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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

Summary


In Workshop, there are so many options that it is not practical or possible for me to cover them all here. In this chapter, we have seen the basic functionality in Workshop and worked through setting up a single, basic Workshop. We have looked at the different forms for assessment and seen both the student and teacher views. We have looked at the way grades are seen and how the Assessment Form works.

We have looked at the important features of grading and assessing, but one thing that we did not do is create a sample assignment for students to practice on. This is something that you may want to consider for each and every Workshop you create. Making a sample for the students to work through will not only be a useful exercise for them, but it will also give them practice using the Assessment Form, so when they begin assessing their peers, they have already been exposed to its style and functionality.

Time is another factor that we didn't cover, but it is something that needs to be carefully...