Assessment
Jan 11th, 2010 by Bev
Creating a Quiz in Moodle
When creating my quiz in Moodle, I did what I always do. I jumped right in coming up with questions, figuring out how to format the different questions, which things to toggle and how to insert images. I had fun solving all these little problems and learning new skills.
Then I did what I usually do next which is to stop and think about what I am really suppose to be doing. This is where I got a little concerned. I was not sure if I really knew why I was creating this quiz. If these were suppose to be thoughtful questions which were going to provide valuable insight into how my students were doing, I though I might be in trouble. Gibbs and Simpson (2004) stress that it is important to understand the purpose of the assignment and so I set out to clarify this. Once I had verified that the purpose was to learn how to use the tools, I was ready to finish the task.
The good thing about my few stressful moments is that it really forced me to think hard about how I would assess the goals of my digital storytelling unit. I tried to think of questions that would provide valuable information but in the end I knew I would never create a quiz like this for this particular topic- digital storytelling. The type of questions I was creating would never truly assess what my goals for my digital storytelling unit are. In my DST unit I would have students submit each step to their portfolio, where I (and their peers) could provide formative feedback. Their summative evaluation would be based on their final project.
I enjoyed playing around with the different questions, and “creeping” on classmates quizzes to see how they did something. I will definitely use these types of questions in my math units. As well, I learned a lot of other skills like how to insert an image, which will come in useful.
Gibbs, G. & Simpson, C. (2004). Conditions under which assessment supports students’ learning. Learning and Teaching in Higher Eduction,1, 3-31.