Using Security Features in ACCT1511 Term 1 Mid-Term Exam

Using Security Features in ACCT1511 Term 1 Mid-Term Exam (2020 Term 1)

Let me share with you my experience from Friday of the 1B Mid-Term exam. It was run as a Moodle quiz with the following safe guards: a timer (90 mins), randomized questions, randomized answers, pre-set date/time open/close limits to the specific time (90 mins) plus a 5 min buffer, one question per page, no go-back after answer after selected and a password for access. There were 333 students who undertook this exam simultaneously and Moodle was able to handle the load, no crashing and no freezing. I learned from this experience that the password part was a bit of problem because students didn't read about the password and so after I received about 50 emails from students within 1 second of the start time I released this needed to be dropped, so I deleted that criteria. It's a good idea to monitor the assessment item and your email when the online assessment starts, then you can troubleshoot any problems at the time. There was one student who had their internet drop out and Moodle skipped to the next question, when the student emailed about this I asked them which answer did they select so an answer could be locked in, this way it's putting the onus back to the student to be responsible about this and not do a the 'dog ate my homework' type excuse. If you take the "no go-back option" make sure you communicate this to students in advance. We indicated this was to protect the "integrity of the exam" and that is should be an authentic test of their knowledge.

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