1.5.3 Exam-software

Exam-software is a very secure exam creation and administration application. It allows instructors to create digital exams that may be taken on any windows computer running the Exam-software application. This makes the test administration somewhat cumbersome and very expensive.

Using exam-software to create tests is time-consuming. There is no database of questions to use and each test must be created one question at a time. This does not make test creation any easier for instructors.

Exam-software does come with an automatic grading feature. Students are able to receive immediate feedback when submitting a test and it saves instructors time when grading exams. It does not interface with any other grading software and only the results of one student's test may be viewed at a time so answer files must be loaded for each student.

Good Features:

• Question designer is very straightforward and easy to use.
• Exam Files can be exported/imported/merged.
• A timer can be set for each question or for the entire test.
• Security appears to be very thorough.

Bad Features:

• Test administration is done manually. Teachers must send the exam file and students must send their answer file back to the teacher via email.
• Has "Topics" that can be assigned to each question but the topic attribute does not appear to do anything.
• Images and Audio/Video may be added, but they are not embedded in the question. A button opens a pop-up containing the attached media.
• Question navigation when taking the test is poorly handled and it would be difficult to take an exam using this software.
• Restricting other applications may have worked on older versions of windows but no longer works.
• When printing a test, there are no options to adjust spacing or any attributes of the test and the test that is printed is very basic.
• The User Interface is confusing and difficult to understand initially.

Missing Features:

• Does not support Code-type Questions.
• Does not have a question database so questions must be written when the exam is created.
• No basic test-generator, all tests must be created manually.
• No automatic grading of essay-type questions.