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Moodle 1.9 Testing and Assessment

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Moodle 1.9 Testing and Assessment

Overview of this book

Moodle is a free Course Management System (CMS), which is a web application that educators can use to create effective online learning sites. Moodle also has many effective modules and assessment techniques for testing that can be used for any subject. Computer-based testing is inevitable in any online teaching course. As you consider the benefits of computer-based testing you will want to easily create tests and instantaneously assess them.Moodle 1.9 Testing and Assessment puts together a variety of modules and activities that allow us to easily create and deliver a variety of tests on any subject. It is a step-by-step guide that will assist you to develop and assess simple as well as complex quizzes and tests.You will initially learn to create different types of questions such as short answer questions, multiple choice questions, and so on. After you have learned to create questions, you will learn to integrate all of them in a Moodle quiz to create a complete test by tweaking the various options. Next you will learn to create and set up a Lesson, which you can use to create simple vocabulary or flash card tests or complex tests. You will learn to test and assess students through work submitted using Moodle Workshop. This module also provides an opportunity for self- and peer-assessment of your student's work. Then you will learn skill-specific tests such as listening, reading, speaking, and writing tests that will help you to judge a person's ability in a particular field. At the end of this book you will learn how you can grade tests using Moodle Gradebook. This hands-on guide helps you to establish optimal tests that can be graded using Moodle modules.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Moodle 1.9 Testing and Assessment
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Making a single response item


Now that we have looked over all the options for making a Multiple Choice item in Quiz, lets make one!

Step 1

In the Question bank for our quiz, as we've called it Multiple Choice Quiz, go to the Create new question drop-down and select Multiple Choice.

Step 2

We should be looking at the Adding a Multiple Choice question page. At the top, we need to make sure our Category is set to Activity, so we can keep all our questions separate from other areas.

We also need to create a name, the question text, give some general feedback (if we want), and decide on grades, numbering, shuffling, and the number of answers.

I have decided to ask a question about French history with four response options, one correct answer, and numbered: a, b, c, d. I also want to give some General feedback. Here is what this part looks like.

The grade for the correct response should be set to 100%. This will give the student full points if it is answered correctly. The other options should be given...