Online Assessment (eAssessment)

Standard Question Types

No course is complete without assessment. Normally as the user goes through the course, he or she will have tasks to perform and questions to be answered. These can be linked to a Learning Management System. In addition, tests and exams are required.

There are a number of question types that are standard:

  • Multiple choice (text) (including more than one answer)
  • Multiple choice (Click on image)
  • True or false
  • Fill in the blank (text)
  • Fill in the blank (numeric)
  • Ordered list
  • Drag & drop (objects)
  • Drag & drop label Diagram
  • Drag & drop (ordered list)
  • Matching objects
  • Select Text

More Complex Assessment

The questions can be group together to form more complex questions or assessments.

To see the following examples you will need to have a browser capable of viewing Dynamic HTML (Explorer 5.5, Netscape 8.1.2, FireFox 1.5 and later). You will also need to allow "pop-ups".
complex Questions Online assessment for mechanical engineers. There are three different complex questions in this example:
  • Moments and example of “drag & drop” using graphics” combines a multiple choice question, "fill in the blank” (numeric) question and a “drag and drop” question using graphics
  • “Dynamics: Creating equations using drag and drop”. The “drag and drop” of question allows the student to rearrange an equation, then the students use “fill in the blank” questions to add the correct values
  • “Youngs Modulus: Takes into account student choices”. This uses “fill in the blank” questions together with a multiple choice question. However, the values required for the last 3 questions depend on the values put in earlier.

The first two question types can be emulated by the templates of the Rapid Development Service, but the third application as it stands has some extra code embedded.
procedural coursewwork

The next two examples were developed for car mechanics and is used to test both theoretical knowledge and procedural knowledge of the students.

To get a better understanding of the assessment you must first look at the coursework. Then when you have done this look at the assessment.
procedural assessment This assessment module tests the student on both theoretical knowledge and on precedural knowledge (e.g. where to place probes and which setting to choose).

Software Simulation

An interesting variation is to test students on how to use software. Software Simulation

Question Bank

This is an example of a stand-alone question bank.

question bank We have helped develop a package that can be used to test students online. Shown here is an example of the package. We have 27 questions, in three separate categories, when the package is loaded 15 questions are chosen at random and shown in 3 separate menus. We have also developed a timer that is used to limit the total time that the students can take.

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