How to build a randomised essay/translation question in Moodle 2.0

Posted: March 20, 2011 | Author: dpod | Filed under: Applications, Moodle, Research, Teaching, Technical Notes, Tutorials | Tags: Computers, digital humanities, digital pedagogy, formats, Moodle, Teaching, testing, Tips, Tutorials | Leave a comment » In my courses I often use a question of the following format:

1. Common introduction
2. Two or more sample passages or questions requiring an essay response
3. A common form field for the answer to the student’s choice from #2.

The point of this format is to provide the student with a choice of topics. If students all write their essays or translations at the same time, you can build your choice of topics by hand and write them into a single question. The challenge comes if you want to be able to allow your students to write the test asynchronously, as is common with Learning Management Software. In such cases you want to be able to draw your essay topics or translation passages randomly from a test bank. Read the rest of this entry »

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