Why use CAA?
You probably already have some idea about why you might use Computer Assisted Assessment. The following are some possible advantages of using CAA. Which of these do you think are true or false?
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Time
CAA is more time-consuming than conventional assessments |
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ScalabilityThe resource implications of delivering online assessments to a large number of students are far greater than with smaller numbers. |
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ObjectivityOnline assessment is objective |
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Re-usabilityOnline assessment is recombinable and questions can be re-used or recombined in different tests. |
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Coverage of TopicsOnline assessments are not suitable to test a wide range of topics |
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MultimediaIt's not possible to embed media files in online assessments as these needs special software to play |
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Question typesOnline assessment offers a more restricted choice of question styles compared to pen and paper. |