Proposal for Online Examination System

Submitted byM. Shuaib Mohamed Haneef, Lecturer

Dept. of Mass Communication, Centre for Electronic MediaPondicherry University-Pondicherry

M. Shuaib Mohamed HaneefLecturer, Dept. of Mass Commn, Centre for Electronic Media, Pondicherry University, Puducherry

Teaching – 6+ yearsJournalism – 2.5 yearsE-learning industry – 5 years (Instructional Design Manager/Project Manager)

- Sify elearning- Hurix Pvt Ltd- Aptech- Interakt

Dr S Arul SelvanReader, Centre for Electronic Media, Pondicherry University, Puducherry

Formerly with Tamil Nadu Open UniversityExp. in e-learning project executionUNESCO consultant

Assess students on specific learning objectives with respect to corresponding subjects

Score their performance in continuous assessments and main exams – no room for essay type questions (short answers can be tried out)

Develop students’ test taking skills

To provide training to faculty through workshops on how to use the OES to conduct online exams

OESContent

Structure

To evaluate students at Knowledge and Comprehension level

- Multiple Choice

- True or False

- Fill-in-the Blanks

To evaluate students at comprehension and application level

- Scenario-based questions

- Simulation-based activities

- Sequencing

Other level 1 interactive questions – puzzle, crossword and any other creative question types (initially limited to 10 or 12 types including paragraph)

Difficulty Level/Depth of Knowledge Requirement Being able to

Easy: knowledge; recall recalls facts, information, procedures, definitions

define, name, select, state, order, one step

Medium: comprehension; basic application of a skill or concept

translates, comprehends, or interprets information

apply, choose, compute, interpret, practice,

Hard:

analysis; strategic thinking

distinguishes, classifies, uses reasoning, has some complexity

compare, contrast, correlate, differentiate, examine

Difficulty level

percentage

EASY 30%

MEDIUM 40%

HARD 30%

- Creating questions on Journalism, Communication and New Media Studies

- Collaborating with three to five institutions in generating questions

- Checklist/SME guidelines will be prepared

- Review guidelines will also be prepared separately

Structure

GUI design

Architecture

-Design templates for each question format will be prepared

-Questions will be either Text only or Art only or Text and Graphic

Text only template

Submit Submit

-System Admin

-Test Admin

-Instructor

-Student

- Test Admin

Course Name Exam Title

Total Questions Exam Date Exam Time

-Instructor Admin

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Server Side: .NET, My SQL

Client Side: Windows XP or above, IE 6.0 or above, Fire fox 2.0 or above, Microsoft Office 2000 or above and Acrobat Reader 5.0 or above for viewing reports

Phase 1 – Login, System Admin, Test Admin

UAT

Phase 2 – Instructor and Student Modules

Integration and UAT

Content:

Subject Matter Experts from Pondicherry University and other universities in India

Content vetting by English and Communication teachers

Content Writers: 50 (5 x 10 subjects)

Each will create 60 questions

50x10000 = 5, 00, 000

Content vetting by English and Communication teachers

20000x3x5 = Rs 3,00,000

Total = Rs 8,00,000

Senior Developer from the industry - 1Senior Developer from academics - 1

Junior Developer from academics - 1Junior Developer from industry - 1

Graphic Designers, UI designers – 3

Senior Developer from the industry – 1x11x30000=3,30,000Senior Developer from academics – 1x11x30000=3,30,000

Junior Developer from academics – 1x11x25000=2,75,000Junior Developer from the industry - 1x11x25000=2,75,000

Graphic Designers, UI designers – 3x7x20000= 4, 20, 000

Total Rs 16,30,000

Contingency @10 % of project cost – 3,00,000

Consumables – 70,000

Travel – 1,00,000

Training to teachers to use OES (4 groups of 25 teachers each) – 4x50,000=2,00,000

Infrastructure – 3, 50,000

Total Rs 6,70,000

Content generation – Rs 8,00,000

Design, Development & Testing – 16,30,000

Others – Rs 6,70,000

Total = Rs 31,00,000

Templates created will be SCORM compliant

Second stage – deployment in Moodles

Content generated in English will be translated to other required languages