Sakai: Tests & Quizzes

Tests & Quizzes

• With the Tests & Quizzes tool, you can create online tests, practice exercises, surveys, and other forms of assessment.
• Question types can include multiple choice, fill in the blank, matching, essay, and more.
• Below are detailed instructions for creating online assessments, publishing them so students can take them, grading them, and more.
• Assessments can be created question by question, or through already prepared text, "markup text".

Basics

• Sakai 11 User Guide: Tests and Quizzes
• How to Create an Assessment Using Markup Text (pdf)
• Which test settings should I choose? (pdf)

Best Practices for Testing in Online and Hybrid Courses

• Best Practices for Online Testing (pdf)
• Tips to Minimize Technical Problems and Deter Cheating (pdf)

Importing Tests

• Copy a test from one Sakai site to another

Pools

• TLC live webinar: How to Create Randomized Tests in Sakai with Pools
  • Presented by: Wilma Hodges, Director, Training & eLearning Initiatives at Longsight, Inc.
  • Description: Pools are another tool you can add to your tool kit to deter online cheating. By creating test pools in Sakai and using “random draw,” instructors can deliver a unique test to each student. In this session, guest speaker Wilma Hodges will demonstrate various ways to use pools in Sakai, including how to create and manage question pools, how to add previously-developed test questions to pools, and how to create tests that randomly draw questions from pools.

Surveys

• Creating Surveys in Sakai

Advanced Topics / Special Situations

• Allow extra time on a test for selected students (pdf)
• Get student name, submit date/time, and test score