Tech Chance

Setting up Quiz on Moodle

I want it to be on record that this is my most painful and stressful learning experience ever.

Now that that is out of the way, I found the exercise also interesting and stimulating in a way. Having struggled through the exercise and being able to see the product at the end was sort of bitter sweet.

The various features confused me to say the least, worse yet this being my first attempt at setting up an on line quiz. I had to do everything over perhaps 20 times, I lost count after doing the right thing and concluding it was wrong just because of being so used to getting it wrong. My frustration only continued when I tried to understand what is meant by feedback and resorted to just fitting things in so that I could move on.

In the end I reflected on the usefulness of this test. I lost some of my multiple choice questions and ended up with only one set. I have no idea where the other three sets are gone. Assessment is sound only when it is accurate and the level of frustration is perhaps evidence of how the system was trying to ensure that the quiz was accurate. Entering the quiz in Moodle made me worry too much about how the students will manage when I was not even to sure how accurate I was being. However, the finished quiz appears to have several elements spelled out for the student that they would not have otherwise. Immediate feedback (although not for all areas), comments and scores seem to be advantages of setting up an online quiz. The idea of being able to shuffle also allayed some of my fears with online quizzes. Having the quiz timed is also a good thing as without timing, it would be considered an unreliable instrument used to test students’ abilities. It does seem that there are some areas of assessment that are more easily addressed through the use of technology than in face to face.

Good assessment will motivate students and will also help students to understand their areas and strengths and weaknesses. The quiz explored different areas of student’s knowledge when the four areas were covered. The quiz was not limited to simple recall but the inclusion of essay provided opportunity for analysis and evaluation. My challenge is that the feedback I tried to provide is basically generic and may not capture the individual needs and realities of my students.

It was a very challenging task but one by which I was stimulated and my interest even more piqued for LMS and all that is possible through it.

http://moodle.met.ubc.ca/files/index.php?id=84&wdir=%2Fbackupdata%2Fquiz&choose=

I am not so sure if this is where I am to put a link for the quiz but I will try it here.