[okfn-discuss] [project proposal] OpenTest

Tue Nov 20 13:53:07 UTC 2012

Hello Sebastian,

Den 20-11-2012 12:09, Sebastian Beca skrev:
> Hello Finn,
> That's interesting. I can see special notation on the wiki for the
> questions. Is that how the QuizComposer works or is there a separate
> interface?

No, the QuizComposer of Technical University of Denmark has its own 
special interface. It is not related to Wikiversity.

/Finn

> My idea is to build a nice forms type editor, similar to "SurveyMonkey",
> "GoogleForms" and that style, where you get a WYSIWYG question editor.
> It has to be super-easy to use.
>
> Maybe OpenTest could have an *export* option to the Wikiversity notation.
>
> Sebastian
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 6:54 AM, Finn Aarup Nielsen <fn at imm.dtu.dk
> <mailto:fn at imm.dtu.dk>> wrote:
>
>     Hello Sebastian and others on the list,
>
>
>     Den 20-11-2012 <tel:20-11-2012> 05:26, Sebastian Beca skrev:
>
>         I'd like to propose *OpenTest* as an OKFN project. The idea is
>         to build
>
>         a collaborative assessment database where educators and learners can
>         upload and share their questions and tests. All contents will be
>         under
>         CC license, OpenDatabase or equivalent.
>
>         There is a lot of OpenEducation content on the web, not so much
>         assessment. I believe this is a need that could be helpful for many
>         schools, and educational institutions around the world.
>
>         More info on the project here: www.opentest.cc
>         <http://www.opentest.cc> <http://www.opentest.cc>
>
>
>         I'd be more than happy to discuss the idea with you! =)
>
>
>     I did not see any actual tests on the OpenTest website. I see it is
>     going live in Q2-2013.
>
>     I have been using our university "QuizComposer" and the quiz
>     facility in Wikiversity. I build this one:
>     http://en.wikiversity.org/__wiki/Python_quiz
>     <http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Python_quiz>
>
>     The MediaWiki quiz extension in Wikiversity has multiple choice,
>     true/false, multiple response, and text area (like your system
>     http://www.opentest.cc/types-__of-questions/
>     <http://www.opentest.cc/types-of-questions/>). It has facility for
>     computer code, images and math. I is visually appealing, reasonable
>     easy to edit and has scoring. The bad news is that it does not store
>     the student responses nor scoring.
>
>
>
>     - Finn Årup Nielsen
>
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