tPilot, one of several educational packages developed by Two Pilots, guides
instructors through the entire testing process, including exam creation,
administration, evaluation, and archival. Although including a few advanced
features, the package is generally unpolished and unlikely suited for
production university environments.
Good Features:
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simple yet powerful WYSIWYG question editor
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implements automatic grading and score reporting
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provides online test administration
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imports test questions from a variety of formats
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generates statistical reports of individual or group test results
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can create of paper copies of tests
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user authentication
Bad Features:
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severely limited and unclear documentation
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platform dependent test creation environment
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generally clumsy interfaces
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inflexible question weighting system
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poor automatic test generation
Missing Features:
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instructor has little ability to provide personalized feedback or manually
adjust grading
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will not interface with external applications for customized grading
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no 'managed mode' to prevent students from executing other applications during
the administration of closed book exams
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no support true/false or fill-in-the-blank formats
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