From TestGen to Moodle assignments and quizzs

Procedure:
In TestGen, export the questions to Moodle format.

In Moodle, first create an appropriate category. Then choose Question Bank, and then import from file, and move these questions into an appropirate category.
To create a quiz, select the questions from the category.

Note: I have not figure out to convert an entire quiz/exam to Moodle.

Moodle, question modifications

It is much easy to duplicate questions in "Question bank"->"Questions".
Just duplicate the questions and modify one of them.

This seems to solve the question modification headache in the new version of Moodle.

Respondus, converting old exams to Moodle exams

Instead of modify the word format, I found it is more convenient to load the WORD file into Respondus directly, and "preview"-> "modify".

Moodle 2.5 customerization, dock panel

The Dock panel is a little triage sign on the left.

Moodle import bio125 section 1 from section 3

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•  201501-61955-03
• Import works faster than restore. 

Moodle grade report

Facility index

Sometimes the "facility index" does not make sense.

This is the average score on the item, expressed as a percentage:

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The higher the facility index, the easier the question is (for this cohort of students).

Discrimination index

This is the product moment correlation coefficient between  and , expressed on a percentage scale. That is,

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https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Quiz_statistics_calculations

Respondus publishing to SpelELearn.spelman.edu, moodle 2.6

SpelELearn use Moodle version 2.6

Moodle 2.6 is capable of receiving published quizzes from Respondus. You will need to change some of the settings in your Respondus account in order to reestablish the connection. Please do the following:

1. When you are ready to publish, navigate to the Preview & Publish tab in Respondus. Select "Publish to Moodle" from the left panel. 
2. Select  the "Publish Wizard" button.
3. Select the "Edit Settings" button.
4. Under question 3, change the Server port to 443, check the box that says "Yes, HTTPS://always."
5. Select OK from the top of this box

Moodle 2.5 resources

https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Effective_quiz_practices

Q: How to order questions in assignment by their performance?
A: Quiz administration -> Results-> Statistics

Moodle, import 63807-386 to 201409-62375-01 BIO386

Moodle course import/restore, bio386

sbio386 fall 2012 63807 ->   sbio386 fall 2014 62375

Moodle fall course import sbio233

sbio386 fall 2012 63807 ->   sbio386 fall 2014 62375


sbio233 spring 2014 62311   -> sbio233 fall 2014 62376

 

This runs  "import.php"

 

Moodle 2.5, trainining

http://spelman2-sandbox.mrooms.net/pluginfile.php/109/mod_label/intro/Whats%20New%20in%202.pdf

Major changes:

Drag and drop uploading

Book

Book publisher's IMS content package

My Private files: available in all courses under my account.

Conditionally access resources: Click syllabus and then complete the next assignment. 

Course completion check. 

Questions: 50M is the maximal size for uploading file? 

Moodle, regrading

Sometimes, questions are unclear, or wrong choices were picked as correct answer. Regrading is need in this case. After reedit the questions, 'regrade' can be clicked to reassign the grades.

Moodle, reassign questions to new category

Create new category in "category" tab.

Edit question and resave them as new questions in a different category.

This method can be used to select questions from assignments and generate exams. The questions can be sorted by item analysis. 

Moodle grade book, adjust item weight to calculate finale grade

1. Log into your Moodle course page. On the left,  click  a "Grades" icon. 

2. In the "Grader report" window, click the "Categories and items" tab. 

3. Click the 'full view'. 

4. You can adjust the 'Multiplicator' to give weights to each item. 

5. You can go back to the 'view' window to check the student grades, and make sure this what you want. 

6. Before do this, I suggest you to blind the "course total" from students. Make sure the changes are saved. 

Note: The weights are mostly going to change during the course. So, I would do this final grade calculation at least in late part of the semester. 

Moodle, batch download assignments