Using Moodle for Summative Assessment

Safe Exam Browser & Laptops for Assessments Projects

Mike Wilson Senior Educational Technologist Department of Curriculum Quality and EnhancementUniversity of Portsmouth

Safe Exam Browser Project• Previously used QMP

• Faculty of Technology

– Computer Architecture

– Economics

– Construction Management

• Pilot: October – December 2013

• 1500 quizzes submitted

• Exams delivered on live Moodle units

Safe Exam Browser

• Safe Exam Browser v1.9.1 (based on Mozilla)

• Provides secure exam environment

• Removes browser navigation and right click menu

• Configured with log-out option

Note: Version 2.0 includes a “Quit Link” option

http://moodle.port.ac.uk/mod/quiz/view.php?id=179349&theme=exam

Laptops for Assessment Project

“How can Chromebooks be used with Moodle to provide secure on-

line exams?”

Evaluated four Chromebooks

• Samsung Chromebook 303C

• Samsung Chromebook 500C

• Acer Chromebook C7

• HP Chromebook 14

Google Apps Configuration

• “Exam mode” profile

• Applied to Chromebooks

• Home page set to exams landing page

• Whitelist of available sites

• Currently at usability testing phase

Useful Links: Safe Exam Browser

Safe Exam Browserhttp://www.safeexambrowser.org/

Safe Exam Browser documentation and downloads

UoP Exams Landing Pagehttp://exams.port.ac.uk/index.php?date=11%2F12%2F2013

Landing page for on-line exams in Safe Exam Browser & Exam Chromebooks

Useful Links: Google Apps Admin

Google Apps Directory APIhttps://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/directory/

Manage Mobile and Chrome OS devices, groups, group aliases, members, organization units, users, and user aliases.

Laptops for Assessment Project – Evaluation Reporthttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1KxvVOfdnNOUUzK54wjgGE2ArikPGnSLcB_QljqR3xys/edit?usp=sharing

A brief report to summarise phase 1 of the UoP Laptops for Assessment Project

Google Apps Admin Documentationhttps://support.google.com/a/topic/1227584?hl=en&ref_topic=2425090

Group policy documentation, Google Apps for Education