Competency-BasedLearning Experience

Design Performance-Based Assessments

Showcase student learning authentically
Single Course: $100

Type: Online

Duration: 10 hours

  • Self-paced
  • 3-course personalized pathway bundle: $275
  • Option for continuing education credits with UCSD: $150
  • Digital Promise micro-credential Learn More

Course Overview

Learn how to design quality performance-based assessments that showcase student learning authentically and support learners to tell their learning story through portfolios, exhibitions of learning, student-led conferences, and defenses of learning.

Course Modules

Modules will include videos, lessons, reflection activities, checks for understanding, additional resources and a performance task to apply what you learn.

Module 1:Introduction
Understand what competency-based learning is, why it is important, and how to design performance-based assessments
Module 2:Assess skills and content
Design performance-based assessments to authentically assess skills and content
Module 3:Support learners telling their learning story
Create a plan for incorporating a student portfolio into your learning environment
Module 4:Enable authentic demonstrations of learning
Provide learners with opportunities to create public products and share their learning with an authentic public audience
Module 5:Reflection
Reflect on practices.

Course Competencies

Assess skills and content
I design performance-based assessments to authentically assess skills and content.
Support learners telling their learning story
I facilitate the development of a Learner Portfolio: a curated collection of performance assessments from multiple subjects aligned to the Learner Profile, which shows evidence of growth and proficiency in those skills.
Enable authentic demonstrations of learning
I provide learners with opportunities to create public products and share their learning with an authentic public audience.

Course Enrollment

  • 1 year of access to the course in the Thinkific platform
  • Access to an online community of learner-centered educators.
  • Access to team members available to answer questions within 48 hours.
  • Certificate of completion upon finishing course

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