Creating a Multiple Choice Formative Assessment Using Moodle
PROs
- It is an Open Source Platform, i.e. the LMS is free if you have a domain name and a server to run it on.
- Unlimited students.
- Assessment can be saved and shared for future use.
- Different questions can have different mark allocation.
- One or multiple answers possible.
- The choices can be labeled differently. i.e. A, B, C or I, ii, iii.
- Answers, choices and feedback can have images/media/equations.
- Multiple tries possible.
- Penalty marking.
- Customizable per student, randomized questions and responses.
- Student gets feedback immediately on which questions are wrong and why.
- A paper version can be printed.
- Insertion of equations is seamless.
- Detailed statistics available for examiner.
- Time limit and grace period available as an option.
CONs
- Learning Curve is steep for setup of the Moodle platform.
- Many more options makes it tedious for creating simple multiple choice exams.