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Aims and overview

The purpose of this online tutorial is to introduce you to some of the educational and technical aspects of online assessment to help you build up experience in writing objective questions and design assessments in order to test a wider range of student's thinking skills. The guide covers the following topics:

  • Overall issues in computer assessment delivery
  • Choosing an appropriate question style
  • Questions at different learning levels
  • Writing effective objective questions
  • Developing online assessments and converting from traditional formats