Online automatic marking of
student open or free text answers and multiple choice
geography tests. Secure, authenticated geography certificate awards may be printed on
conclusion of the tests. Automated
marking of text input includes diagnostic feedback. Geography tests now include map
reading skills and a hill walking simulation exercise.
Geography Test Features
Aims to improve and reinforce student learning
Authenticated individualised test certificates
Automated marking of open-ended essay input
Computer marking
Data logging facility
Diagnostic feedback
Essays marked for content, context, grammar and addressing the question
Essay questions
Essay skills
Five attempts per computer marked test
Free resource to support the geography teaching and learning community
Hill walking group leader simulation
Homework assignments
Glossary support as required
Identifies attempted cheating
Identifies strengths and weaknesses
Improves knowledge, skills and final examination performance
Increasing levels of difficulty
Interactive
Maintains student privacy
Map reading skills
Multiple choice questions
No viewable essay marking source code
No teacher marking
Open questions
Opportunity to continually repeat
Question timer with optional timer pause
Randomised questions
Resource-based questions
Role play simulations
Route planning simulation
Stressful but fun for most students
Suspect test certificates automatically invalidated
Test certificate printing
Test security features
Test time for multiple choice tests averages 45 minutes
Tests trialed and proven with student groups over several years
Twenty randomised questions per multiple choice test
