Book Image

Moodle 1.9 Testing and Assessment

Book Image

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

Creating a multi-variable item


Creating a multiple-variable item is almost the same as creating a single variable one. We will follow all the same steps as we did previously, with a few small changes so we can see some of the other functions in action!

Step 1

We will create a new question, making sure it is in the Activity: Calculated category. We are practicing dividing with decimals and measurements with our students, so we want to drill them on it. For Question name and Question text, we will enter What is {x}/{y}?

Step 2

In the Answer section, we will put {x}/{y} in the Correct Answer Formula= textbox. We will give a 100% grade, a Tolerance of .1 and set the Tolerance Type to Nominal. We will set the Correct Answer Shows to 2 and set the Format to Decimals.

Once these steps are done, we will go to the Units section and click on the Blanks for 2 More Units button. This will give us three unit spaces to work with. We will enter cm in the first, mm in the second, and m in the third. We will...