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Exam Scheduling, Syllabus Plus, and the use of Questionmark Perception

Exam Scheduling, Syllabus Plus, and the use of Questionmark Perception. John Ross, Head of Exams Team John Dermo, e-Assessment Adviser. SRO Conference, April 7 th and 8 th 2009. ITS4SEA Project 2007-2009. I ntegrating T hin Clients and S mart cards 4 S ecure E - A ssessment.

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Exam Scheduling, Syllabus Plus, and the use of Questionmark Perception

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  1. Exam Scheduling, Syllabus Plus, and the use of Questionmark Perception John Ross, Head of Exams Team John Dermo, e-Assessment Adviser SRO Conference, April 7th and 8th 2009

  2. ITS4SEA Project2007-2009 Integrating Thin Clients and Smart cards 4 Secure E- Assessment Institutional Innovation Programme http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/institutionalinnovation/its4sea.aspx

  3. Key Project areas new 100 seat thin client facility integrating institutional processes the technology: Sun Rays, VDIs, smartcards etc secure e-assessments with QMP

  4. The Room: 100 seat Sun Ray cluster

  5. Secure e-assessment: QMP and Appsense • Allows buttons and menu options to be greyed out in Word, Excel • remove print, open and save options, research, Help and anything that will allow access to the internet • Also used to copy ‘gold’ image to virtual desktops • Secure e-assessment solution used for all summative assessment at UoB • Dedicated high-stakes summative server

  6. First used Jan 091. Life Sciences (190 students): converted from OMR to QMP QMP MCQs: randomised Qs and As2. Management (320 students) Previously on PCs Excel file and QMP MCQ / short answer “I’ve already told the DVC that we will need another cluster like this within 2 years” Associate Dean Life Sciences and lecturer in immunology “This is just what I always wanted but we couldn’t do on the PCs!” Lecturer in School of Management

  7. Integrating Institutional Processes

  8. The Technology VMware and Sun Ray servers Smartcards: link each exam to a different card

  9. From an administrative perspective • A known venue (large & extra) • Rapid turn around time between examinations (less stress!) • Newer computers (more likely to work) • Very easy to invigilate

  10. From an examinee perspective • More conducive surrounding (light and air!) • Much easier to find • Marks with schools on the day of the examination

  11. Syll + • Incorporation of LSP (learner support profile) students into Syll+ scheduling. • Suitabilities to distinguish students examination need • Codification of locations to match suitabilities

  12. Student personalised timetable • Extraction of data from Syll+ • Mail merged extracted data with standard letter ( x 8000+) • Pearl script to enable send out – servers deem them spam!

  13. Questions?

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