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Dolly Gujarathi Priyanka Gosai
Introduction
Online examinations are conducted through the internet or in an intranet
(if within the Organization) to test a remote candidate . Candidate is given a limited time to answer the questions and after the time expiry the answer paper is disabled automatically and answers is sent to the examiner. The examiner will evaluate answers, either through automated process or manually and the results will be sent to the candidate through email or made available in the web site.
Advantages
it can be conducted for remote candidates and evaluation of answers
can be fully automated for MCQ questions and other essay type questions can be evaluated manually or through automated system.
online examinations can be conducted at any time and does not incur
Need
examination: 1. Create the examination, and keep the contents secure until the examination starts. 2. Supervise the examination 3. Mark the examinations.
Proposed System
The Online Examination System is a web based application. The system suits the need of Educational Institutions, Primary and
Secondary Schools, Colleges, Professional and Vocational Institutes, Universities or Training Academies
The product (system) aims at reducing costs associated with conducting
exams over a period of time and achieving total automation of examination system-related tasks like registration, publication of results, which leads to a very high degree of system efficiency.
Features
Type of Questions- multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blanks and essay. Exams can be timed or untimed- set the date and time when the specific
Can include pictures, graphics and flash (.swf) files in the questions of the
The Student and Faculty details are stored in the database. The Online examination system has a password based authentication
Communities and Groups can be formed for specific organizations Practice Tests- providing a large bank of practice test questions that
regarding a test.
Orange : Question seen but no any action (Review & Confirm) Gray : Not seen questions Green : Confirmed Answer Alerts: Reminders are set to alert examinee 10 minutes before time expiry.
Advanced Features
The examiner who uploads the questions gets an option of specifying
features that are offered by the proposed system. They are discussed as follows.
Testing:
The interactive online testing interface greatly expands the capabilities of the assessment offering, and gives candidates the benefits of:
Multimedia and Interactive questions.
The ability to log on and sit their exams from any Internet terminal (when supervision is not required).
Real time data backup facility, to prevent loss of work.
The interactive Testing Engine delivers the test session using a secure, timed interface.
Management:
At the heart of the system is a powerful database application which ensures that all administration data is kept cohesive, up to date and reliable. Tools for administrators are included such as:
Online exam timetable and resource planning tools. Integrated allocation engine for candidates, markers and moderators. Secure online sign on and access control.
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Existing Systems
A number of online examination system soft wares are available today.
The system of online exams has been widely adopted by a good number
of organizations and universities. The tasks of maintaining records, score cards, student details, question papers and so on is very easily managed by the system.
Management of continuously assessed coursework is just as
Aotea Online Assessment System, iSummation Technologies - Online Courses Examination System (OCES) and so on. A brief overview of two of the above available soft wares is followed.
Exam Software is a Test Management Software to create and conduct computer based online examination. You can create quiz, question bank, certification examination questions in any language. Useful for school, college, university, teachers and professors for managing question papers and examinations. Recruiting agencies, companies can use it for candidate's skills evaluation by conducting online test. It is very useful for parents in the academic development of kids to improve their educational skills. Exam Software provides password protection to exam files to prevent unauthorized access to the question paper. Exam Software provides Print utility to print the question paper as per your requirement.
integrated platform for the authoring, marking and management of examination online. An online searchable Item Bank. A Dynamic Item allocation engine. Print facility for the reports and a history maintained of number of questions generated and answered each time.
Discussion forums:
Feedbacks from the users Improvements suggested can be implemented Blogs are introduced for regular updates
Learning material :
Facility to revise before taking up a test Course material made available to students Faculty uploads all the necessary documents for students on a regular basis. Analysis of performance:
Facility to analyze every students performance. Easy to difficult level of distinction between questions.
Introduction of multimedia:
The proposed Online Examination System supports multimedia files
such as images, photos, graphs etc which can be used while forming various types of questions.
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