#formative assessment

Struggling to show clear learning outcomes during accreditation reviews? Discover how combining formative and summative assessment creates a strong evidence trail for school success.

How Curriculum Mapping Software Strengthens Formative Assessment

Formative assessments are most effective when they are aligned with curriculum goals and learning standards. Curriculum mapping software helps schools connect instructional plans, assessments, and student progress in one structured environment.

By mapping curriculum across subjects and grade levels, educators gain visibility into learning progression, improve collaboration between teams, and make data-informed curriculum decisions.

I made a Maya Project file to begin my modelling.

I followed the provided tutorials, using smoothed cubes and combining to create a torso, legs and feet.

I selected half and deleted it, then made an arm from a cylinder.

Using a cube and six sided cylinder, I made the palm and the beginning of the fingers, I also combined the torso, arm, and leg and named the other components.

Using cylinders and the sizing tool, I made 3 fingers and a thumb and combined and connected them to the palm and the hand to the arm, named accordingly.

Using a smoothed cube, I made the head, using extrusion to make the crater for the eye, and the rim around it, before chopping it in half (to later mirror).

Started off with a shortened cylinder, used a Bezier curve to form the shape of the horn.

Used an edited smoothed cube to form the basic shape of the ear, before combining and connecting it to the head. As well as naming previous components.

Using the mirror tool, I mirrored the head, horn, and ears and combined it all together (named accordingly).

Using a smoothed cube, I formed an eyeball, duplicated it, and named them both.

I modelled a sword using 2 cubes, a smoothed cube, and a cylinder, as well as a bag. I then UV mapped all of these components, using photoshop for the bug's design.

UV mapped bug.

Bug skin png file.

I used a circle to make a floor, added lights and a camera, used a circle and mapped said camera onto it, and set it to 24 frames. I then rendered it using Arnold. Everything named accordingly.

Formative assessment refers to a wide range of evaluative practices designed to monitor student learning in real-time. It can take various forms, such as quizzes, classroom discussions, peer reviews, and informal observations. The key feature of formative assessment is its ongoing nature—it’s meant to provide immediate feedback to both students and teachers to guide learning while it is still happening.