I wanted to dig in to what kind of apps were out there that could be used to assessment in the music classroom. Any kind of theory or ear training app could be used for students to track their progress by taking screenshots. They would then have to send the screenshots to the teacher to be recorded. Google classroom would also work for sending in testing videos or other things.
I still wanted a better solution. Even though I don’t know how to actually make an app, I started to come up with an idea for an app. Here are some designs I made (on powerpoint) to show the general idea.
From the students side they would be able to see the assignments that the teacher has given them, their due dates, and a place for where they could print off their own sheet music if they loose it. There would be places to submit a video of themselves playing, take a theory test, or take an ear training test.
The teacher would be able to assign theory tests, ear training tests, or video tests to any class they have set up. They would also be able to create their own ear training or theory tests or use ones that are preset into the app.
There would also be some resources for the teacher. The app makers could partner with a method book company and put some exercises in the app for teachers to explore/download/print for their class. The resource would be a list of links to diverse composer resources. This would help teachers find ideas of new, diverse music to use in their classes. Here is a link to an example of one of the websites that would be included: https://www.colourfullmusic.com/find-a-program