Is there any resources to find modern (or effective) assignment types, knowledge control techniques?

I'm participating in creating blended (online/offline) courses. Faced a problem of inventing well-designed assignments/assesments. There are already quizzes, essays valuated by teacher, webinars/live lessons. But they are usual, they don't envolve students.

So I started searching for teachers' experiences in more unusual ways to control students' knowledges, gather information about each student. But it is very scattered.

Can anyone advice some resources (sites, publications, works, magazines) about this topic? I'm absolutely new in education, so any hel will be appreciated.

A bit more information about courses:

• oriented on graduate, under-graduate levels and professional development


• 2 levels of audience: medium (60-100 members in a moment) and big (close to MOOCs: 100-thousands).


• technical difficult is not limited