I have been reading this thread with interest...
I have been responsible for the technical side of the clinical
assessment programme at KCL for the last 7 years using OMR technology
and never had a problem with either scanning or getting results out.
All of my marksheets are scanned real time as the exam is going on,
and I can even produce reports of who the weak students are as the
exam takes place so that the external examiner can look at them.
Altogether I scan about 60,000 marksheets a summer (in a standard
office) and I can also design and print these myself as well.
I know that OMR is not the answer to everything, but I certainly could
not get the same quality of performance by replacing my OMR scanner
with 5 off the shelf image scanners from Dixons!!
Oh, and just for good measure we use a computerised "speaking clock"
timing system as well ;-)
Best wishes,
James
James Hollands
King's College London, School of Medicine - Clinical Assessment
Software Developer and Data Analyst
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On 28 May 2010, at 22:04, "Mark Gamble" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 'nuff said!!
>
>
> --
> Regards
> Mark
>
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> From: "Maber, Jonathan" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 5/28/2010 9:12 PM
> Subject: Re: Release of Qyouti open source software.
>
> And one more thing!!
>
> We are in exam period right now at Leeds Met and today we had a
> power cut that took out the whole campus along with other parts of
> the city. The exam rooms are well lit by natural light and the
> official clocks run on battery.
>
> Jon
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Computer-assisted assessment on behalf of Mark Gamble
> Sent: Fri 28/05/2010 13:55
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Release of Qyouti open source software.
>
> Intrigued to know what was so unsatisfactory about MCQs with a lock-
> down browser.... QuestionMark works fine for us with 180 students at
> a go. No scanning, instant results.
>
>
> --
> Regards
> Mark
>
> Mark Gamble
> Head of e-Learning
> Learning Technology
> University of Bedfordshire, Park Square, Luton, Beds, LU1 3JU
> Tel (+44)1582 489260 Mob 07720 068605
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>
>
>
>>>>
> From: "Maber, Jonathan" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 5/28/2010 10:35 AM
> Subject: Release of Qyouti open source software.
>
> I'm pleased to announce that a software tool, Qyouti, that I created
> in-house for Leeds Metropolitan University has been released open
> source
> and is now hosted on SourceForge for free download.
>
> The software was created as a result of extreme frustration with the
> two
> local options for high stakes multiple choice assessment. Option one
> was
> to use Multiquest from Speedwell in combination with a very expensive
> OMR machine to scan very expensive MCQ response sheets. Option two was
> to conduct examinations in a computer room with a lock down browser in
> combination with the VLE. Both options have proved to be highly
> unsatisfactory.
>
> So, Qyouti is software which takes an IMS QTI file containing
> questions,
> a class list and prints the questions on an ordinary colour laser
> printer with areas for the student responses to be made in pencil or
> pen. I.e. the responses are marked as crosses or ticks (or just about
> any other kind of mark) in boxes that are right next to the options in
> the question paper. Every page is bar-coded with the candidate's name
> and ID so it is impossible to give the marks to the wrong person. At
> the
> end of the exam the papers are scanned with an ordinary desktop
> scanner.
> Then Qyouti processes the scanned images and produces a list of
> candidates with their marks. Because the page is image is relatively
> high resolution image processing can be done to compensate for
> imperfections in the printing and scanning process such as skew and
> greyscale calibration. Each individual script has metrics encoded
> on it
> using square barcodes and so there is potential for customising font
> and
> layout for candidates with visual impairment or dyslexia. A proper
> statistical analysis is done on the question items too.
>
> Two crucial advantages are: 1) an ordinary examination room can be
> used
> 2) if any of the hardware breaks it can be cheaply and immediately
> replaced because any local PC shop will stock it. The only serious
> disadvantage: The scanning is much slower than an OMR and with a large
> class you need to go away and have lunch while it takes place.
> (However,
> for the price of an OMR machine you could buy 5 PCs with top of the
> range document scanners and multiply the speed of scanning by 5.)
>
> I would really like to recruit volunteers to test the software and
> even
> better to help develop it. I'm prepared to offer free staff
> training in
> the use of MCQ for your colleagues in return for significant
> contributions to development of Qyouti!
>
> Please take a look at:
>
> qyouti.sourceforge.net
>
> Regards,
>
> Jon Maber
>
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