Dear Colleagues, Your very kind and thoughtful responses cheered me up. Yes, I am aware of the Blackboard's test manager program. This program requires you to type or to copy-and-paste each question and answer, separately. This would be a lot of work for me because I type with my head. I wear a headpointer (helmet attached to a stick), and I can only press one key at a time. Since I also teach at Middlesex County College and Middlesex County College has WebCT, I am looking for something universal. I am very knowledgeable about web design; however, I don't know how to program in java. Furthermore, I have been searching on Google for a javascript that would calculate the score. So far, I cannot find anything appropriate. If I can find an appropriate javascript, I can copy-and-paste all the questions and answers at once into a html file. Yvonne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan M. Johns-Smith" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 10:38 AM Subject: Re: Objective assessments - HELP > Yvonne, > > if I am correct, depending on how they are set up, both WebCT and > Blackboard > should have some sort of assessment tool and test-setup embedded in their > products which should allow you to use the same interface that your > students > are familiar with in order to test and do assessment. > > I would check with your local Blackboard admins and see if it is just a > feature that has somehow not been enabled for your classes, or, depending > on > the release version of WebCT and Blackboard, what features for assessment > are available to you based on the release you are using. > >> > > Susan Johns Smith > Systems/Circulation Librarian Voice: (620) 235-4115 > Axe Library, Pittsburg State University Fax: (620) 235-4090 > Pittsburg KS 66762 > [log in to unmask] > http://library.pittstate.edu/staff/susan > > >> Greetings Colleagues, >> >> Currently, I am self trained in both WebCT and Blackboard portals. This >> enables me to teach Introduction to Psychology and Psychology of the >> Handicapped online courses for Middlesex County College, New Jersey. >> Also, >> I teach Exceptional Development and General Psychology for Westmoreland >> County Community College, Pennsylvania. My responsibilities include >> communicating with the students through e-mail, communicating with the >> social science dean through e-mail, making class announcements on the >> CampusCruiser, presenting lessons as PowerPoint slide shows, presenting >> learning resources as Internet links and assorted videos from YouTube, >> administering and grading essay examinations, assigning weekly discussion >> and close-ended questions, annotated bibliographies, and five page >> research >> papers, informing students of their progress, and submitting grades to >> the >> Registrar's Office. >> >> I would like to administer objective assessments, more specifically >> multiple >> choice tests. My courses are taught completely online. This means that >> the >> students take the tests on the computers. I physically cannot utilize a >> Scantron machine and Scantron sheets. I would like to design a web based >> multiple choice assessment. However, I do not know how to do the >> scoring, >> automatically. Do you? >> >> Thank you for help in advance. >> >> Yvonne >> >> --------------------------- >> Check out EASI New Synchronous Clinics: >> http://easi.cc/clinic.htm >> EASI Home Page http://www.rit.edu/~easi >> Online courses and Clinics http://easi.cc/workshop.htm >> Check the EASI Library Web http://www.rit.edu/~easi/lib.htm >> >> >>> Error in line 8 of AXSLIB-L.MAILTPL: unknown formatting command <<< >> -> . . . . . . . . . <- >> > > --------------------------- > Check out EASI New Synchronous Clinics: > http://easi.cc/clinic.htm > EASI Home Page http://www.rit.edu/~easi > Online courses and Clinics http://easi.cc/workshop.htm > Check the EASI Library Web http://www.rit.edu/~easi/lib.htm > >>>> Error in line 8 of AXSLIB-L.MAILTPL: unknown formatting command <<< > -> . . . . . . . . . <- --------------------------- Check out EASI New Synchronous Clinics: http://easi.cc/clinic.htm EASI Home Page http://www.rit.edu/~easi Online courses and Clinics http://easi.cc/workshop.htm Check the EASI Library Web http://www.rit.edu/~easi/lib.htm >>> Error in line 8 of AXSLIB-L.MAILTPL: unknown formatting command <<< -> . . . . . . . . . <-