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SWITCHING FROM PRESENCE EXAMS TO ONLINE FORMATS

4.1

Written examination assessment formats

At University of Basel, the following options and tools are currently available to conduct examinations and assessments online.


(A) So far: Written exams with 30 or more participants with MC questions

Digital alternative: Open book exams / written exams with EvaExam (MC questions only)

Further notes:

  • Focus on knowledge application rather than knowledge retrieval (adapt questions if necessary)

  • Allow for more time to solve the exercises than for a non-digital exam

  • Remote-proctoring solutions are not recommended due to the technical complexity. These are currently not supported by the central services. In order to clarify questions about possibly existing intra-faculty solutions, please contact the Dean’s Office of your faculty.


(B) So far: Written exams up to 300 participants with open and/or MC questions

Digital alternative: Open book tests / written exams on ADAM

Further notes:

  • Choose between different question types (recommended: Single Choice, Multiple Choice, Kprim, Error Text, Cloze, Numerical Question, Arrangement Question, Assignment Question, Free Text Question).

  • Focus on knowledge application rather than knowledge retrieval (adapt questions if necessary)

  • Allow more time to solve the exercises than for a non-digital exam

  • Decide if students should be prepared for an open book exam (e.g. by simulation)


(C) So far: Protocol, essay, report, exercise sheet, exercise task, task sheet, essay, case study, thesis paper, paper, homework, poster, pro- & seminar paper, written presentation of the results of a project work

Digital alternative: Exercise (for simultaneous exams with 300 participants) or Postbox Folder (for simultaneous exams with 30 participants) on ADAM; upload a file (up to 300 MB; for simultaneous exams up to 10 MB); as (i) Take-Home-Exam or as (ii) course-related assessment

Further notes:

  • The module Exercise supports a structured procedure (preparation, administration, evaluation, feedback).

  • The students work on the task autonomously and then hand it in via ADAM using the module Exercise (a video tutorial can be found here).

  • Or: The file is submitted via folders of type Postbox (return folder) (up to 30 participants).

  • Define a time window (and optionally a grace period) for the submission (e.g. 24-hour homework)

  • Files can also be submitted as a team

  • Files submitted by students via upload should not be too big (recommendation: < 10 MB)


(D) Previously: Portfolio

Digital alternative: Online portfolio on ADAM

Further notes:

  • Online collection of various elements (texts, images, file lists, data tables, etc.)

  • With or without module Portfolio Template

  • Define a time window (and optionally a grace period) for submission

  • Optionally combined with an additional oral examination (“defence”)


(E) So far: Formative exams and assessments, feedback

Digital alternative: Formative exams and assessments and feedback with EvaExam

Further notes:

  • Formative examinations and assessments can be used to support the learning process, and are important to familiarise students with the examination software.

  • Students can view their results online immediately after completing an EvaExam online exercise.

Digital alternative: Formative exams and assessments and feedback on ADAM

Further notes:

  • Formative examinations and assessments can be used to support the learning process of students

  • Teachers can give feedback on the students’ work (depending on the task or ADAM module used, by email, file or text input)

  • Module Exercise: the submitted solutions of all students can optionally be viewed by the other students after the submission deadline.

  • Module Test: automatic feedback can optionally be built into the answers of the exams

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