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Exam Scheduling, Syllabus Plus, and the use of Questionmark PerceptionJohn Ross, Head of Exams Team
John Dermo, e-Assessment Adviser
SRO Conference, April 7th and 8th 2009
ITS4SEA Project
2007-2009
Integrating
Thin Clients and
Smart cards
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Secure
E-
Assessment
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/institutionalinnovation/its4sea.aspx
Institutional Innovation Programme
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Key Project areas
new 100 seat thin client facility
integrating institutional processes
secure e-assessments
with QMP
the technology: Sun Rays, VDIs, smartcards etc
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The Room: 100 seat Sun Ray cluster
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Secure e-assessment: QMP and Appsense
• Allows buttons and menu options to be greyed out in Word, Excel– remove print, open and
save options, research, Help and anything that will allow access to the internet
• Also used to copy ‘gold’ image to virtual desktops
• Secure e-assessment solution used for all summative assessment at UoB
• Dedicated high-stakes summative server
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First used Jan 091. Life Sciences (190 students): converted from OMR to QMP QMP MCQs: randomised Qs and As2. Management (320 students) Previously on PCs Excel file and QMP MCQ / short answer
“I’ve already told the DVC that we will need another cluster like this within 2 years”
Associate Dean Life Sciences and lecturer in immunology
“This is just what I always wanted but we couldn’t do on the PCs!”
Lecturer in School of Management
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Integrating Institutional Processes
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The Technology
Smartcards: link each exam to a different card
VMware and Sun Ray servers
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From an administrative perspective• A known venue (large & extra)
• Rapid turn around time between examinations (less stress!)
• Newer computers (more likely to work)
• Very easy to invigilate
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From an examinee perspective
• More conducive surrounding
(light and air!)
• Much easier to find
• Marks with schools on the day of the examination
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Syll +
• Incorporation of LSP (learner support profile) students into Syll+ scheduling.
• Suitabilities to distinguish students examination need
• Codification of locations to match suitabilities
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Student personalised timetable
• Extraction of data from Syll+
• Mail merged extracted data with standard letter ( x 8000+)
• Pearl script to enable send out – servers deem them spam!
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Questions?