[Moodle] Re: Mr Moodle

Wed Dec 3 16:41:43 EST 2008

Kevork,

I author about 10 questions in the GIFT format in notepad (or word then
saveas txt) then import to Moodle quiz all at one go. It is a very easy
format to read, use and share between staff.
    e.g. Can you read this question {=yes ~no ~huh?}
          And what about this question {=yes ~no ~still huh!}
Next then set the option to randomise the questions and options, and perhaps
add a penalty for second tries. Generally they see a page of questions at
one time although I can set it for a question at a time (and it is marked as
they go) Once they complete the quiz, they get to see the final score
although there are options to show a more detailed breakdown.
Generally they do a quiz once as a pretest so I can figure out their
understanding (and weed out bad questions) .. and again later on as an
assessment tool.

Regards Roland

2008/12/3 Kevork Krozian <Kroset at novell1.fhc.vic.edu.au>

> Hi Julian and Ros and Roland and fellow moodlers,
>
>  One area I find hard is assessment and feedback for students. It seems
> moving a question up or down is very slow ( one step at a time ). I also
> like to give students feedback that shows if they got a question fully
> correct ( Green light ) or if they lost some marks ( amber light ) or if
> they lost all the marks ( red light ). I usually download the results to a
> spreadsheet, conditionally format each question with colour formatting, then
> save. Problem is all students see all other student results to say nothing
> of the time it takes me to do this for each class.
>
>  Anyone out there including our very humble but very highly regarded Mr
> Moodle to give us some pointers on how to both write assessments and to give
> feedback more easily for the teachers who has to set all this up ?  Even the
> ability to import from other file types such as tab or comma delimited
> questions in a text file could be more flexible I feel. The teachers need to
> rewrite assessment tasks to get them on moodle and sometimes opt for the
> faster option and stick with paper as they don't want to put in the time.
>  Also one of our most eager Moodle users often uses surveymonkey.com for
> quick surveys rather than use moodle for the same reasons.
>
> I must couch all this with the caveat that we are on Moodle 1.8.3 and are
> looking at upgrading to 2.0 very soon.
>
> Apologies for any oversights and if I have missed anything I should know
> prior to posting this.
>
>
> Best Wishes
>
>
>
>
>
> Kevork Krozian
> IT Manager , Forest Hill College
> k.krozian at fhc.vic.edu.au
> http://www.fhc.vic.edu.au
> Mobile: 0419 356 034
>
> >>> Ros Meadows <ros.meadows at gmail.com> 2/12/2008 3:31 pm >>>
> Hi Julian - You are THE MAN !! And yes, you are famous too, a simple theme
> of yours which I adapted for my school blew Roland away...lol, but YOU had
> done all the hard work - thank you
> PS I love the stuff you had setup for the Monte Staff - Montebay etc
> Cheers
> Ros M
> Bentleigh SC
>
> Roland Gesthuizen wrote: But still .. you are The Man :-)
>
> Please don't hesitate to cross post some of your blog links here about
> Moodle. I just read a couple and they make for interesting reading.
>
> Regards Roland
>
> 2008/11/21 Julian Ridden <julian at moodleman.net>
> Hey all,
>
> Just to clarrify, I do some work on the Moodle.org site but can't claim any
> credit on the whole. ;)
>
> Just wanted to make sure you guys/gals didn't think I was THE Mr Moodle
> which is Martin D. I'm just the moodleman ;)
>
> I've signed up onto the list now so look forward to getting involved with
> what you're doing on the list
>
> Julian
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 21/11/2008, at 5:19 PM, "Roland Gesthuizen" <rgesthuizen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Guess What! I am with Mr Moodle himself .. he does the work on Moodle.org
> and ooodles more (such as the Moodle Moots in Sydney and custom Moodle
> themes for schools)
>
> I asked him if Moodle can handle parent type roles and guess what .. It can
> be done! Check out this blog entry that he made on his website.
>    http://www.moodleman.net/archives/281
> Very cool! Just a matter of setting up a role and asigning it to the
> appropriate student (s). It can be a pain to manage .. see Moodle 2.0~
>
> Moodle is big in NSW
>
> Regards Roland
>
> --
> Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
> http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
>
> "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
> change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret
> Mead
>
>
> --
> Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
> http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
>
> "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
> change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret
> Mead
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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

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the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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