ONLINE EXAMINATION SYSTEM

By Dolly Gujarathi Priyanka Gosai

MPSTME-NMIMS University Btech I.T.

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 !C" 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 higher cost as traditional exam scenario as there is no paper wor# involved

Need

There are three ma$or components of effort required to

administer an examination% &. Create the examination and #eep the contents secure until the examination starts. '. (upervise the examination ). !ar# the examinations.
*sing computer technology it should be possible to

streamline these three phases and also disconnect them from each other.

examination system offers the following features &. +eliability '. *ser ,etails

Proposed System
The Online -xamination (ystem is a web based application. The system suits the need of -ducational .nstitutions

/rimary and (econdary (chools Colleges /rofessional and 0ocational .nstitutes *niversities or Training 1cademies

The product (system) aims at reducing costs associated

with conducting exams over a period of time and achieving total automation of examination system2related tas#s li#e registration publication of results which leads to a very high degree of system efficiency.

Features
Type of Questions- multiple choice true3false fill in the blan#s and

essay.

Exams can be timed or untimed2 set the date and time when the

specific test has to be available. the Online examinations.

Can inc ude pictures graphics and flash (.swf) files in the questions of The (tudent and 4aculty details are stored in the database. The Online examination system has a password based authentication

system for students as well as (ystem 1dministrator.

Trends 5raphs .ncluded for analysis2system is capable of generating

statistical data for examiner.

 Communities and 5roups can be formed for specific organizations Practice Tests- providing a large ban# of practice test questions that

students can practice with.

Exam Simu ators-practice ta#ing exams in a real exam environment. -xams and questions can be edited deleted and re2used anytime !iscussion " og- to discuss the problems3doubts students have

regarding a test.

 #esu ts$ (tudents and instructors get instant results via

e2mail. +esults can also be printed as soon as the test finishes.

Colour Code for "uestion (tatus%

%range $ "uestion seen but no any action (+eview 6 Confirm) &ray $ 7ot seen questions &reen $ Confirmed 1nswer 1lerts% +eminders are set to alert examinee &8 minutes before time expiry.

Advanced Features
The examiner who uploads the questions gets an option of

specifying whether the questions can be used for practice tests or not.

Communities or groups can be formed for specific

organizations.

1 variety of analysis options based on different parameters or

combinations of different parameters for faculty3examiners conducting the test.

Testing and !anagement of the system are important

advanced 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%

!ultimedia and .nteractive questions. 7o more handwriting concerns. The ability to log on and sit their exams from any .nternet terminal (when supervision is not required). +eal time data bac#up facility to prevent loss of wor#.

The interactive Testing -ngine delivers the test session using a secure timed interface.

Management:

1t the heart of the system is a powerful database application which ensures that all administration data is #ept cohesive up to date and reliable. Tools for administrators are included such as% Online exam timetable and resource planning tools. .ntegrated allocation engine for candidates mar#ers and moderators. (ecure online sign on and access control.

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1dministrators can easily set exam timetables and allocate assessments3exam3test to mar#ers moderators and candidates.

Existing Systems
1 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 tas#s of maintaining records score cards student details question papers and so on is very easily managed by the system.
!anagement of continuously assessed coursewor# is $ust as

straightforward as summative final exams.

4ew examples of available technologies are -xam2software Test -ngine

1otea Online 1ssessment (ystem i(ummation Technologies 2 Online Courses -xamination (ystem (OC-() and so on. 1 brief overview of two of the above available soft wares is followed.

'( Exam-Soft)are Test Engine

-xam (oftware is a Test !anagement (oftware to create9and conduct computer based online examination. :ou can create quiz question ban# certification examination questions in any language. *seful for school college university teachers and professors for managing question papers and examinations. +ecruiting agencies companies can use it for candidate;s s#ills evaluation by conducting online test. .t is very useful for parents in the academic development of #ids to improve their educational s#ills. -xam (oftware provides password protection to exam files to prevent unauthorized access to the question paper. -xam (oftware provides Print utility to print the question paper as per your requirement.

*( Aotea %n ine Assessment System

1 comprehensive administration tool which is directly tailored to the

needs of large scale assessment providers and academic institutions

The 1otea system is a complete software environment which provides

an integrated platform for the authoring mar#ing and management of examination online. 1n online searchable .tem <an#. 1 ,ynamic .tem allocation engine. /rint facility for the reports and a history maintained of number of questions generated and answered each time.

Advantages of t+e proposed system

Communities and 5roups% The (ystem provides a feature of creating communities and groups for organizations. (tudents and faculty of the organization can access the general sub$ect tests. /rivacy for organizations. ,iscussion forums% 4eedbac#s from the users .mprovements suggested can be implemented <logs are introduced for regular updates

=earning material % 4acility to revise before ta#ing up a test Course material made available to students 4aculty uploads all the necessary documents for students on a regular basis.

1nalysis of performance%

4acility to analyze every student>s performance. -asy to difficult level of distinction between questions.

-ssay type (ub$ective questions% -ssay type questions for which evaluation criteria are defined as follows% The mar#s given depends on the matched #eywords in the answer The mar#s given depends on the total length of the answer (pelling and grammatical errors are chec#ed with the help of an inbuilt dictionary in the system

.ntroduction of multimedia%
The proposed Online -xamination (ystem supports multimedia

files such as images photos graphs etc which can be used while forming various types of questions.

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