Presentation of Exam View project, Glasgow College, 25 January 2011

1. ExamView Integrating Key Student Systems with the VLE

2. Background to the Project Presentation of exam results inconsistent: Face to face Printed results (posted on a wall) Awards letter Duplication of effort Privacy concerns

3. Project Aims Link the VLE (Moodle) with the Student Records system (Unit-e) and pull in exam results information Benefits Flexible access to live information (online, 24/7) Single point of access (one username / password) Encourage staff to input results into Student Records system promptly

4. Design Preliminary data models created, object oriented design

5. Design Student focus groups shown wireframe Positive feedback and request for all results to be shown, for all years

6. Development Three options considered: Option 1: Web service calls through Columbus Option 2: Scheduled export of data from UNITe Option 3: Querying Oracle directly Option 3 chosen > back-end written to query Unit-e’s Oracle database Option 2 also developed > back-end written to query MySQL database (if required in other institutions)

7. http://moodle.glasgowmet.ac.uk

8. Application

9. Application

10. Application

11. Student Feedback

12. Student Feedback

13. Delivery Project Outputs Application (inc. two back-ends - Oracle and MySQL) Source Code (inc. extensive comments) User Guides All available to download from: Project website: http://projects.glasgowmet.ac.uk/examview/ Moodle.org: http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?id=6009 (search for “exam view”) Google Code: http://code.google.com/p/examview/

14. Possible Future Developments Based on student feedback Promotion to staff, to encourage timely input of results Link for students to request results from staff Inclusion of comments / feedback from staff Based on staff / community feedback ... ??? Read / write functionality to Student Records system Use VLE gradebook as the ‘front end’

15. Questions?