Assessment of Students during COVID-19 Case Experience

Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Virtual Learning ICVL 2021

8 Pages Posted: 6 Dec 2022

Date Written: 2021

Abstract

The assessment of knowledge is the most difficult task for the education system in absolute social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The education system has not had such an experience never before, so it is essential to share our practice with all the pros and cons. Trakia University, Faculty of Technics and Technologies had an online assessment system as quizzes for self-training and final exams developed in the virtual learning environment on Moodle, since 2008. Ordinarily, by the schedule published for the exam session, students attended traditional computer classrooms and pass their exams. In that case, during quarantine, it was not possible. The Trakia University rector gave orders on how is acceptable for the learning process to be continued. Teachers had different options from which they can choose how to inspect the learning process of students, like synchronous or asynchronous online assessment, assignment or course assignments, tests, quizzes, multiple tasks, and developing a thesis or presentation. The learning process did not stop. Most students complained that they have more homework than before. The synchronous online exams were arranged using BigBlueButton in Moodle, or Google meets. The difficulty encountered include a lack of proper devices for video connection, not always high-speed internet or WiFi, and not adequate techniques. Due to many obstacles that arose as slow or weak internet, or overloaded study platforms, some of the students disappear from the monitor during conducting the assessments. In the case of using a safe - browser such as "Lock Down", the students were not able to open the quiz, or when was used the option "window with JavaScript" in Moodle - the marks did not appear in the assessment reports at the end. Hence, to be sure that the cheating will be minimized the tests were restricted in time approximately 40%.

Suggested Citation

Snezhana, Dineva and Veselina, Nedeva, Assessment of Students during COVID-19 Case Experience ( 2021). Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Virtual Learning ICVL 2021, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4268161 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4268161

Dineva Snezhana (Contact Author)

Trakia University ( email )

Stara Zagora, 6000
Bulgaria
0898999457 (Phone)
8602 (Fax)

No contact information is available for Nedeva Veselina

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