January 12, 2009 at 22:57Federal Internet Exam - bugs and features
In 2008, my university became a member of the Federal Internet Exam in Higher Professional Education.
> FEPO is testing students of a set of educational programs or one educational program of all universities in the Russian Federation using the Internet environment in off-line mode or in on-line mode. - quote from the official site.
Yes, indeed, when it comes to online testing, a group of students is driven into a computer room, they open the website of the Federal Internet Exam and give usernames and passwords for access to the exam.
After which it is assumed that the student independently does not use summaries and textbooks, passes this test.
But the idea of an online exam did not meet with approval from teachers, at least in my university. As a result, teachers through the fingers look at the fact that students use third-party materials.
FEPO is also used to test students' residual knowledge. Those. a third-year student can be given a test on the subject that he passed while in his first year.
After logging in to the page with the exam, the following window opens before the student: a
picture on an alternative hosting, from the habr effect
Question, answer options for it and a ticking timer.
The test is rather gentle for students - it allows you to skip questions in order to return to them later. Even if you answered a question, there is an opportunity to return to it and choose a new answer.
Tasks include not only questions where you need to choose the answer options, but also where you need to type the answer on the keyboard.
It looks quite rosy, but there are not rare cases when there are two identical answer options for a question.
Moreover, only one is true, the result is a lottery.
Or it’s possible that the correct answer to a question that must be entered manually contains a
grammatical error or a typo.
Those. for example, to the question: What is ROM?
The correct response is not read-only memory , and permanently zapomi en guides device .
It is also assumed that the student should not be able to launch a second browser window and open Google or Wikipedia in it. By the way, it is, but smart students have learned to circumvent this ban.
The window with Google and Wikipedia opens before the exam, i.e. until you log in to the website of the Federal-Internet Exam.
In the test, it is possible from 24 to 32 questions. Time is given from 45 minutes to 90 minutes. At first glance, this seems to be enough, but sometimes there are stalemate situations, when there are a few minutes left until the end of the test, and a few questions take time to think, then a student can take advantage of a bug - try to call the context menu by right-clicking on the exam window . This sign will appear:
a picture on an alternative hosting, from a habr effect
And the timer at this moment to stop.
Cases when the test itself closes and produces a “critical error” are not uncommon.
Or it just takes and finishes the test by itself when half the questions are not answered.
And here’s such a question, I myself came across when I passed this exam in the discipline “Informatics”: a
picture on an alternative hosting, from the habr effect
Either a test of attentiveness, or a mistake of programmers.
Federal Internet Exam - already introduced in most universities, as an alternative to the usual. As you can see for yourself, it is far from ideal. There are too many critical points that affect the objective assessment of student knowledge.
It is good that our teachers provide the opportunity to retake exams in the usual format if the test results do not satisfy you.
On the other hand, the Crowns who scored a decent number of points by the “poke” method have the opportunity to get a good mark without straining.
All data from exams is stored in a special register, apparently located in the Ministry of Education, from where they are sent to the dean's office of your university.
The idea itself pleases - finally, high technology comes into our ordinary life, exam time is reduced by several times, student knowledge is evaluated objectively, because communication does not take place with the teacher, but with a soulless machine that cannot be bribed.
But the result is deplorable. Students are not serious about this test, they are brazenly using didactic materials, use the Internet and even the help of a teacher, as a result of which students receive high scores, the worthiness of which is called into question, i.e. objective assessment does not occur.
Project website - www.fepo.ru
Everyone has the opportunity to try themselves in this test by clicking on this link
Your humble servant, after passing the test scored 79%, as a result of which he went to take the exam according to the old, proven method.
What is a Federal Online Exam?
> FEPO is testing students of a set of educational programs or one educational program of all universities in the Russian Federation using the Internet environment in off-line mode or in on-line mode. - quote from the official site.
Yes, indeed, when it comes to online testing, a group of students is driven into a computer room, they open the website of the Federal Internet Exam and give usernames and passwords for access to the exam.
After which it is assumed that the student independently does not use summaries and textbooks, passes this test.
But the idea of an online exam did not meet with approval from teachers, at least in my university. As a result, teachers through the fingers look at the fact that students use third-party materials.
FEPO is also used to test students' residual knowledge. Those. a third-year student can be given a test on the subject that he passed while in his first year.
How is this going?
After logging in to the page with the exam, the following window opens before the student: a
picture on an alternative hosting, from the habr effect
Question, answer options for it and a ticking timer.
The test is rather gentle for students - it allows you to skip questions in order to return to them later. Even if you answered a question, there is an opportunity to return to it and choose a new answer.
Tasks include not only questions where you need to choose the answer options, but also where you need to type the answer on the keyboard.
This bug is called feature
It looks quite rosy, but there are not rare cases when there are two identical answer options for a question.
Moreover, only one is true, the result is a lottery.
Or it’s possible that the correct answer to a question that must be entered manually contains a
grammatical error or a typo.
Those. for example, to the question: What is ROM?
The correct response is not read-only memory , and permanently zapomi en guides device .
It is also assumed that the student should not be able to launch a second browser window and open Google or Wikipedia in it. By the way, it is, but smart students have learned to circumvent this ban.
The window with Google and Wikipedia opens before the exam, i.e. until you log in to the website of the Federal-Internet Exam.
In the test, it is possible from 24 to 32 questions. Time is given from 45 minutes to 90 minutes. At first glance, this seems to be enough, but sometimes there are stalemate situations, when there are a few minutes left until the end of the test, and a few questions take time to think, then a student can take advantage of a bug - try to call the context menu by right-clicking on the exam window . This sign will appear:
a picture on an alternative hosting, from a habr effect
And the timer at this moment to stop.
Cases when the test itself closes and produces a “critical error” are not uncommon.
Or it just takes and finishes the test by itself when half the questions are not answered.
And here’s such a question, I myself came across when I passed this exam in the discipline “Informatics”: a
picture on an alternative hosting, from the habr effect
Either a test of attentiveness, or a mistake of programmers.
conclusions
Federal Internet Exam - already introduced in most universities, as an alternative to the usual. As you can see for yourself, it is far from ideal. There are too many critical points that affect the objective assessment of student knowledge.
It is good that our teachers provide the opportunity to retake exams in the usual format if the test results do not satisfy you.
On the other hand, the Crowns who scored a decent number of points by the “poke” method have the opportunity to get a good mark without straining.
All data from exams is stored in a special register, apparently located in the Ministry of Education, from where they are sent to the dean's office of your university.
The idea itself pleases - finally, high technology comes into our ordinary life, exam time is reduced by several times, student knowledge is evaluated objectively, because communication does not take place with the teacher, but with a soulless machine that cannot be bribed.
But the result is deplorable. Students are not serious about this test, they are brazenly using didactic materials, use the Internet and even the help of a teacher, as a result of which students receive high scores, the worthiness of which is called into question, i.e. objective assessment does not occur.
PS
Project website - www.fepo.ru
Everyone has the opportunity to try themselves in this test by clicking on this link
PPS
Your humble servant, after passing the test scored 79%, as a result of which he went to take the exam according to the old, proven method.