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Tag: quizzes

CAT: Computer Adaptive Testing

01/02/2017

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
Cloze vs. multiple choice

27/01/2015

A pros and cons list for quiz authors.
How to calibrate quiz percentages to levels or grades

09/07/2014

If you look in your gradebook for any given student set, you will see that all the results are reported in the grade scheme you chose for that set. It’s easy to take that for granted and not think about how it is achieved – at least I hope it is, because we have worked…
Progress bars now update (almost) instantly

28/01/2014

The Assignments List shows the progress of each assignment. This is a very useful feature, but also
Why doesn’t Yacapaca look like Content Generator?

15/07/2013

Neil Birkin from Frederick Gent school is our #14th-ranked author, and therefore a Bloke To Be Listened To. He wrote to me today and asked Both myself and the kids that I teach love