Create a complete exam or quiz for your LMS course site, reflecting a variety of question types and assessment strategies, and built within Moodle’s quiz tool.
Your quiz must have:
10 (or more) questions. You will be assessed based on creating:
• 3 (or more) multiple choice questions
• 3 (or more) matching questions
• 2 (or more) short answer questions
• 2 (or more) short essay questions
• One question with an embedded image or graphic
• Partially or wholly auto-assessed/graded
• Time limited
• Pre-programmed post-exam feedback for students
• A reflection upon your experience completing this assignment posted in the Assessment page of your e-portfolio
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It has been sometime since I have worked in an LMS so completing the quiz activity took me quite a long time. Initially I spent time reading the Moodle quiz help to find out about the different types of questions as well as the editing process. Once I had some initial information under my belt I began to create. I found the editing tools to be fairly intuitive to use, but did have to get used to the idea of editing the general quiz settings (Administration) vs. the specific quiz questions and layout. Bit slow in creating this but with the experience gained I should be quicker next time.
I first needed to concentrate on getting the core requirements done. I found the multiple choice questions straight forward to set up, and like the ability to easily embed images into the questions. The matching questions were also straight forward to design and again had an easy way to embed images into the questions. I struggled a bit more with the short answer questions and essay questions.
Once my quiz was all set up I tested it a number of times. In fact, I would make a minor tweaks, test, and do it all again a number of times. I did find a few mistakes that needed correcting as well as a few formatting errors. In the end, I am happy with the quiz that I created and I feel that I learned some valuable skills that I will carry forward with me into Moodling.
I think Boris from the case study could benefit form creating something similar for his Chemistry 11 students in Moodle. This would allow students to:
- review material.
- test their knowledge.
- receive instant feedback.
I think assessment is somewhat of ‘necessary evil’ at times. I agree that many times students are focused on passing quiz than learning the material (Brown, Bull, & Pendlebury, 1997). I personally like formative assessment where possible and having more summative assessment be based on real-world accomplishments. For example, not just showing you know how to code in HTML but how to create actual website pages.
References:
Brown, G., Bull, J., & Pendlebury, M. (1997). Assessing student learning in higher education. London: Routledge, 7.