Online+testing+software


 * Edmodo.com** has a quiz feature, but the Edmodo server is sometimes very slow. When I entered a practice quiz, it took me 3 minutes to answer two questions. This could be a good, free option if they upgrade their server.

**Quia.com** - is a website that allows teachers to create and assign quizzes and tests.
 * Advantages**:
 * Class rosters and question banks can be uploaded from text files. (I can help with this.)
 * Questions can be entered in banks and quizzes then use the questions from the bank.
 * Quizzes can be setup to pull random questions from the question bank. In addition to the vocabulary definitions each week, I pull random definitions and sentences from previous weeks so that my quizzes are cumulative.
 * Questions can be presented to students in a random order. Between the random order and the random questions, each student takes a slightly different version of the quiz.
 * Quizzes can be assigned to a class for a specific time frame. If a student is absent, it is easy to give that student access to the test when they come to make it up.
 * Quizzes can be printed -- I send printed copies to TGIF.
 * Teachers have the option of grading by question. For example, I can responses to a short answer question for all of my students before moving on to the next question. I try to do this with paper tests -- it is much easier on the computer.
 * The software provides a plethora of reports that help identify weak areas or badly phrased questions.
 * The teacher can manually change the grade for a question that was badly phrased after the computer has graded the quiz.
 * Teachers can use quizzes shared by other teachers. I have found some good grammar quizzes, copied them to my collection, and then modified them to use as pre-assessments.
 * The software has review games and tools -- I have not spent much time with these yet.
 * Possible disadvantage:**
 * One student lost Internet connection during a quiz. There are settings that allow a student to continue a test later, but I have not yet tried that. I gave this student access to take the quiz a second time and that worked.


 * Test Generator -** the test generator software that comes with the text books works well. I have created question banks for my vocabulary definitions and sentences in addition to questions about literature and background over the years.
 * The questions that come with the text book are a good starting point. However, they often focus on recall. I add my own questions that check for understanding of the concept I am teaching (Irony, theme, tone, etc.) when the canned questions are lacking.
 * Tests can be exported in a Blackboard test format. I did this 3 years ago, but have since forgotten how to navigate through Blackboard. Test Generator and Blackboard combined provide the same functionality of Quia and are available free of charge.

Hedi England

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Including: Google forms, Zoho Challenge, ProProfs Quiz Maker, My Studiyo and That Quiz