The general problems to be
solved by the Test Tool are the following:
- to provide instructors with
a tool that will allow them to create a test covering specific topics.
- to minimize the time instructors
will spend preparing a test for students the way they would like it to be.
- to provide a grading
mechanism for test within reason (essays cannot be graded by a computer).
- to provide a medium for
students to take paperless tests. This is faster, more environmentally
friendly, and requires less work by all involved.
- to create a convenient/easy
environment to test programming skills with the use of programming questions
- to allow instructors to
collaborate and share questions. This is done by the questions database system,
which allows databases to be synced via a central question database server.
- to create a test environment
for instructors that is controlled and secure as well as to be able to create
practice and take-home tests.
- to allow students to view
their score as well as their actual test. This allows students to learn from
their mistakes and not make them again on subsequent tests.
- to create a tool that is
more efficient, useful, and user-friendly than the current "Blackboard" system.
While some of
these problems have been solved by existing tools, the goal of the Test Tool to
consolidate all these features into a single, easy-to-use software suite that
has certain functional improvements over existing software.
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