PdTOxford Workshop

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PdT/Oxford Workshop

• e-Learning
• Assessment of Student Knowledge

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Assessment of Student Knowledge

• Why
• Methods
• How to create your own tests......

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Why

• Instant Feedback
• Complement Factual Knowledge (Testing through
  Drills)
• Problem Solving
• Illustrate difficult concepts used with online
  multimedia
• Self-Study Opportunities
• Support Workshop Works

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Methods

• Off-the-Shelf Packages and Development
  Environments (such as CASTLE, WebCT Question
  Mark)
• Customized World Wide Web Pages

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WebCT

• Whole online course product i.e. online lecture
  notes, tutorial material, conferencing and much
  more, with tests included.
• Cost Free to develop, but thereafter per student
  pricing e.g. 750 for 200 students per annum

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Question Mark

• Question Perception Server enables users to
  create questions and answers and store them in a
  database. It also provides the functionality for
  these questions to be scored, and to enable
  feedback to be given to the participants
  answering the questions.

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Question Mark

• Example http//www.qmark.com/
• Cost 1000 (1 author, 1 server 50 students)
  to 20 000 (unlimited campus use)

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CASTLE

• Examplehttp//www.le.ac.uk/cc/ltg/castle/
• Cost Free to academics

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How to create your own tests......

• HTML Javascript
• DHTML
• CGI's and Java
• Embedded Multimedia (plug-ins i.e. Director)
• ASP and SQL Databases
• Advanced Programming

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Static HTML Pages
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Dynamic HTML Pages
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HTML Javascript Examples

• simple url link
• simple url link within frames
• simple url link with javascript alert
• image maps
• Forms

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HTML Javascript Examples

• radio button with javascript
• check box with javascript
• data entry numbers with javascript
• data entry text with javascript
• dynamic HTML and test scoring (invisible frames)

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simple url link

• Example

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simple url link within frames

• Example

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simple url link javascript alert

• Example

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image map links to url answers

• Example

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Forms javascript with radio buttons

• Example
• Example with 10 questions and scoring much like
  CASTLE tests

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Forms javascript with checkboxes

• Example

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Forms javascript with number data entry

• Example

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Forms javascript with text data entry

• Example

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Forms javascript with frames to keep scores and
cycle through multiple questions

• Example

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Advanced tests

• CGI's and Java
• Embedded Multimedia (plug-ins i.e. Director)
• ASP and SQL Databases

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• Summary
• HTML can generate quickly and easily instant
  feedback questioning
• Scoring requires programming
• Dynamic HTML, CGI's, Java, Multimedia plugins or
  SQL Database
• Discussion
• Reasons to added tests to online material ?