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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

Importing and Exporting Questions


The final aspect we will look at regarding Quiz is the Importing and Exporting of questions. This option is located under the Edit tab. We will look at Importing questions first, then move on to Exporting them.

Importing Questions

The Importing Questions function is used if you have already created questions for different programs or systems. Here is what the Import page looks like.

To use Import in Moodle, you must have the files you want imported saved as a text file. Moodle supports a variety of Import formats. The formats the Import function currently supports are listed in the previous image.

First, we need to create some questions to import. Using GIFT is good, because once you make a few items, I feel, it becomes easier to make them. While I don't have the space to explain exactly how to use GIFT, I will show you some sample items and how they look once they are imported. For more detailed information on how to create GIFT questions, see Moodle's documentation...