These points were noted at the WebLearn Bytes: Tests and quizzes held on 26 November 2013, and may be helpful to other WebLearn users:<\/p>\n
The Tests<\/strong> tool offers 6 types of questions: Multiple choice<\/strong>, True\/False<\/strong>, Fill-in-the-blank<\/strong>, Matching<\/strong>, Essay<\/strong> and Task<\/strong>. Spend some time planning and formulating your envisaged\u00a0test questions according to the best fit into one of the available question types.<\/p>\n All questions in a question pool must have the same points value (i.e. score). It is advisable to put all matching-type questions into one pool, with a reasonable points value (e.g. 5 per question, if they contain five matches). Similarly you might want to put all essay\/task questions into one pool with zero points – you will manually assign scores to these questions when you mark the test.<\/p>\n There is also a Lickert scale<\/strong> question type, and most of the other questions can be turned into survey questions (i.e. there is no right\/wrong answer and the score is zero). If you do use any survey-type questions, it is advisable to put them all into one question pool. It is preferable to use the specialised Surveys<\/strong> tool to design and conduct full surveys.<\/p>\n Essay<\/strong> and Task<\/strong> questions are not classified as so-called\u00a0‘objective questions’ (that means they cannot be marked automatically by the system) – you can go into ‘Marking’ and manually assign a score and a comment for these questions.<\/p>\n The Tests<\/strong> tool is designed for tests to be administered to named site participants in a WebLearn site. If you wish to open the test to broader groups of Oxford users, please contact the WebLearn team (weblearn@it.ox.ac.uk<\/a>), since a special parameter needs to be set.<\/p>\n Question pools<\/strong>, assessments<\/strong> and parts<\/strong> all have titles, so it’s helpful to use meaningful titles that describe what the item is, e.g. “Pool of Matching-type questions”; “Test for Michaelmas Term 2013”; “Section A” respectively.<\/p>\n You can export the list of names and total scores to Excel for further manipulation of the data\u00a0and generation of your own summary reports. Within the Tests<\/strong> tool, you can generate ‘Summary data’ — this shows the usage statistics per question, which can help to refine and improve your questions for future use.<\/p>\n These points were noted at the WebLearn Bytes: Tests and quizzes held on 26 November 2013, and may be helpful to other WebLearn users: The Tests tool offers 6 types of questions: Multiple choice, True\/False, Fill-in-the-blank, Matching, Essay and Task. … Continue reading Useful links:<\/h3>\n
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