Quizzing

Online quizzing, through various softwares and websites, allows you to create quizzes from a vast array of forms and styles that can incorporate other elements such as videos, photos, and more. The possibilities of what you can do with online quizzes are almost limitless. Incorporating them into the classroom requires planning and careful consideration, but can be used for a variety of purposes and update any classroom into the 21st century.

Pre-Testing
Formative Assessment
Summative Assessment
Practice Test
In-Class Student Feedback and Involvement
Save Paper and the Planet by Replacing Paper Tests, Quizzes, or other Forms and Worksheets

Pros

Engages Audience: Online quizzes are interactive attention grabbers that can focus and garner student interest.
Works Well for Large Classrooms: There's really no limit to how many people can take an online quiz and teachers do not have to worry about the logistics of distributing a paper quiz to a large number of people.
Instant Feedback: Autograding lets students know how they did and can give them the chance to better understand the material.
Security: Questions can be randomized and timed to discourage cheating an the online quiz itself can require a login or some other security measure.

Cons

Not all online quizzes are created equal and may only offer some features. For example, not all quizzes are secure and allow for student cheating. Others do not autograde and so on.
Technological Difficulties: There's a learning curve to both creating and taking online quizzes and errors and problems still can pop up. They also require that all students have reliable internet access, preferably from a personal device.
Paper exams give students room to cross out answers and mark up the test as well as give room to work out problems. This can be solved by offering scratch paper.

Google Forms

Google Forms is a free service through Google that offers a great deal of versatility. Teachers or students can use it to create surveys, forms, and quizzes that include free-response, multiple choice, select all, and other questions and it now also offers and answer key that assigns points to each question, idealizing it for grading, and answer feedback.

Tophat

TopHat is a “bring your own device” (BYOD) classroom response system that makes use of students’ personal mobile devices (phones, tablets, laptops) as response devices. Tophat is best used for in-class questions, surveying, and student feedback and involvement.

Quizzes in Brightspace

Brightspace, Vanderbilt's current Learning Management System, offers it's own, built-in quiz creation.

Learn more about quizzes in Brightspace.

Various Internet Applications

There are countless websites that offer online quiz creation. Some are free, some offer trial versions, and some offer a wide-range of options for various prices. Note that some, especially the free options, have limitations on the number of students per quiz and security features vary. Some examples are:

StrawPoll (Free)
GoConqr (Free and Premium Account starting at $32.95/year)
Socrative (Free and Pro Account starting at $59.00/year)
Quizmaker (30 Days Free Trial and Account starting at $15/month)
Top 10 Free Online Quiz Makers