Assessment Reflection

For my assessment section in my Moodle course, I set up 5 multiple choice questions, 5 matching questions, 3 short answer questions, and 2 essay questions. Initially I found the experience a little frustrating because I was struggling with the actual construction of the quiz. Once I figured out how the questions were inserted into the quiz it went much smoother. I actually enjoyed the process and found that the more I did, the easier it became. I have found the Moodle guide book supplied in the course to be invaluable in this area.

I definitely have plans to use this feature of Moodle next school year. I can easily see using this feature to load in practice government exams for Social Studies 11. The students could then access this resource as a practice tool for the real government exam. This would cut down on the considerable amount of paper that I end up producing every year in preparation for the government exams and I could see it being more helpful for the students as I could provide feedback in this format that would be meaningful to them.

Overall, I enjoyed this unit because I was able to create something concrete that is relevant to my context. As we are introducing Moodle in our district next year, I feel this experience has been invaluable. My plan is to create a Moodle component to my course that will act as an extra resource for my students to use during the year.

Gibbs, G. and Simpson, C. (2005).  “Conditions under which assessment supports students’ learning.” Learning and Teaching in Higher Education