Customizing Quiz Grading
Example
- Grading a high school chemistry quiz.
MGI Tags
Steps
- Open the quiz page in a text editor.
- Customize the mgiQuiz tag.
- Save the quiz page.
- Open the quiz grading page in a text editor.
- Insert the mgiQuiz tag from the quiz page.
- Save the quiz grading page.
- FTP the quiz page and quiz grading page to the web server running MGI.
- Take the first quiz to add the quiz key.
- Administer quiz to students.
- View the students' quiz scores.
Step 1: Open the quiz page in a text editor.
- Open the quiz page in a text editing program that allows you to view
and modify HTML.
Step 2: Customize the mgiQuiz tag.
- The maximum quiz grade and the grading of answers formatted with checkboxes
can be customized in the mgiQuiz tag.
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- The default maximum quiz grade is 100. To customize the maximum quiz
grade, insert the maximumQuizGrade parameter in the mgiQuiz tag.
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- Quiz answers that are formatted with checkboxes can be graded in one
of three ways: Individual, Fractional, or Whole:
- "Individual" With the Individual checkbox grading
method, each checkbox answer for a question is worth one point. Partial
credit can thus be awarded for questions with multiple required answers
(e.g. "Choose the three elements in this compound"). Each checkbox
answer is worth as many points as an entire question using radio buttons
or pull-down menus. A point is awarded for checking correct answers and
not checking incorrect answers. A point is deducted for checking incorrect
answers or not checking correct answers.
- "Fractional" With the Fractional checkbox grading
method, each set of checkbox answers is worth one point. Therefore, each
checkbox is worth a fraction of one point (the fraction depends on the
number of checkboxes in the set). A fractional point is awarded for checking
correct answers and not checking incorrect answers. A fractional point
is deducted for checking incorrect answers or not checking correct answers.
- "Whole" With the Whole checkbox grading method, each
set of checkboxes is graded as "correct" or "incorrect"
and each set is worth one point. A point is awarded for checking all correct
answers and not checking incorrect answers. A point is deducted if any
correct answer is not checked or any incorrect answer is checked.
- The default checkbox grading method is "Fractional". To select
a different grading method for checkboxes, enter the checkboxGradingMethod
parameter in the mgiQuiz tag.
<mgiQuiz databasefilelocation="Chemistry" tableName="Quiz1F99"
formatFileLocation="quiz1f99format.txt" maximumQuizGrade="200"
checkboxGradingMethod="Whole">
Step 3: Save the quiz page.
- Save the changes you have made to the quiz page.
Step 4: Open the quiz grading page in a text editor.
- Open the quiz grading page in a text editing program that allows you
to view and modify HTML.
Step 5: Insert the mgiQuiz tag from the quiz page.
- Enter the mgiQuiz tag exactly as it appears on the quiz page.This mgiQuiz
tag grades student quizzes and adds them to the quiz database.
<mgiQuiz databasefilelocation="Chemistry" tableName="Quiz1F99"
formatFileLocation="quiz1f99format.txt" maximumQuizGrade="200"
checkboxGradingMethod="Whole">
Step 6: Save the quiz grading page.
- Save the changes you have made to the quiz grading page.
Step 7: FTP the quiz page and quiz grading page to the web server running
MGI.
- Upload the quiz page and quiz grading page to the web server using
an FTP program.
Step 8: Take the first quiz to add the quiz key.
- Access the quiz page and enter the correct answer to each quiz question.
Submit the first quiz. The first quiz is used as the quiz key to grade
all subsequent quizzes.
Step 9: Administer quiz to students.
- After the key has been entered, students can take quizzes. After each
quiz is submitted, the quiz is automatically graded and added to the quiz
database.
Step 10: View the students' quiz scores.
- Access the quiz administration page to view students' quiz scores,
search for specific quiz grades and export quiz grades to a file.
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