators data to drive learning forward.
As a long-time user of GoFormative, I have seen multiple changes in the service. It has become more user friendly with the continued focus on having access to real-time data. Whether the tool is used in a flipped, blended, student-directed, or traditional model, GoFormative meets the need by providing teachers and administrators data to drive learning forward.
The new menu
The menu is similar to the previous version of GoFormative. Creating a new formative or folder is as simple as clicking on the +New Formative or the +folder icon to create a folder. Organization of content in a folder shows you:
First is the file. Clicking on the file allows you to access and edit/preview the file. To the right you can see how many students have completed the assessment (yes I only have 2 AP German students.) Clicking the icon (lightning icon) gives you:
Starting from the left you see the initials and then how many they answered and how they scored. The screen allows you to see where students didn't answer well. Clicking on the question number shows how the student answered for the particular question. This is particularly helpful with open-ended responses.
Student view (accessed through Preview)
Students can look at the text/prompt on the left-hand side and they respond on the right-hand side. This is a move from the previous (V1) version that had the questions below the text (or however you organized it.)
Final takes?
I gave my students the new GoFormative without letting them know we were doing so. After the initial shock, they settled into the look and feel with no issues. The only issue some of my students had was having the questions on the right side and having to match the scroll windows with the area of text they were looking at.