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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

What is a Lesson?


So, what is Lesson? Lesson is all about making choices. It was designed to be a self-directed, adaptive module where the students working on the Lesson module are able to move through the material based on the choices they make. Lesson is mainly used by teachers as an adaptive learning activity. However, it also has testing and assessment applications, which is why it is included here. With Lesson, we can create simple vocabulary or flash card tests, or we can create complex tests with multiple item types and paths for students to follow. The paths that students follow lead to one of the following two types of pages: Branching pages and question pages.

What are Branches and Branching pages? These pages are used to help deliver content, images, and navigation options in the Lesson. Each Branch page has a title, some content, and navigation buttons at the bottom of the page, which the students click on to choose their path through the Lesson. These pages also act as an index...