Written online exam

For online exams with closed and/or open questions, you can use the Digital Exams application in MyLEARN. This gives you the following options:

• You can combine open and closed questions.
• You have access to correction aids for open questions.
• You can send notifications to (individual) students.

You can find further options and information on this in the MyLEARN Guide.

If you want to continue using learning activities, the following options are available:

• Sample exam: If you want to create an online exam with closed questions only, you can use the learning activity "Sample exam". You can add the following question types:
  • Single-choice questions
  • Multiple-choice questions
  • Cloze questions with text input box or drop-down box
• Open assignment: For online exams with only open questions, you can use the learning activity "Assignment". Here you can determine whether the students' submission should be done by entering text in a text entry box or via file upload.
• Study modules: If your online examination should consist of open and closed questions, use the different study modules on MyLEARN. We recommend the study module "strict sequencing".

You can also use Office programmes or different file formats to design the exam. You can determine whether students receive the exam information in a document in which they can enter their answers or provide a document with the exam information that cannot be edited. Students have to enter their answers in another document.

You can make the files available to the students via the learning activity "Assignment". Here, students can upload the completed document after the exam and you have the option to do a plagiarism check of the students' submissions.

Examination specification as Excel document

Excel is particularly suitable for mathematical tasks and the use of macros. Macros can be used to fill variables with different numbers and to carry out automated assessment, e.g. on a page that can only be viewed by teachers.

Examination specification as a PowerPoint document

PowerPoint is particularly suitable for integrating videos, pictures, self-designed graphics and audio annotations. You can create assignments as slides and specify, for example, the maximum number of slides that students can add in response to each question, or you can prepare the answer slides yourself.

• Students work out a calculation with an external program and document their calculation path with a dubbed screen recording, which they embed in the presentation.
• Students take a picture of their handwritten calculations and embed the picture in the presentations. They then add an audio commentary where they briefly explain their procedure.
• Students design graphics with PowerPoint and include them.

Here, too, it is important that students know which format to use for the presentation. It is recommended not to choose a video format, but rather the simple presentation format (pptx or ppts).

Examination specifications as a Word document

With the integrated formula editor in Word, students can enter symbols and expressions. If you prepare a Word document as a form, you can also create mathematical formulas using field instructions and make them available to students as quick modules.

Inform students in advance which version of Windows is required or whether they need to install certain add-ins, such as Microsoft Math-Add. Since macros can contain viruses, running macros on local computers is often prevented. In the security and privacy settings of e.g. Word, the execution of macros can be activated.

Note that content controls and Active-X controls often cannot be displayed by Mac/iOS devices.

In exams where students mainly have to solve calculations, you can use the application "Digital Exams". For the open text question, you can set conditions if necessary so that the calculation result can be corrected automatically.

You can also still use learning activities for this. See "Learning activities" in the MyLEARN Guide for step-by-step instructions and more information.