Uniqurate and QTIDI ProjectsPaul Neve - Kingston University

Sue Milne & Niall Barr – University of Glasgow

Feedback-Rich Formative Assessment

PartnersTechnical partners:

Client partners:

Informal partners:

Tools

Uniqurate:Uniqurate editor – Authoring, Editing, Packaging

QTI Delivery Integration – QTIDI:LTI Connector – connect VLE with delivery softwareDelivery software:

LTIQuizzes – deliver basic question types

QTIWorks – all-singing, all-dancing delivery – includes facilities for Maths

Uniqurate – user-led design

Uniqurate project: JISC Assessment and Feedback programme

Objective: increase usage of QTI in HE by transferring technology from existing tools into "client" institutions

Client partners describe what they need for teaching

Uniqurate derived from user-experience driven Aqurate and multiple interaction power of Mathqurate

Result – hopefully –a useful tool for authoring QTI content accessible to any user

Uniqurate - Question components

Constituent parts providing functionality between question/exercise and student

May map onto QTI elements – but may not! – hence the term question component “What do you want the question to do?”

Questions typically composed of several componentsSeveral inputs in one question

Identify components that provide optimal benefit

Uniqurate - modes

Friendly mode – drag & drop components

Intermediate mode – edit HTML parts of existing files: ideal for contextualising

Expert mode – XML editor: customise questions when more control needed

Uniqurate - output

As QTI XML file

As packaged QTI XML file

As package containing QTI XML file and media: images, stylesheets, etc.

Uniqurate – checking your question

QTI Works https://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/qtiworks/ will render all of the Uniqurate questions – accessible direct from Uniqurate question editor

Jassess http://qti-support.gla.ac.uk/qtiv2ipspkge/SourceFiles/examples/JAssessIntro.html (or ZIP file available from Sue) will run all Uniqurate questions

Uniqurate – tests

Assemble questions into a test

Choose settings

Output is a zip file containing the test and all the questions

Uniqurate – checking your test

QTI Works https://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/qtiworks/ will validate Uniqurate tests, but does not yet run them

Jassess http://qti-support.gla.ac.uk/qtiv2ipspkge/SourceFiles/examples/JAssessIntro.html (or ZIP file available from Sue) will run all Uniqurate tests

LTI Connector for VLEs

Learning System

Our simple QTI 2.1 Assessment Tool -

LTIQuizzes

Connecty thing

(LTI)Our fancy QTI 2.1

Assessment Tool – QTI Works

LTIQuizzes - basic delivery software

Connects to VLE through LTI Connector

Basic interactions: multiple-choice, drop-down, short text, numerical input… (several in one question if required)

Numerical randomisation

Feedback targeted on expected inputs

Supports most of Uniqurate’s questions

QTIWorks – QTIv2.1 delivery software

Validates questions and tests – reports problems

Supports all QTIv2.1 UK HE profile

Supports input and manipulation of Maths expressions

Full randomisation, including Maths expressions

Feedback may be targeted on analysis of input

Connects to VLE through LTI Connector

… available late summer 2012

QTIWorks – QTIv2.1 delivery software

Validates questions and tests – reports problems

Supports all QTIv2.1 UK HE profile

Supports input and manipulation of Maths expressions

Full randomisation, including Maths expressions

Feedback may be targeted on analysis of input

Connects to VLE through LTI Connector

… question delivery already available, tests expected in October 2012

Installation?

Uniqurate – web application – no installation, just go to http://uniqurate.kingston.ac.uk/Uniqurate/startup

LTI Connector – Moodle, Blackboard and Sakai VLEs are LTI-enabled, so it needs someone (normally a system admin) to add tool URLs and shared secrets in the LTI configuration page.

LTIQuizzes – a single .war file needs to be copied to a Tomcat server, then an XML configuration file is edited to add the LTI details (server names and shared secrets).

QTIWorks – online demo at https://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/qtiworks/

Links...

Uniqurate – web application – no installation, just go to http://uniqurate.kingston.ac.uk/Uniqurate/startup

QTIWorks – online demo at https://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/qtiworks/

QTI Support Site (examples, tools, resources...) http://qti-support.gla.ac.uk

QTI-PET Cloud Moodle http://qti-support.gla.ac.uk/moodle

QTI-PET partners’ Moodle course (for reports and suggestions) http://services.moodle.gla.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=840

Hands-on 1 – Authoring QuestionsMulti-input question 1:

Picture of a rainbow (from web)Ask what it isText inputPut colours in order

Multi-input question 2:Picture of cylindrical object (beans tin, oil drum,

slurry store...)Ask what it isSelect to identify the objectMaths component for volume of contents