Method
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How it is done.
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Advantages
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Disadvantages
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Mail in forms
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create using any HTML
editor. Set the 'Action' property to 'mailto:YourEmailAddress'.
Student results are emailed to instructor. Create class page in same
HTML editor. (Generator)
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easy to create, no server
scripts needed, results direct to you. |
email from every student,
have
to sort through and grade each
one, create class page by hand, grading separate, no security,
problems if student using computer without
installed email client. |
| Blackboard |
Create quizzes of
essay-type
questions in Blackboard. Copy/paste student responses into an
HTML document. |
Blackboard provides
security,
data storage, grading capability. Can re-use questions from
previous semesters. |
Have to grade responses
one
student at a time and click a million times in between. Must be
using Blackboard. |
| WebAssign |
Create assignments of
essay-type
questions in WebAssign. Copy/paste student response into an HTML
document. |
Webassign provides
security,
data storage, grading capability. Can
re-use questions and search through database of published texts.
Easier to grade responses quickly. |
Costs $10/student and
$250/instructor |
| Self-hosted scripts: |
Write/modify script code
and run
it on a local server. (Starters)
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Can write it to work just
the
way you want it to work, with the level of security and ease of grading
desired.
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You need to be a web
programmer
and a server that can run scripts and store data.
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Scripts hosted elsewhere
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Find a place that offers
free
hosting of quizzing. (Example)
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Limited work to set up,
designed
for JiTT questions.
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Usually less security,
may need
to keep track of grades by hand.
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