Students’ experience of online game-based assessment tool during emergency remote teaching

Abstract

Abstract Emergency remote teaching makes teachers should review the appropriate way of assessing students appropriately. Various programs and applications have been developed to assess students online. However, as learners do not always perceive learning tool effectiveness in the same way as educators, this study tries to investigate the perspectives of learners regarding the use of game-based assessment tool, namely Quizizz. The perceptions of sixty freshmen college students regarding the use of this tool are documented using questionnaires. The main findings of the study show that the students demonstrated positive attitudes towards the use of Quizizz during emergency remote teaching. They perceived it as a useful program that was easy to use, and they reported the intention to use it in the future in the post-pandemic era. Besides, this program could enhance students’ learning engagement in terms of cognitive, behavioral, and emotional engagement. It, therefore, can be concluded that Quizizz becomes an alternative way of assessing the students online, while at the same time promoting their learning engagement.