Hi Everyone -- I'd sure like to obtain ideas from other learners in this course about whether you think quizzes and exams are an absolutely necessary graded component of an online course. I see the utility of quizzes as self-assessments and ego-boosters, but I facilitate courses in an environment where, for the most part, quizzes and exams are not used at all for assessment of student learning. The emphasis at this particular institution is on "real-world deliverables" through which students demonstrate their learning by applying their ideas about course material to scenarios, cases, and other types of assignment instructions. What… >>>