Moodle 1.9 Testing and Assessment. Develop and evaluate quizzes and tests using Moodle modules

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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 (...) więcej hands-on guide helps you to establish optimal tests that can be graded using Moodle modules. Spis treści:
Moodle 1.9 Testing and Assessment
Table of Contents
Moodle 1.9 Testing and Assessment
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more
Why Subscribe?
Free Access for Packt account holders
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Testing with Moodle Quiz
Moodle-based tests
What is Moodle Quiz?
Creating our first questions
Quiz features
General
Name
Introduction
Timing
Display
Attempts
Grades
Review options
Security
Common module settings
Overall Feedback
Creating a Quiz
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Save and return to course
Save and display
Cancel
Editing
Step 4
Info
Results
Preview
Edit
Step 5
Item choices
Calculated
Description
Essay
Matching
Embedded Answers (Cloze)
Multiple Choice
Short Answer
Numerical
Random Short-Answer Matching
True/False
Options in True/False
Category
Question name
Question text
Format
Image to display
Penalty factor
General feedback
Correct answer
Feedback for the response True'
Feedback for the response 'False'
Step 6
After saving the question
Question Options
Sort
Action
Add to quiz
Preview
Edit
Move
Delete
Select
Select all/Deselect all
Question Name
Question Type
Adding Questions to the Quiz
Order
#(Number)
Question Name
Question Type
Grade
Total
Maximum Grade
Action
Show Page Breaks and Show Reordering Tools
Preview the Test
Question Name
Quiz Name
Question
Submit
Submit page
Submit all and finish
Fill with correct
Start again
Close preview
Step 7
Step 8
Your turn
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Step 7
Step 8
Step 9
Testing with True/False
Simple
Finding Value
True/False in formative testing
Self-assessment
Weaknesses in True/False
Summary
2. Multiple Choice Quizzes
Getting started
Categories and contexts
Miscellaneous/Course Category
Course
Activity
Multiple Choice item creation page
One or multiple answers
Shuffle the choices
Number the choices
Making a single response item
Step 1
Step 2
Making a multiple-answer item
Step 1
Grade
Partially correct feedback
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Results
Question design and formatting
Basic text formatting
Adding images to multiple-choice questions
Step 1
Step 2
Image URL & Alternate text
Layout
Alignment
Border thickness
Spacing
Horizontal
Vertical
Size
Width
Height
File Browser
Preview
Browse & Upload
Manual adjustments
Size
Layout
Adding multiple images
Create Folder
Multi-image multi-response
Adding a Web Link (Hyperlink)
Creating the Test
General feedback issues
Your turn
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Summary
3. More Question Types
Short Answer
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Incorrect response
Variations
Spelling
Multiple response
Creating Short Answer
Item #1
Item #2
Short Answer considerations
Numerical
Step 1
Step 2
Accepted Error
Step 3
Your turn
Numerical considerations
Variables and word problems
Matching
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Your turn
Matching considerations
Random Short Answer matching
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Random Short-Answer matching considerations
Calculated
Step 1
Step 2
Correct Answer Formula
Tolerance
Tolerance Type
Relative
Nominal
Geometric
Correct Answer Shows
Format
Step 3
Step 4
Update the datasets parameters
Param
Range of Values
Decimal Places
Distribution
Next Item to Add
Add
The manual way
The automated way (The easy way!)
Step 5
Delete
Step 6
Creating a multi-variable item
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Your turn
Calculation considerations
Embedded Answers (Cloze)
Short Answer Cloze
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Numerical
Step 1
Step 2
Step 1
Step 2
Matching
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Embedded Answers (Cloze) considerations
Essay
Step 1
Step 2
Essay considerations
Description
Summary
4. Creating a Quiz
Getting started
The General section
Timing
Display
Attempts
Grades
Review options
Security
Common module settings
Overall feedback
Saving the test
Designing the test
Test introduction
Section introduction
Questions
Remaining sections
Adding to the Quiz
Previewing the test
Step 1
Step 2
Save
Quiz results
Overview
Result table
Deleting attempts
Exporting data
Preferences
Results graph
Regrade
Manual Grading
Item Analysis
Q#
Question text
Answer's text
Partial credit
R. Counts
R.%
% Correct Facility
SD
Disc. Index
Disc. Coeff.
