Introduction

Assessment is the tool educators use to gauge a learner’s understanding, knowledge, and ability. As pedagogies progress and as learning environments migrate to online, educators must retool themselves with a variety of assessment tools. Authentic assessment, or having students demonstrate knowledge by working on authentic tasks, and constructivism or have students construct meaning through active participation and incorporating new information with existing information are two foundations of the new pedagogy for online learning (Austrailan Flexible Learning Framework, 2004).

Online assessment tools have been emerging to accommodate the new pedagogy for online learning. The online tools fall into four categories, quizzes and tests, reflection, peer-to-peer collaboration, and course tracking. In this toolbox, we will explore Zoomerang from the quizzes and test category, LiveJounral from the reflection category, and Groove from the peer-to-peer collaboration category. Austrailian Flexible Learning Framework( July, 2004). //Assessment and online// // teaching, Australian Flexible Learning Quick Guide Series. // Retrieved on February 4, 2010 from []