Virtual Assessor
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Virtual Assessor
Quick
No marking errors
Evidence stored
Why use
• Needs analysis
• Tests or exams
• Remedial coaching specific learner
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Better teaching
Effective testing
What should a teacher do before using this kind of testing
• Do many tests to get learners used to the testing
• Develop bank of good questions
• Resolve problems with the program (will discuss in this story)
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Try it out
• Easypass.co.za – register, try trial tests
• Our school site
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My journey
• Pinelands pays R500 per month for VA (special offer ??)
• Covers software, bandwidth and telephone support
• Had 5 sessions of training at school• Have spent 6 months testing and making
learners familiar with program• I am now happy that they are comfortable• Am now using it for high stakes tests
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How to use
• Collect questions daily, add to banks to use whenever
• Once a week give learners test on work of week before
• Check who can do and who cannot do
• Collect data for reports
How to use
• Answer online– Theory question– Investigation with a calculator, spreadsheet or
even online– Piece of text on screen or paper
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Types of questions
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Types of questions• Single multiple choice
• True/False
• Multiple multiple choice
• Matching columns
• Fill in
• Hotspot
• Common block
Enhance questions
• Pictures – useful, need to crop, give border, skills in screen capture
• Link – not used
• Video – not used
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Young people like images
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Multiple choice question
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Banks of questions
• Create questions daily
• In different sections of bank
• Allocate mark per question
• Pull into test when ready
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My bank
• Note the list
• + further sections
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Reports
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Reports
• Individual learner
• Question
• Class
• Export as CSV
• Import into Excel – use as required
Reports
• There is a problem – do not know they work!
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Test results
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Export results for use as csv
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• CSV
• Open with Excel
• Save, sort, use
Current tests
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Tests
• Create test• Add questions from your bank with all its sub
sections or different banks• Tweak test, get it right• When test ready, publish it• Set when group to write the test – allocate time• Set when individual to write the test• Close them or open, use for revision
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Timing and Group
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Learners
• Add individually or as group
• VA staff have added for us
• Link to a subject / teacher / area
• Password – often forget, I can help them reset
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Beware
• Have someone check and do the test
• If there is an error you may not pick it up and it is difficult to recalculate the marks when the test is done
• Maybe print the test for the learners in the beginning but …
• Works best with IE, not Chrome
• Learners often forget their passwords
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• Presentation given without commission or prejudice
• With aim of improving effective teaching and making teachers happier
• Used in corporate world