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[edit] Types of Assessments

Quizzes: Offered by WebCT, Sakai and Moodle

Surveys: Offered by WebCT, Sakai and Moodle

Self tests: Offered by WebCT, other to be determined, February 11, 2008

[edit] Questions

[edit] Available Questions Types

• calculated questions with variables - available in all, WebCT provides a graphical interface to create equations
• combination questions - WebCT only
• fill-in-the-blank questions - WebCT, Moodle and Sakai only
• jumbled sentence questions - WebCT only
• matching questions - Available in all
• multiple choice questioner - All allow for the position of distracters and the correct answer can be random, or "shuffled" in Moodle's case
• paragraph/essay questions - available in all
• short answer questions with one correct answer - available in all
• short answer questions with several correct answers in any order - available in all to varying degrees
• short answer questions with several correct answers (bonus marks for the correct order) - varying scores is available on all, unclear on others February 11, 2008
• short answer questions with several correct answers in a specific order - varying scores is available on all, unclear on others February 11, 2008
• true false questions - available in all
• "Survey"/Likert - Only available in Sakai but can be created a multiple choice question in others
• Audio Recording - explicitly in Sakai, most types of files are available in others

[edit] Delivery Options

• Question Delivery: All provide multiple options, including deliver questions all at once, or Display question titles. Display of answered questions and questions to come varies.
• Display Assessment: All allow for display in a new browser window or not.
• Duration: Length of time the assessments is available in days, weeks or months.
• Attempts: Set the number of attempts allowed 1, or a multiple. The best or last score can be kept and a delay between attempts can be set.
• When to release the student's score: Release the score after the assessment has been submitted, Release the score after the assessment has been submitted and all of the questions have been graded, Release the score after the availability period has ended, Release the score after the availability period has ended and all of the questions have been graded or Do not release the score.
• Dates Available: Start time and end time. The start time can be added to the Calendar for you in WebCT.
• Security Properties: All allow for a password to be set or limits on IPs can be applied

[edit] Displaying Results To Students

WebCT's options:

1. Show the question text.
   1. Show the Student's response for each question.
   2. Show the percentage value of the Student's answer.
   3. Show the correct answer.
   4. Show the correct answer and the percentage value of the Student's answer.
2. Show the feedback for each question.
3. Show the Student's score for each question.
4. Show the Student's total score for the assessment.
5. Show the grader comments for the assessment.

My only concern with web ct testing is that I would like the students to see there score without releasing answers to the questions. This would be helpful when they are given multiple attempts for the same test and the highest score is counted.

[edit] Release Options

WebCT allows for releasing tests based on any combination of the following options: grades, attempts, dates and durations and membership in groups.

Sakai allows for releasing based on dates and if the "student" is a member or non-member of the course.

Allow allow start and stop dates and for setting duration.

[edit] Results

• Results can be exported
• Simple display of who has or hasn't complete an assessment and their mark
• Results histogram and statistics