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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

Quiz considerations


As you can see, there is a lot in Quiz, and we could not hope to cover everything in one chapter. For this section's Considerations, I'd like to point out that there are two plug-ins available for Quiz. The built-in data analysis features cover what most users need. However, if you need more detailed Quiz analysis, two useful additions to the core Quiz are Quiz Report Analysis, contributed to Moodle by Anastasios Pournias, and Detailed Responses, by Jean-Michel Vedrine.

The Quiz Report Analysis adds a graphic interface for students and teachers to review the results. A detailed overview, download link, and installation instructions, are available at http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&rid=2241.

The Detailed Responses plug-in offers an even more detailed way to look at student responses. A full description, discussion, and download details are located at http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&rid=96.