Edcite is a flexible tool to use in a classroom in any content area. There are different types of questions and activities you can have your students attempt in this program. For my project, I focused on creating some writing prompts. The teacher has the ability to read each answer and grade accordingly, give feedback and allow the student to attempt the assignment again. The data from their time attempted, grades and teacher comments are kept in the program. You have the option to make up questions or pull questions from a bank that can be sorted by grade and content.
One of the teachers in my building highly recommends this technology tool. The free writing part of edcite.com is only a small portion of what is available.
Sample Activity
Go to http://edcite.com/ or click the button.
How to create questions
This is a general tutorial on creating questions. It does not specifically address the written portion, but it will get you started.
How to create assignments
Try my sample assignment
Click on the join class button on the top right corner of the page.
Enter code HWXRY (must be capitalized)
Click "That's my class". (I made a capstone class)
It will ask you to fill in information (This can also be preloaded by the teacher. You can also use student google accounts to set this up)
Once you have you account set up, the teacher will need add the assignment to the student before it can be taken. You have the option to tailor assignments by students as well.
Contact me if you set up your "student" account and want me to assign the task to you. I have three writing assignments and one assignment that does not involve writing so you can see some of the variation of question types beyond the writing part. There is the option to add videos and pictures to test questions as well. One of my trial assignments gave a YouTube video to refresh their memory before they start writing.
Below are a couple of student views of the practice questions.
Grading
Here is a general tutorial video on grading on EdCite.
Here is a view from the teacher's perspective after I graded a "student" assignment. You can make remarks within their written work and separate from their work. After your remarks, you can set this up so students can try it again and resubmit the assignment.
