Instructional design assignment

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Formative evaluation and revisions assignment

The emphasis of formative evaluation is on the collection and analysis of data and the revision
of the instruction. After you complete the tryout to a small group of the target audience, you
should report on exactly what you did, what the results were, and what revisions you would
make to the analysis, design, or materials.

Instructions and requirements:

Go to Formative Evaluation Report page of your ID project Google Doc

I. Introduction

A paragraph or two (more if really necessary) on what the project set out to accomplish,
why it was done, what the product being evaluated is, and so forth. This should be a short
summary, not a repeat of everything that you have done up to this point. One key issue is the
purpose of this tryout: what are you trying to find here? (Instructor manual, student manual,
media used?)

II. Methods

How did you do the evaluation? Who was the audience? How were they chosen? What
procedures did you follow in the tryout? What data did you gather during it?

III. Results and Discussion

What happened? Summarize the data that you collected from tests, checklists, surveys,
questions asked during the tryout, and so forth. Discuss what these data mean for the product
being evaluated, the needs assessment, the analysis, the design, the learners, etc. Be sure to
summarize here without reporting on each and every detail of what someone said, and so forth.
When you discuss the meaning of the data, try to connect it to the part of the ID process that the
data seem to support or question.

This does not have to be a long report, but it should be complete, well-written, etc. It will
not be assessed on whether the instruction was successful but on whether you performed a
good tryout, report on it well, and base your revisions on the actual results.

Revisions Report page of your ID project

In the Revisions Report section, explain what revisions you would now make in your
instructional product, from typo correction to redoing the analysis and design. Explain why you
would make those revisions as much as possible, basing them on the data you collected. This
report might be quite short if there were few problems with the instruction in the tryout. Or it
could be long, where you have to discuss a variety of things that did not seem to work well and
that therefore need to be changed.

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I’ll be looking at:

Formative Evaluation Report (50pts)

• The formative evaluation report includes the background, methods, and results needed.

• The learners recruited for the tryout are described well and match the target audience.

• The results of the evaluation are described fully in terms of all assessments, as well as
the progress through the unit.

• Tables, graphs, and other elements, if used, are used appropriately to communicate the
results.

Revisions Report (20pts)

• The conclusions drawn about revising the project are clearly based on the results of the
tryout.

• The suggested revisions focus on the appropriate steps in the ID process (analysis,
design, etc.)

• The suggested revisions address any and all problems found in the tryout.

Project Completion:

Congratulations, you have completed the Instructional Design project. Before turning it in,
please check the overall style and presentation (5pts).

• The project is well-written and proofread.

• The visual design is pleasant and makes the project easy to read and follow.

• The heading of each section is on the top of the page.

• The presentation of the project is professional.

• All writing guides are removed.

How to submit:

Submit the URL to your ID project before the due date.

Grading:

This assignment (as in all assignments in the course) will be graded using an interval scale:

100% Far exceeds all expectations & requirements of the assignment
95% Meets all expectations & requirements
90% Meets most of the expectations & requirements with a high degree of quality
85% Fulfills most assignment requirements with a good degree of quality
80% Fulfills some requirements with a good degree of quality
75% Fulfills some requirements with an acceptable degree of quality
70% Fulfills some requirements with a minimally acceptable degree of quality
65% Fulfills only a few requirements with a minimally acceptable degree of quality
Below 60% Does not meet requirements