WeBAL: a web-based assessment library to enhance teaching and learning in engineering

A need exists for classroom-level assessment and evaluation rubrics or instruments to provide meaningful feedback to students on their learning and performance. A web-based assessment library (WeBAL) has been compiled, reviewed, and made available to support engineering faculty when assessing or evaluating students´ engineering communication or teamwork activities, two of the a-k skill areas required by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) for accreditation of engineering programs and curricula. These instruments are annotated to support selection and classroom usage. A simple, online, menu-based selection process guides faculty users to appropriate instruments to meet specific needs, and all instruments may be downloaded and adapted as desired by faculty.