Who is a tutor?
An instructor who gives out private lessons to an individual or a group of people is called as a tutor. In simple terms the individuals who assists in teaching during or after the stipulated education hours in a school or a college is called as a tutors. And in the United States, the term tutor is defined as a person who gives out professional instructions within a school or in an independent setting is a given topic or field. Any individual can become a tutor without prior training but they should have adequate knowledge and dedication towards the desired field of study. These tutors are a dedicated group of people who work from home or consider it as a hobby.

What is e-tutoring?

The tutoring classes given out online – using internet as a mode of communication, to an individual or a group of people logged in at the same time is known as e-tutoring. There are pros and cons associated with e-tutoring. Listed below are few of the pros and cons for e-tutoring.

Pros:

More convenient

You can access help anytime as and when you need

Helpful for students who are more involved in extracurricular activities like sports, etc

The online tutoring module can be modified to suit our needs

Greater curriculum flexibility

Availability of feedback and scoring system

Cons:

The required attention might not be available.

The ability to recognize potential problems is not available

Can cost you more money

Online assessments:
The process used to measure certain aspects of information and where the assessment is delivered online via the internet is called as online assessment. Some type of educational test is often given as online assessments. These assessments are given to determine the students achievement capacity and also to determine how much knowledge is gained by the student. There are various assessments available online and is used primarily by the online tutors to understand if the learning is happening, to what extent and if there is any need to make changes in the online teaching module. And the assessment is normally given at the end of an instructional chapter or unit which has been explained over a period of time.

Types of online assessments:
The online assessments are broadly classifies into two. They are as listed below:

Independent Work – Given normally in the form of exercises, exams comprising of multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks, true / false, open ended essay writing are given to understand the capacity of the student. Once the assessment is graded, the appropriate feedback is shared with the students.

Group Work – This type of assessment is normally given to students to evaluate them using a collaborative learning model in which the learning is completely driven by the students. Various tasks are assigned. The instructor is also involved in all the decisions made.

Online assessments and e-tutoring go hand in hand and is one of the most convenient ways for an online tutor to assess and determine the capacity of the student.