Creating Assessments in UWA's LMS (WebCT)

Intended Audience:

UWA staff interested in using LMS Assessments as part of their teaching.

Prerequisites: Quickstart Guide to Developing your 2009 LMS unit (or equivalent)

Workshop Description:

Have you wanted to:

• Create common unit related Frequently Asked Questions and Answers to reduce the number of similar questions from students?
• Allow students to test their knowledge of unit materials?
• Conduct an exam and have the results automatically recorded by the LMS?
• Obtain feedback from your students?

If you answered yes to one of more of these questions, then you will find LMS Assessments are an alternative way to assess student summatively and formatively as well as obtain feedback.

This workshop will enable you to create assessments to achieve your educational goals.

Learning Outcomes:

After completing this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Describe the LMS Assessment Life Cycle and identify staff and student tasks
• Describe the types of assessments available
• Explain how to use various assessments to achieve different educational objectives
• Create questions in, as well as import them, into the Question Database
• Identify strategies to manage question effectively within the Question Database
• Create an assessment and explain the options for adding questions and editing properties
• Submit an assessment as a student
• Mark submitted assessments and provide feedback

Key Activities:

Hands-on workshop

Duration:

2 hours

Date and Time:

Thursday 10 September 2009, 9:30am - 11:30am

PLEASE NOTE: THERE ARE ONLY 12 PLACES AVAILABLE SO REGISTER QUICKLY.

Venue:

Room 1.01, Sanders Building

Coordinator:

Yvonne Button, Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, UWA