[Using Sakai] Test and Quizzes [Scanned]

[Anthony Whyte]

Calvin--you should be able to export your Moodle questions in a QTI  
format (v. 2) and then import them into Sakai.  Karen and Lydia should  
be able to provide you with more details.

Cheers,

Anthony



On Oct 15, 2009, at 10:20 AM, calvin mutsileng wrote:

> I have 900 questions in Moodle,How do I take them to SAKAI GUYS  
> PLEASE help.
>
> My Boss needs me to migrate these tests urgently.
>
> From: Hill,Nancy [mailto:nkhill at mdanderson.org]
> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 4:27 PM
> To: calvin mutsileng; Josh Baron
> Cc: sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org; sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org
> Subject: RE: [Using Sakai] Test and Quizzes [Scanned]
>
> Hi Calvin,
> It sounds as if you want students to respond with specific words or  
> phrases. Even though you are asking about using a list of values to  
> do that, you can accomplish a similar thing with the multiple choice  
> or the fill-in-the-blank question types – probably much simpler.
>
> We had success migrating questions using a combination of Respondus  
> and the Georgia Tech migration tool (the process is referred to on  
> Univ of Delaware’s Sakai migrataion site). I don’t know if it would  
> work for Moodle, but worked well for WebCT and Blackboard, so it  
> would be worth a try. The matching questions required tweaking, but  
> it saved a tremendous amount of time.  Some faculty had questions in  
> a home-grown test tool & we used a text editor to get it in the  
> correct format for QuickCreate. Again, it didn’t take us 100% of the  
> way there, but saved a great deal of time.
>
> Nancy Hill
> Sr Educational Specialist
> M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
> Houston, TX 77030
>
> From: sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [mailto:sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org 
> ] On Behalf Of calvin mutsileng
> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 9:06 AM
> To: Josh Baron
> Cc: sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org; sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org
> Subject: Re: [Using Sakai] Test and Quizzes [Scanned]
>
> Josh.
>
> Thanks for your reply I’m humbled honestly.
>
> What I mean about embedded questions I  basically mean that,You find  
> in one question a short answer question where student can type in an  
> answer  and they can choose a correct answer form a variety of  
> choices using a drop down text box(For example when you fill in an  
> application on-line you have to choose your year of  birth from a  
> list of number of years available to choose from.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Calvin Mutsileng.
> From: Josh Baron [mailto:Josh.Baron at marist.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 4:08 PM
> To: calvin mutsileng
> Cc: sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org; sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org
> Subject: Re: [Using Sakai] Test and Quizzes [Scanned]
>
>
> Calvin,
>
> I'll do my best to try and provide some initial answers but may need  
> more information because I can really help.
>
> When you say "embedded" questions, could you clarify what you mean?
>
> In terms of drop down menus, I don't know of a why of doing that  
> using the current question format types that are supported.   Or are  
> you asking if you can have drop down menu for other things in Test &  
> Quizzes (e.g. configuration settings?)?.
>
> Sakai supports the IMS QTI open standard for test questions.  I'm  
> not sure if Moodle supports this same standard but if it does then  
> you should be able to find a way to export them from Moodle in this  
> standard and then import them into Sakai.  Another option would be  
> to look at a software package like Respondus which might help with  
> some of the conversion.
>
> FYI, Josh
>
> -----------------------------
> Joshua Baron
> Director, Academic Technology and eLearning
> Marist College
> Poughkeepsie, New York  12601
> (845) 575-3623 (work)
> Twitter: JoshBaron
>
> From:
> "calvin mutsileng" <calvinmu at vut.ac.za>
> To:
> <sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org>
> Date:
> 10/15/2009 09:03 AM
> Subject:
> [Using Sakai] Test and Quizzes [Scanned]
> Sent by:
> sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org
>
>
>
>
> Hy there,
>
> 1.How do I include embedded questions in Sakai?
> 2.How do you include a drop-down menu in Sakai for Test and Quizzes
> 3.How do you import questions from Moodle to Sakai. For example if  
> you have 900 questions in questions banks in Moodle and you want to  
> Migrate the questions from moodle to Sakai how do you do that  
> because it is taking me a lot and lot of time but please consider my  
> question  number 2 for this answer?
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
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