Database Walkthrough

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Database Walkthrough

• Kate Dickens

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Question Flexibility

• For tutors
• Questions, answers, feedback, notes for tutor
• For students
• Questions only or worked examples
• Flexibility in output

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Question Formats

• Microsoft Word
• HTML
• Question Test Interoperability (QTI)
• http//www.imsproject.org/ Developing technical
  specifications
• Compatibility with commercial products

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Search/Browse for Questions

• Browse through questions
• Quick search (Simple question filter), for
  example
• Subject Theme - Signal processing
• Level Intermediate
• Question Type Multiple Choice
• Complex search using Metadata information

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Develop Test

• Select questions
• Add to shopping cart
• Review content of cart
• Add or discard questions as appropriate
• Change order of questions if necessary
• Make test

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Question Distribution

• Via e3an project website
• Database driven to facilitate selecting questions
• Password-protected
• Via CD
• No server requirement
• No software to install
• No licensing costs
• Complete with free run-time version of
  Microsoft Access