Tests and Quizzes Tool (aka SAMigo) Marc Brierley, Stanford University T&Q Lead Designer

Agenda Feature Overview –Focus on pedagogical flexibility using templates Short Demo Futures Q&A

What are T&Q’s features: Assessment Authoring Assessment Publishing Assessment-Taking Management Assessment Grading Question Pools Management Assessment-Type (formerly Template) Management

Why “Assessments”? More than just test and quizzes For Example: –Problem Sets –Formative Assessments –Surveys The name “Tests and Quizzes” is a compromise

Organize & Publish Assessments Core (pending) Assessments for a course –Starting page for assessment authoring –Can be ex/imported in QTI XML format –When ready, published via Settings Published Assessments for student assessment-taking –When students respond, scores link appears –Can change release, due, retract dates

Question Types Multiple Choice (single and multiple correct) Multiple Choice Survey True/False Matching Essay/Short Answer Fill in the Blank File Upload Audio Recording* * New for Sakai 2.2 release

Rich-Text Everywhere WYSIWYG editor Fonts, style, layout, images, HTML, links In section headers, question texts, selections for responses, and feedback

Pedagogical Flexibility Online test Self-study questions Homework, problem-sets Paper, code, or project submission Language drills Quick knowledge probes Surveys Others???

Assessment Types Create assessment “types” for different disciplines, different uses Hide complexity by selecting what which settings are visible to the instructor. Pre-set defaults by making setting choices for the type (e.g., Self-study always has immediate feedback)

Template Workflow

Online Test Unique tests for each student –Randomized order of questions –Randomized draw from question pools Timed test-taking during access window –Auto-submit at end of timed period One submission only per student Higher Security –IP Addresses restricted –Secondary Password (proctored) No late submissions accepted Scores transferred to gradebook

Self-Study Questions Immediate feedback Random access to Questions –Table of contents –Marked for review list No record of score in gradebook No due date; always available to student Unlimited submissions allowed

Homework/Problem Sets Published with multiple release and due dates for different sections Multiple methods for handling late submissions Students can save work during assignment period. Auto-grading with methods for diagnosing learning problems Quick-reviews of student aggregate performance by instructors viewing histograms, statistics. Pools for organizing questions for reuse

Essay and Project Submission Use file upload question type for submitting any type of document Grader can download assignment; upload marked-up file to return to student Grades are recorded in gradebook

Question Pools Organize questions into multiple subpools Author Questions from within Pool Mgr. Randomly draw from pools for an assessment

Demo

T&Q 2.2 Highlights Assessment Types Audio Question Type

T&Q post-2.2 Future Attach files/graphics to questions Export assessment results Release assessments to specific classes and sections Department/school-level assessment types Question Pool sharing by group, import/export More usability testing

Questions?

Contacts Marc Brierley, Stanford University T&Q Lead Designer Lydia Li, Stanford University T&Q Project Manager Homepage: M

Where did the design originate? Formative Assessment (Homework) –Stanford Assignment Tool for Human Biology –CourseWork CMS with Language Tools (Andrew W. Mellon Foundation funded) –OKI Tools Workshop to Specify Functionality (Andrew W. Mellon Foundation funded) –OKI Formative Assessment Tool (Andrew W. Mellon Foundation funded) Summative Assessment (High-Stakes tests) –OnCourse Quiz Tool

Where did the design originate? OKI Tools Workshop –Many schools met to define needs for a CMS –One group specified the needs for an Assessment Tool –Several hundred functional requirements identified

Where did the design originate? Assignment and Assessment Manager –Supports teaching and learning in large lecture science courses and in language instruction –This OKI Tool was developed at Stanford –Andrew W. Mellon Foundation funded

Where did the design originate? AAM design combined with OnCourse Quiz tool design “Navigo” (2003) Stanford and Indiana join Sakai project, Stanford rewrites tool to Sakai Style Guide TPP, tool renamed SAMigo (2004-present)