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Many thanks Jim,

Very useful information ­ it looks like a great reference, and thanks also
for the clarification on the size of your exam cohorts.

I note a university in Germany has a dedicated room built for online MCQ
exams... 
http://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/content/zim/veranstaltungen/eunis_09_e-asse
ssment.pdf  - it would be nice to have this option.

Kind Regards

Fiona


On 18/02/2010 09:37, "Turner, James" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi Fiona
> Just wanted to clear up any mis-understanding, we aren¹t using BB for large
> cohort exams because we don¹t have a way of block booking IT labs for large
> cohorts. It¹s nothing to do with any issues with BB technology.
>  
> We have run large cohorts through one large IT lab in groups of 40, but the
> organisation is quite tricky
>  
> I¹m not sure you have come across this book, but it covers all the issues
> involved in this process
> Blueprint for computer-assisted assessment
>  By Joanna Bull, Colleen McKenna
>  
> http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1bCpLR0xjLIC&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=Blueprint+fo
> r+Computer-Assisted+Assessment+By+Joanna+Bull+%26+Colleen+McKenna&source=bl&ot
> s=2ZzaOVoIxS&sig=kAoXpJ8gI4cDa5o_aMFJ6Ob3CMo&hl=en&ei=Bwl9S7m_MoqQjAfPjO2KDA&s
> a=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=&f=false
> jim
>  
>  
> 
> From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Fiona
> Sent: 17 February 2010 17:14
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Online High Stake Multiple Choice Quizzes
>  
> Many thanks,
> 
> Just to pick up and recap on the points raised by Jim and Jen on using
> Blackboard for high stakes assessment:
> 1. Several people seem to be using a dual paper/online version.
> 2. Blackboard is not a reliable solution for large cohorts
> 3. Training of faculty in using the right settings/knowing how to clear the
> exam/turn to a paper protocol/save data is important.
> 
> Thanks very much for your feedback and comments. I would still be keen to
> share some more mundane details off list with anyone willing on how they deal
> with ³hiccups² in a live exam. Please feel free to get in touch with me
> directly if you have any experience in dealing with these.
> 
> Finally, are any subscribers to the list using Questionmark Perception
> integrated within their Blackboard environment? If so, we would also really
> like to hear about your deployment. In particular, can it address the
> reliability issue (ref. 2 above) or will network glitches/end users
> hardware/software environments always be a problem?
> 
> Kind Regards
> 
> Fiona
>