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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

Setting up your NanoGong


So, let's say we are teaching a Turkish language class and we are interested in testing our students' ability to make descriptive statements about places in Turkish. We will be asking our students to listen to an audio file and then they will need to record their response, using complete sentences.

The first thing we need to do is record our audio file. Our question is going to be very simple, "Please look at the image. I want you to tell me about five things you see in the image. Please use complete sentences and descriptive words. When you are ready to record, click on the Record button and start speaking. When you are finished, click on Stop" We can use a number of recording methods; however, I'm going to use Audacity like we did before.

Once the audio file is set, I'm going to get a picture to use. I'm going to go to one of the free photo sites online and choose an image that will be a good challenge for my students. I have gone to Wikimedia Commons at: http:...