Methods of assessment

There are two types of assessments:

• Formative assessments, to check learner progress and provide learners with feedback as they work through a learning experience.
• Summative assessments, to evaluate how well learners can achieve the learning outcomes at the end of a particular learning experience.

Methods of assessment on Unity Learn

There are currently three main types of assessments that you can use on Unity Learn:

• Self-evaluation (formative):** A self-evaluation can be simple, like running a script to see if it works, or more sophisticated, like a reflective evaluation process. Others include instructing learners to apply their new skills to a different project and asking them to evaluate creative work against a requirements checklist.
• Quizzes (formative or summative): The Learn platform provides a format for multiple-choice quizzes. These can be optional knowledge checks (formative) or requirements for earning a badge (summative).
• Submission challenges (summative): These are optional or required, in which learners share either a WebGL build of their Unity project, screenshots, recordings, or documents with the community. Learners can receive feedback in the comments.

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We are currently working on additional peer review functionality for submissions, in which reviewers will use rubrics to provide feedback on the work of peers.

At this point of the process, you'll plan your summative assessment.

Plan your assessments

Once you've defined the skills for your learning experience, you're ready to begin to consider how you will assess your learners' achievements. Here are some suggestions:

• If you are making a short, single-tutorial learning experience, you might decide not to include a formal summative assessment.
• If you are making an extended learning experience, a submission assessment is a great opportunity for learners to get community feedback on their work and for you to evaluate what they have achieved.
• If you want to check your learners' understanding of critical concepts, a multiple choice quiz is a useful approach.

Assessments beyond the Learn platform

Learners may be able to demonstrate their learning in many ways that cannot be assessed or evaluated on the Unity Learn platform. Alternatives to Learn assessments include the following:

• Getting feedback from teachers, mentors, or online communities.
• Writing down ideas or plans.

Consider these alternatives as both summative and formative assessment options if they are a good fit for your learning experience.