What are some best practices for delivering online tests through Sakai@UD?
• For instructors: • • Settings: • Assessment Organization • Question Layout: Each Question is on a separate Web page • Since students must save each answer before going to another question, if there is an interruption in service, when they resume taking the test they are more likely to have their previous answers retained if each question is on a separate page. • Feedback • For graded tests, do not use Immediate Feedback if you are also showing the correct answer. • This setting gives students feedback during the test so they could alter their answers before submitting their work. • • Images: • If you are including images in the question, it is best to attach them. To put an image in an answer, make sure that the URL for the image is at a site available to the current students. • • Question Pools: • • If you make changes to a question in a question pool and that question is used in an assessment, the changes aren’t made to either the pending or published version of the assessment. • I