Analysis options
Attempts to analyze per user
Don't analyze if score is less than 'X'%'
Questions per page
Exporting data
Importing and Exporting Questions
Importing Questions
File format
General
Category
Match grades
Stop on error
Import from file upload
Import from File already in course files
Exporting questions
File format
General
Category
Write category to file
Write category to context
File name
Quiz considerations
Summary
5. Using Lesson
What is a Lesson?
Creating a Lesson
General
Name
Time limit (minutes)
Maximum number of answers/branches
Grade options
Practice Lesson
Custom scoring
Maximum grade
Student can re-take
Handling of re-takes
Display ongoing score
Flow control
Allow student review
Display review button
Maximum number of attempts
Action after correct answer
Display default feedback
Minimum number of questions
Number of pages (cards) to show
Lesson formatting
SlideShow
Slideshow width and slideshow height
Slide background color
Display left menu
Display left menu only if grade greater than
Progress bar
Access control
Password protected lesson
Password
Available from
Deadline
Dependent on
Dependent on
Time Spent (minutes)
Completed
Grade better than
Pop-Up to file or web page
Show close button
Window height and width
Other
Link to an activity
Number of high scores displayed
Use this lesson's settings as default
Common module settings
Visible
ID number
Grade category
Setting up Lesson
General
Grade options
Flow control
Lesson formatting
Access control
Dependent on
Pop-Up to file or web page
Other
Common module settings
Creating the Lesson content
Edit
Adding a Branch Table
Adding a Question page
Multiple Choice question
True/False
Short Answer
Asterisk review
Asterisk
Plus sign
Vertical bar '|'
Parentheses
Question mark
Square brackets
/i
Missing Information
Incorrect Information
Combinations
Numerical
Matching
Essay
Clusters
End of branch
End of Lesson
Import questions
Import PowerPoint
Reports
Grade Essays
Vocabulary drills
Summary
6. Using Workshop
Why use Workshop
Finding Workshop
Workshop features
Submission Title
Description
Grade for Assessments
Grade for Submission
Grading Strategy
Not Graded
Accumulative
Description
Type of Scale
Element Weight
Error Banded Grading
Criterion
Rubric Grading
Number of Comments, Assessment Elements...
Number of Comments Not Graded grade strategy
Assessment Elements Accumulative grade strategy
Grade Bands Error Banded grade strategy
Criterion Statements Criterion grade strategy
Categories in a Rubric Rubric Grading
Number of Attachments expected on Submissions
Allow Resubmissions
Number of Assessments of Examples from Teacher
Comparison of Assessments
Number of Assessments of Student Submissions
Weightage for Teacher Assessments
Over Allocation
Self Assessment
Assessments must be agreed
Hide Grades before Agreement
League Table of Submitted Work
Hide Names from Students
Use Password
Password
Maximum Size
Start of submissions
Start of assessments
End of submissions
End of assessments
Release Teacher Grades
Group mode
Visible
Making a Workshop
Workshop page Teacher's view
Workshop page Student's view
Teacher assessments of submitted work
Student Assessments
Teacher Administration page
Summary
7. Listening Tests
Using audio files
Creating audio files
Importing audio files
Listening questions in Quiz
True/False with audio
Multiple Choice with audio
Images and audio
Other question forms with audio
Multiple audio in questions
Using video
Linking video
Embedding video
Listening tasks
Listening for sounds
Listening for vocabulary (Cloze Listening)
Embedded Answers (Cloze) Listening
Short Answer
Mixed format
Listening for gist, main idea, and comprehension
Using forums for listening tests
Forum Type
A single, simple discussion
Standard forum for general use
Each person posts one discussion
Q & A Forum
Grading
