essay
| None
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e. What media types are supported?
| HTML text, in-line
images; links to
sound and video files
| HTML text, images, sounds and videos
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f. Is media storage space provided?
| No (media files must be available on the Internet)
| Yes (40 MB of media files can be stored on the Oncourse server)
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g. Can scoring be weighted so that a response is worth more than one point?
| No
| Yes
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h. Can questions be given a skill level?
| No
| Yes
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| 2. Creating and Editing Questions
| QuizSite
| Oncourse test and survey tool
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a. Can questions be created one at a time using a form?
| Yes
| Yes
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b. Can questions be created many at a time using a text file?
| Yes
| No
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c. Can questions be imported?
| Yes (uploaded from a text file)
| Yes (from another quiz or an ODBC question database)
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d. How are questions edited?
| Imported from a text file or
edited on-line using a text box
to replace existing questions (many at a time)
| Using a form (one at a time)
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e. Can questions be deleted?
| No (but questions with no
topics are hidden from students)
| Yes (by clicking a delete button)
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| 3. Selecting and Organizing Questions
| QuizSite
| Oncourse test and survey tool
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a. How can instructions for a quiz be given?
| Custom HTML instructions
can be put at the start of the quiz or in a container before the questions.
| Custom HTML can be used for the quiz header and footer (WWW page settings).
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b. How can questions be grouped within an activity?
| containers
| sections
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c. How is each question categorized?
| one or more topics
| one category, one topic
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d. How are questions ordered and reordered?
| Each question has a unique ID number
that determines the order.
| Questions are ordered sequentially and can be reordered using a form.
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e. Can a random subset of questions be selected from a larger set of questions?
| Yes (activity settings:
assembly methods rand and sticky)
| No
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f. Can questions be randomly ordered in an activity?
| No (activity settings: assembly method shuffle, in a future version)
| Yes (general settings: scramble test questions)
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g. Can question choices in a multiple-choice question be randomly ordered?
| No
| No
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h. Can the program present a question at a time
based on the student's previous answers?
(adaptive testing)
| No
| No
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| 4. Activity Settings
| QuizSite
| Oncourse test and survey tool
|
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a. Can students do the activity many times?
| Yes (activity settings:
attempts)
| Yes (general settings: attempts)
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b. Can start and end times be set for an activity?
| Yes (activity settings:
start and end times)
| Yes (access control settings: deny access before and after)
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c. Can a timed test be given?
| No (except by using a narrow start and end window)
| Yes (general settings: time limit, auto-submit)
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d. Can an instructor create a link directly to an activity?
| No (students must log in, choose a course, and choose an activity)
| Yes (students must log in but then go directly to the activity)
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e. Can students be sent to a URL after completing an activity?
| No
| Yes (feedback settings: Finish URL)
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f. Can activities use head tags, e.g. for foreign language character sets?
| Yes
(upon request)
| Yes (WWW page settings: HTML Head)
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| 5. Instructor and Student Access
| QuizSite
| Oncourse test and survey tool
|
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a. How are instructors authenticated?
| IU Network ID
(any user can create an instructor account)
| IU Network ID (course instructor automatically;
faculty and staff can obtain an account upon request)
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b. How are students authenticated?
| IU Network ID (or instructor-assigned username and password)
| IU Network ID (students who are enrolled in the course
appear in the roster automatically)
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c. How does the program get roster information?
| The instructor must
obtain the roster from the Registrar and upload it.
| Roster information is automatically obtained and updated directly from the Registrar.
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d. Can instructors allow students to do an activity
even if they are not enrolled in the course?
| Yes (but only by adding their individual names to the
roster)
| Yes (access control settings: user validation: none or custom user list)
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e. Can access be controlled by IP number?
(e.g. for restricting a test to a single computer lab)
| No
| Yes
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f. What course information is displayed to students?
|
course number
section number
instructor username
course number
section number
instructor username
course title
instructor full name
| 6. Results for Students
| QuizSite
| Oncourse test and survey tool
|
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a. Can students see automatic feedback for each question?
|
Yes
(for some question types)
| Yes (for some question types; comments)
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b. Can students see automatic feedback for each question choice?
| Yes (for some question types)
| Yes (for some question types; comments)
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c. Can students see a custom message after completing a quiz?
| No
| Yes (feedback settings: custom message)
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d. Can students be given the answer key to a quiz?
| Yes (activity settings:
disclosure)
| Yes (feedback settings: the correct answers)
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e. Can disclosure of the answer key to students be delayed
until after the test?
| Yes (activity settings: disclosure)
| Yes (by manually changing the access control settings)
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f. Can all feedback be completely suppressed?
| Yes (activity settings:
attempts: NOF)
| Yes (access control settings: disable student access to test results)
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| 7. Results for Instructors
| QuizSite
| Oncourse test and survey tool
|
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a. What score statistics are reported?
|
raw and percentage score of each student
(score report)
class average
standard deviation, z-scores, upper and lower thirds
(item analysis)
raw and percentage score of each student
class average
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b. Can scores be exported in comma-delimited text format
and then imported to a spreadsheet or gradebook program?
| Yes
(score report)
| No
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c. What item statistics are reported?
| frequencies, averages, item difficulty
(item analysis)
| frequencies
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