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Dear Harry Please can I reserve 2 places for myself and a colleague Karlene Chambers Thanks Sarah Connor Senior Lecturer / Adult Nursing Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences School of Nursing Kingston Hill Surrey KT2 7LB Tel 0208-547-8708 ----- Original Message ----- From: Harry Temmink <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 1:16 pm Subject: Re: Online assessment using Blackboard To: [log in to unmask] > Hi Sarah > > I am actually quite open to lots of ideas at this stage, but > thought that we > might meet in one of our comp labs and thus be able to show each other > examples/ practices of what we do and learn from each other how to > develop/enhance our current practice. informal, but I hope > informative and very much > hands on > > > > The original idea was based on the negative comments from Mark > Gamble on the > testing facilities in Bb and the fact that I have been using Bb > testingquite successfully for the last few years with about 4000 > students. > I would hope to identify issues as we get closer the date and will > shareproposals with attendees later on > > Perhaps I could entice you to come along? > > Regards > > Harry > > > > Principal Lecturer > Westminster Business School > > University of Westminster > > Marylebone Rd Campus > > LONDON NW1 5LS > > > > > > This email, its contents and attachments are confidential and it > should be > assumed that they are legally privileged. If you are not the intended > recipient please contact me immediately on [log in to unmask] > > You must not copy any part of this e-mail and/or its > attachment(s) or use > this material for any purpose. You must not disclose the contents > to any > other person and you should ensure that it is permanently deleted > from all > of your computer systems. > > There are risks in communicating by e-mail. No liability is > accepted for > any data corruption, delay, interception, unauthorised amendment, > virustransmission or their consequences. Willingness to > communicate by e- mail > conveys an acceptance of the risks inherent in the system. > > _____ > > From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sarah Connor > Sent: 21 February 2007 11:28 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Online assessment using Blackboard > > > > I was wondering if you could give us some idea as to the intended > type of > content...............thanks > > Sarah Connor > Senior Lecturer / Adult Nursing > Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences > School of Nursing > Kingston Hill > Surrey KT2 7LB > > Tel 0208-547-8708 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Harry Temmink <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 3:29 pm > Subject: Re: Online assessment using Blackboard > To: [log in to unmask] > > > Dear Colleagues > > Following a discussion trend in JISC Blackboard user group, > about > > ComputerAided Assessment and VLE's (Bb), I suggested that > > Westminster might host a > > working lunch/ reasonably informal session on above subject. A > > platform if > > you will, where we might fruitfully have an exchange of ideas > and > > workingpractices. > > > > I am delighted to have been told by our Director of On-Line > > Learning, Prof > > Gunter Saunders, that he would be delighted to host such an > event. > > > > Can I therefore extend an invite to the first 20-25 colleagues > > responding to > > this invitation, to join us here at the University of > Westminster on > > Wednesday 18th of April at say 12:30 for 1pm. > > I imagine the session lasting till about 4:30pm. > > Buffet type lunch and tea/ coffee later on will be provided by > us. > > Looking forward to hearing from you soon > > > > The Marylebone Campus is sooooo easy to find in London:- we are > > oppositeBaker Street tube station and immediately opposite > Madame > > Tussaud's.... > > > > RSVP to [log in to unmask] > > > > > > Kindest regards > > Harry Temmink > > > > > > H J Temmink > > School Senior Tutor > > Westminster Business School > > University of Westminster > > 35 Marylebone Rd, London, NW1 5LS > > > > This email, its contents and attachments are confidential and it > > should be > > assumed that they are legally privileged. If you are not the > intended > > recipient please contact me immediately on [log in to unmask] > > You must not copy any part of this e-mail and/or its > > attachment(s) or use > > this material for any purpose. You must not disclose the > contents > > to any > > other person and you should ensure that it is permanently > deleted > > from all > > of your computer systems. > > There are risks in communicating by e-mail. No liability is > > accepted for > > any data corruption, delay, interception, unauthorised > amendment, > > virustransmission or their consequences. Willingness to > > communicate by e- mail > > conveys an acceptance of the risks inherent in the system. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > > Sent: 10 February 2007 17:31 > > To: [log in to unmask]; Bernadette Hilditch > > Subject: RE: Online assessment using Blackboard > > > > Hi > > > > I'm a Learning Technology Adviser at the University of Brighton > > and am > > responsible for supporting schools on our Eastbourne Campus. > > > > Quite a number of our sport science lecturers are using Bb for > online > > assessments and, in general get on quite well with it i think. > > > > Recently though, I became aware of the annoying scoring system > > employedin the Multiple Answer questions where the 'partial > > credit' option seems > > to promise the ability to allocate a score of say, 2 out of 5 if > a > > student successfully identifies 2 of 3 possible correct answers. > > However, these question types use a negative scoring system > which > > isn'tat all helpful to the overall result. > > > > Anyway, that aside, i'd be very interested in having copies of > your > > papers and student instructions and also if you have any advice > on the > > best way to download the results to Excel. In my experience, the > data > > needs a lot of tidying up once it's downloaded - I would be very > > greatful for any advice on the quickest and easiest way to do > > this. At > > the moment I use Find ( <*> ) and Replace to clean up the html > > tags but > > haven't discovered a quick way to delete all those unwanted > columns. > > > > Any advice would be very much appreciated. > > > > With kind Regards > > > > Joyce Webber > > Learning Technologies Adviser > > University of Brighton > > Eastbourne Campus > > 01273 644112 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Bernadette > > Hilditch > > Sent: 09 February 2007 16:29 > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: Online assessment using Blackboard > > > > ME TOO Harry - experience in enjoying making it work - and we > are also > > upbeat about it > > I manage Blackboard here in College and have successfully > trained > > lecturers to use it > > for online testing (both self assessment and final exams) across > a > > variety of subject areas. > > Bernadette Hilditch > > St Helens College > > Curriculum On-Line Co-ordinator > > e-Learning Consultant (SAIITT) > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist on behalf of > > [log in to unmask] > > Sent: Thu 2/8/2007 14:38 > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: Online assessment using Blackboard > > > > > > > > My experience at the Westminster Business School, is luckily far > more > > up-beat > > than Mark's comments > > I have for the last 2.5 years run exams in Excel applications > > using Bb > > with > > student numbers of around 350 - 400 at the same time! > > I would not want to go back to mannually marking all those > > spreadsheets!If anyone is interested, I can let them have either > > papers on the > > subject or > > instructions we give to students before each exam. > > > > There are plenty of critisisms of Bb and it's handling exam > software, > > but I have > > experience in making it work! > > Kind Regatrds > > Harry Temmink > > Principal Lecturer & > > School Senior Tutor > > Westminster Business School > > University of Westminster > > 35 Marylebone Road > > London NW1 5LS > > > > > > > > Quoting Mark Gamble <[log in to unmask]>: > > > > > We do lots of high stakes CBE and wouldn't dream of using Bb. > It's > > > important that CB exams are as robust as possible and anything > else > > > takiing place on the same sytsem at the same time as a high > stakes > > exam > > > is, imho, a recipe for disaster. For whoever proposed the > idea, > > suggest > > > they consider the consequences of an exam lock-up when > students are > > 65% > > > through exam time - and was thse system capturing answers > > throughout?> What about server performance, too, if you have 100 > > students taking an > > > exam and some lecturer, in all innocence, starts a heavy- > demand > > activity > > > on your Bb system (at the same time as a dozen others decide > the > > same> thing)? And of course, can you ensure security on a server > > which is > > > actually intended for all your students to access anyway? > > > > > > We use QMP and have 4 (yup, four) servers. Two, balanced, for > the > > exams, > > > one for test and one for open-access low stakes and general > > materials.> And I have to say, we still have problems: the > > balanced pair went > > > through a single switch - and, yes, it had to fail in the > middle > > of an > > > exam. We live and learn..... I wouldn't say QuestionMark is > entirely > > > straightforward to implement, either....... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Regards > > > Mark > > > > > > Mark Gamble > > > Head of Learning Technology > > > University of Bedfordshire > > > Tel (+44)1582 489260 Fax (+44)1582 489259 > > > Mob 07720 068605 Int ext 2260 / 6360 (mobex) > > > > > > > > > >>> [log in to unmask] 02/07/07 10:32 AM >>> > > > Hi > > > > > > > > > > > > PCMD is eager to implement online high stakes assessment in > the near > > > future. As well as investigating the provision of QMP, I have > been > > > asked to consider the feasibility of using Blackboards built > in > > > assessment tools. Yes, that's what I thought....! :o$ > > > > > > > > > > > > If anyone does have any experience of using Blackboard for > > really high > > > stakes assessment, or has any advice on implementing this > using > > > alternative software, I'd be really grateful to hear your > thoughts. > > > > > > > > > > > > Many thanks > > > > > > Tash > > > > > > -------------------------------------------- > > > > > > Natasha Harden > > > > > > Teaching, Learning & Assessment Systems Leader > > > > > > Peninsula College of Medicine & Dentistry > > > > > > Room C303, Portland Square > > > > > > Drake Circus, Plymouth > > > > > > PL4 8AA > > > > > > > > > > > > (01752) 238016 > > > > > > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > H J Temmink > > School Senior Tutor > > Westminster Business School > > University of Westminster > > 35 Marylebone Road > > London NW1 5LS > > > > This email, its contents and attachments are confidential and it > > shouldbe > > assumed that they are legally privileged. If you are not the > intended > > recipient please contact me immediately on [log in to unmask] > > You must not copy any part of this e-mail and/or its > attachment(s) or > > use this > > material for any purpose. You must not disclose the contents to > any > > other > > person and you should ensure that it is permanently deleted from > > all of > > your > > computer systems. > > There are risks in communicating by e-mail. No liability is > > accepted for > > any > > data corruption, delay, interception, unauthorised amendment, > virus > > transmission or their consequences. Willingness to communicate > by > > e-mail > > conveys an acceptance of the risks inherent in the system. > > > >