Average of ratings
Count of ratings
Maximum rating
Minimum rating
Sum
Podcasts
Multiple playing of audio files versus single attempts
Summary
8. Testing Reading
Testing vocabulary
Quiz
Flash Cards
Name and Flash Card Set Summary
Start Time and End of Time
Questions from bank to import
Force reloading from question
Customization
Question media type
Media type for answers
Flip answers and questions
Decks
Enable autodowngrade
Autodowngrade overtime
Review triggering delay
Setting up a Flash Card review
Lietner play
Free play
Summary
Glossary
JCross
Testing reading
Creating timed reading tests with Quiz
QuizPort
General
Unit name
Get from Source file
Use Source file name
Use Source File Path
Specific text
Source file
Choose or upload a file
Search for a webpage
Configuration file
Add a Quiz chain
No
Yes
Folder
Unit file
Quiz file
Quiz names
Display
Window
Show entry page
Entry page text
Entry page options
Unit name as title
Grading
Dates
Attempts
Show exit page
Exit page text
Exit page feedback
Unit name as title
Encouragement
Unit attempt grade
Unit grade
Exit page links
Retry
Index
Course
Grades
Previous activity
Next activity
Access control
Available from and Available until
Time limit
Delay 1
Delay 2
Attempts allowed
Allow resume
No
Yes
Force
Require password
Require network address
Assessment
Grading method
Maximum grade
Grade weighting
Attempt grading method
Common module settings
Hot Potato activities
Making a QuizPort test
Forums
Summary
9. Testing Speaking
Using NanoGong
NanoGong Description
Name
Description
Color (In the form of '#rrggbb')
Maximum Number of Messages Allowed
Maximum Duration of Each Audio Message...
Maximum Score
Allow Guest Access and Visible
Setting up your NanoGong
Possible NanoGong ideas
Voiceboard
General settings
Name
Summary
Format
Grade
Use recording type
Common module settings
Upload file
Record audio
Add comment
Student
Audio recording
Comment
Peer evaluation
Teacher evaluation
Notes on Voiceboard
Voiceshadow
General
Name
Summary
Add html to embed video file
Record audio
Player
Upload mp3 file
Use recording type
Grade
Common module settings
Setting up Voiceshadow
Speaking tests in Forums
Setting up an Audio Forum
Real-time conversations
Skype module
COVCELL
Summary
10. Testing Writing
Choosing a portfolio
Forum-based writing portfolios
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Pre-Writing
Mindmap module
More writing tasks
Quiz module
Assignment
Offline activity
Upload a single file
Online text
Advanced uploading of files
Maximum size
Allow deleting
Maximum number of uploaded files
Allow notes
Hide description before available date
Email alerts to teachers
Enable Send for marking
Plagiarism
Summary
11. Using Gradebook
What is Gradebook?
Gradebook options
Grade Items
Grade Categories
Accessing Gradebook
View
Grader report
Overview report
User report
Grade item
Grade
Range
Percentage
Feedback
Outcomes report
Outcome name
Course average
Site-wide
Activities
Average
Number of grades
Creating Outcomes
Course Outcomes
Full name
Short name
Standard outcome
Scale
Description
Add a new scale
Name
Standard scale
Scale
Description
Standard Outcomes
Exporting and importing Outcomes
Exporting
Importing
Using the Outcomes
Categories and Items
Name
Aggregation
Extra Credit
Max grade
Actions
Select
Course total
Full view
Aggregate of non-empty grades
Aggregate including subcategories
Include outcomes in aggregation
Drop the lowest
Multiplicator
Offset
Setting up categories
Grade category

Category name
Aggregation
Grade item
Item name
Grade type
None
Value
Scale
Text
Scale
Maximum and Minimum grade
Hidden
Locked
Scales
Custom scales
Standard scales
Letters
View
Edit
Override site defaults
Grade letter 1
Letter grade boundary
Import and Export
Importing grades
Exporting grades
Summary
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