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  • How the results pages fit together

    How the results pages fit together

    There are three major, and several minor, results pages in Yacapaca. Ordered by level of detail, the major pages are the Gradebook, Activity Log and Detail. Gradebook This is your overview for a complete student set, for a whole

  • CAT: Computer Adaptive Testing

    Computer-adaptive Testing (CAT) has actually been around since the 1970s but it is still little-known and less understood. How CAT works Any given CAT assessment is based on a large bank of questions of varying, but known, difficulty on a given topic. The first question is served at

  • 62.5% is the ideal quiz score. Here’s why

     What is the optimum average score for a quiz? 100%? Not in my view. It is 62.5%, or a number close to that. When using a quiz as a summative assessment, your goal is maximum discrimination. That is, you want to be able to see as clearly as possible which students have ‘got it’ and…

  • Microsoft Edge compatibility report

    Microsoft’s new operating system Windows 10 comes with Edge, a new browser to replace the antediluvian Internet Explorer. Hooray! Technical folk the world over loathe MSIE with a deep and abiding passion, and we are delighted to see it slip into history. What’s more, Edge has had largely good reviews. It’s fast, stable and generally standards-compatible. Will…

  • Beginners’ guide to Locate questions

    “Locate X in this image” is conceptually straightforward, and Locate questions are not especially subtle. Obvious uses are maps and diagrams. You can also do clever things by turning