Question Builder Case Study
Assessment and Learning in Practice Settings (ALPS)
Who are they?
The ALPS partners are the Health and Social Care faculties of Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, Leeds Metropolitan and York St John Universities, as well as the NHS Yorkshire and the Humber. The other bodies involved are T-Mobile, ecommnet and MyKnowledgeMap. The ALPS project is all about using mobile technology to support Health and Social Care students during their work based practice.
The challenge
Assessing students can often be a chore for tutors, especially when their students are on work placements. The five universities involved in the project were using different VLEs, however they all required access to the same template assessment package.The service platform created for the ALPS project allowed tutors to send assessments and supporting materials to mobile devices which the students use while on work-based practice. MyKnowledgeMap was asked to provide tools which would allow the tutors to create and package the assessments for delivery to the devices.
The solution
By providing the universities with site-wide campus licences, they could all use Compendle to customise the same basic template. It didn't matter that they had different VLEs because Compendle works seamlessly with Moodle, Blackboard and other learning environments. Tutors across all five institutions were able to create tailor-made assessments with Question Builder. They could use a wide range of question types including multiple choice, fill in the gaps and free text questions. The assessments could then be uploaded to Compendle and packaged with supporting materials such as additional instructions or extra reading. The students could then complete the assessments whilst at work and submit their answers for marking and feedback.
Going forward
The ALPS project has been a huge triumph, and was recently announced Techworld Mobility Project of the Year. Compendle and Question Builder have played a significant part in the success of the project, contributing to the aim of supporting students by making the assessment process a lot smoother.
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