TATS - online QTI test and question authoring tool

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QTI test and question authoring tool
Martin Sillaots
TATS

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Introduction
• TATS – online test and question authoring tool
http://trac.htk.tlu.ee/modules/wiki/Tats
• QTI – specification for Question and Test
Interoperability
http://www.imsglobal.org/question/
• iCOPER – project for integrating Technology
Enhanced Leaning standards
http://www.icoper.org/

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Goal
Goal of this presentation is to
introduce how to use TATS and get
familiar with QTI

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When questions and tests are
created based on QTI specification
they can be used in several systems

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Content
• Login
• Creating questions
• Creating test
• Run test
• View results

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Register and Login
http://ait.opetaja.ee/tats

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Create questions

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Add New Question

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Select Question Type

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Question Authoring Interface

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Question Buildingblocs
• Question with
image
• Answers choices
• Feedback
Fields depend on the
question type
This type is:
Choose correct answer

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Question Metadata
• Status public – data to repo
• Mata-data based on IEEE LOM
– In more than one language:
• Title
• Description
• Keywords
– Language independent
• Language of the question
• Author
• Difficulty
• License
• Subject

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Question XML
• Public question is stored in repository
• Question is in Content Package format
• Data is in XML
• This data can be read by other system

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Create Test
Search questions and bind them to
test

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Create New Test

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Describe Test Metadata
• Title
• Description
• Keywords
• Language
• Author
• Difficulty level
• License
• Status

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Add questions to test

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Test XML
• Public test is stored in repository
• Test is in Content Package format
• Data is in XML
• This data can be read by other system

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Run the Test
Test can be executed in TATS or in
similar system

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Form Group for Students

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Add Students to the Group

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Send Test to Students

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Students Get Test
• Students get email with link to the test
• http://ait.opetaja.ee/tats/test?
token=khHVUctQgWKvq8QuCzeCvgULL

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Students Start Test

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View Results

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Test Report

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Group Statistics

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The End
Martin Sillaots
martins@tlu.ee