Conducting secure online assessments (using Moodle) for in-campus students

1. Conducting secure online
assessments (using Moodle)
for
in-campus students
NIIT University
By: Akhlesh Agarwal
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2. Online assessments
• Quiz
– Auto evaluation
– Graded or ungraded (Practice)
– Multiple choice questions, T/F questions
– Fill in the blanks
• Assignments
– Manual evaluation
– Long answers
– Attachments (xls, ppt, Java, +more)
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3. Question types in Quiz
• Multiple choice (one correct answer)
• Multiple choice (multiple correct answers)
• Fill in the blanks
• True/False
• + Many more
http://vivaelearning.com/Quiz-in-Moodle-20-_v1505
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4. Online assessment features
• Time control
– Time slot
– Time duration
• Single or multiple attempts
• Randomization or resequencing
• Shuffling answers within a questions
• Multiple question sets
• Include images as part of question
• Importing questions from a text file
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5. Security (if using lab PCs)
• Internet can be disabled if required on lab PCs
• Students can not send files to each other or
change proxy
• Student mapping of PC and IP address to be
recorded
• Track any submission from outside the lab or
using dongle.
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6. Security (if students are using own
laptops)
• If internet needs to be switched off then
switch off for ALL students (even those in
hostel) for the duration of the test. (Hence not
recommended)
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7. Other measures
• Single login by each student id
• Change password on first login.
• Tally physical attendance with online
submissions
• Tight timing.
• Deposit cellphones during the test
• Active invigilation
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8. Benefits
• No manual effort for evaluation
• Reuse question bank across sessions/year
• Randomize paper from a large Q bank (helps
control cheating)
• Transparency to students
• Statistical analysis of questions
• Streamline submissions
• Auto gradebook generation
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9. Thank you
@akhlesha
akhlesh.agarwal@gmail.com
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