Top Tips for Conducting Examinations Virtually

This session will look at practical tactics for delivering remote open book exams.  I will explore a few exam scenarios and show how these can be delivered via Moodle. I will also briefly look at how you can use Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy to write questions that test students’ higher-order thinking (HOT) skills, making it harder for students to collude or use a search engine while taking their exam.

Session Aims

The aims of this session are to:

• Explore specific tactics for structuring remote open book exams

• Understand how the levels of Bloom’s digital taxonomy can help you write questions that test students higher-order thinking skills

• Understand how multimedia can be used as an effective tool within remote open book exams

Links to UKPSF

A3: Assess and give feedback to learners
K2: Appropriate methods for teaching, learning and assessing in the subject area and at the level of the academic programme
K4: The use and value of appropriate learning technologies