And Plymouth!

We have been using our open-access computing suites (up to 120
students)for invigilated assessments at end of semester / year.  We now
have a second open-access lab of 150 PCs so could do about 270 at one
sitting.  This second area is bookable for CAA at any time, not just end
of year.  For open course-work style assessments we allow students an
anytime, anywhere approach.  Most students choose to do these
assessments from University computers.

Much of our security rests upon random selection of questions (or
parameters in questions) and not using many multiple-choice when we have
to split groups.   

Chris Ricketts
Dr Chris Ricketts 
Sub-Dean (Learning Enhancement) 
Faculty of Technology 
University of Plymouth 




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Computer-assisted assessment
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On 
> Behalf Of Don Mackenzie
> Sent: 08 October 2004 11:48
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Physical spaces for running summative CAA
> 
> 
> As far as I know the principle ones are:
> Derby,
> Loughborough
> Luton
> Dundee
> Liverpool - smaller scale in individual departments
> 
> Apologies if I have missed anyone.
> 
> Many others are using it formatively or on a smaller scale
> within individual departments
> 
> Don
> 
> 
> Prof. Don Mackenzie
> Centre for Interactive Assessment Development
> University of Derby
> Kedleston Rd.
> Derby
> DE22 1GB
> Tel: +44(0) 1332 591720
> Internal 1720
> 
> >>> [log in to unmask] 08/10/2004 11:05:29 >>>
> Can anybody give me a list of Universities using CAA for
> large scale summative assessment?
> 
> Graham Lewis
> Centre for Academic Practice
> University of Warwick
> University House
> Kirby Corner Road
> Coventry CV4 8UW
> UK
> 
> Tel.: (+44) (0) 24 765 72737
> Mobile: 07733450022
> Fax.: (+44) (0) 24 765 727326
> 
> http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/cap/about/staff/lewis/
> http://innovations.warwick.ac.uk/innovations/
> http://cap.warwick.ac.uk/tdf
> 
> >>> [log in to unmask] 10/08/04 10:56am >>>
> At Bristol Engineering we use cards that the students mark
> with their responses in standard exam situations. We plan to 
> link the card reader back into the TAL CAA system so that the 
> results build up useful data about the questions used. We 
> have tried setting multiple tests and then wheeling different 
> cohorts of students through a terminal room of 50 computers. 
> This causes problems in the equivalence of tests although TAL 
> makes that easier.
> 
> Jon Sims Williams
> --On Thursday, October 07, 2004 5:37 PM +0100 E Swift
> <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> 
> > Dear All,
> >
> > We are currently running a small pilot of Questionmark Perception
> and
> > have a member of staff who wishes to deliver a summative assessment
> with
> > over 150 students. Rather than technical issues this member of staff
> is
> > having difficulty in locating areas with enough PCs to deliver the
> > assessment to the cohort. Highlighting these types of issues is
> partially
> > what the pilot is about but I was wondering whether those of you who
> run
> > summative CAA (be it with QMP or another tool) would be willing to
> share
> > how you tackled the space issues especially with large cohorts.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Elaine
> > *****************************
> > Dr Elaine Swift (nee Bloss)
> > CDNTL
> > WH 5.40
> > University of Bath
> > Bath, BA2 7AY
> > Tel +44 (0)1225 383576
> >
> > http://www.bath.ac.uk/e-learning
> 
> 
> 
> Jon Sims Williams,
> Dept.Engineering Mathematics
> 
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