My first ASSESSMENT TOOL is complete!
Well… that’s not exactly true as I have been experimenting with the other survey/quiz/poll functions on Moodle but my “Module 1 Exam” is the first official, extensive and multifaceted assessment tool in my Moodle Learning Site.
You can check it out here (login in as a guest and scroll down to the end of the end of Module 1):
http://moodle.met.ubc.ca/course/view.php?id=211#section-1
At first the whole system for creating questions seemed simple and user friendly, and for the most part it was. The variety of question formats was excellent and easy to use. However, the real work took place once it was all pieced together into an exam and was previewed. That was when I got a sense of whether the tool really reflected my intentions.
Some of the aspects that were revised once I has a chance to see the ‘preview’ were:
- the instructions for the questions – making sure they were there and were clear
- the appearance of the feedback – ex. whether it popped up immediately after answering a question or at the end as final feedback
- the appearance of the exam as a whole – I oscillated between putting one question per page or having them all on one
- the scoring – I found that I had to be careful to ensure the matching questions reflected the number of possible matches and that the deductions were 1 point for a wrong answer rather than 0.1.
What I really liked (despite not taking advantage of it in this case) was the ability for learners to attempt the questions several times with minor deductions for wrong answers. On the other hand I did apply the tool that allowed students to take the whole exam an unlimited amount of times but I put in place a qualifier that their first attempt was the one score that counted.
Overall, the experience was excellent. I’m sure once I have more time to experiment with different types of designs I’ll be able to tap into many of the other features that this tool holds.