One of the great ways to assess a lesson that has been taught is to utilize a quick formative assessment or questioning to determine the success of the lesson. After a lesson, when using Classcraft, I can choose to use The Wheel of Destiny to randomly choose a student to answer a question about the lesson; however, most of the time, I tend to use my Boss Battles for a formative assessment.
Using a Boss Battle that I have created ahead of time, I can choose to have random students answer a provided question. The question can be formatted in such a way that allows it to be similar to those found on a test. In fact, I have even added snippets of videos when teaching characterization, and had students choose a character trait based on what they observed.
The great thing about using Classcraft is that I do not have to create popsicle sticks to pull or wait for hands to be raised. Classcraft will randomly select students. The only downside is that it does not choose students multiple times. For example, if you want to have your students in a stack multiple times, it just won’t work. You can do that for The Wheel of Destiny by resetting the students, but not for Boss Battles.
Boss Battles will also allow you to use multiple choice, short answer, and True/False. I personally like the use of the open ended questions that require a short or long answer, but to get information quickly, multiple choice is fantastic, too.
