Online Testing Tools & The Challenges

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Have you ever wondered if there is an e-testing tool that you can create as an online placement, formative, summative and diagnostic test in your classes?

Testmoz is a free online testing tool which includes four types of questions: True/false, multiple choice, multiple response, and fill in the blanks. Online test generators are so practical that they can be customized to suit learners' needs. Thereby, you can find out which language areas your learners might need more practise on and correct the mistakes. However, you need to take a note of your test unique URLs if you don’t want to register the website.

learners could get an ample amount of practice and enhance the learning process in your class tremendously with Testmoz. So here are some more free testing applications:

1)That Quiz: includes vocabulary quizzes. Teachers can share tests with each other.

2)Quiz Revolution: enables embedding interactive multimedia quizzes on social networking sites.

3) Qedoc: aids testing at all levels including young and adult learners. With the quiz player, you can insert any multimedia content into your quizzes in order to visualize the testing contents.

However, we need to consider the three drawbacks of e-testing applications which are cheating, limited connection to the internet and test preparation time. First, learners might cheat from each other if you implement quizzes both in class and at home. Second, teachers need to make sure that test results are not lost when the electricity is cut off. Finally, it’s very time consuming to design tests with tricky options.

As a result, teachers need to plan these online tests carefully in order to have a successful assessment in classrooms.

By Yildiz Terzioglu.

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