[LON-CAPA-users] placement testing

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:55:47 -0800

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We use LON-CAPA for placement testing at SFU. Students admitted in September
can ativate their SFU computing accounts well before registration begins
early in the summer. We have them sign up for a placement test using a
webform with their SFU account. The webform is then used to create a roster
for a dummy course, and this is used to populate the placement test course
in LON-CAPA via the automated enrollment manager. We set up registration
this way before self-enrollment was an option.

We don't actually clone the course each semester, but rather have the
semesters correspond to course sections. This makes it easier to check
whether a student has taken the placement test before (we do not allow
retakes) and makes it easier to analyze the data.

Justin

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Justin Gray
Dept. of Mathematics
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6
Canada
Tel. +1 778-782-4237
Fax. +1 778-782-4947
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On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Jay Sullivan <jmsloncapa@gmail.com> wrote:

> We are considering using loncapa for placement testing for some of our math
> classes. We would like to set up a course that contains 3 different
> assessments (for the three 3 different math classes we wish to place
> students in). I'm sure I can easily set this up.
>
> The tricky part is registering students for this course. Is is it possible
> for students to "self-register" for a course. I suppose I could set up a
> list of "dummy" accounts (student01, student02, student03, etc.) and then
> check them off as students take the test, but I was hoping for something
> more elegant.
>
> thanks,
> jay
>
>

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We use LON-CAPA for placement testing at SFU. Students admitted in Septembe=
r can ativate their SFU computing accounts well before registration begins =
early in the summer. We have them sign up for a placement test using a webf=
orm with their SFU account. The webform is then used to create a roster for=
 a dummy course, and this is used to populate the placement test course in =
LON-CAPA via the automated enrollment manager. We set up registration this =
way before self-enrollment was an option.

We don&#39;t actually clone the course each semester, but rather have t=
he semesters correspond to course sections. This makes it easier to check w=
hether a student has taken the placement test before (we do not allow retak=
es) and makes it easier to analyze the data.

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Simon Fraser University<br>8888 University Drive<br>Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6<b=
r>Canada<br>Tel. +1 778-782-4237<br>Fax. +1 778-782-4947<br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=
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<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Jay Sul=
livan <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jmsloncapa@gmail.com">jmslonc=
apa@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" st=
yle=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex=
; padding-left: 1ex;">

We are considering using loncapa for placement testing for some of our math=
 classes. We would like to set up a course that contains 3 different assess=
ments (for the three 3 different math classes we wish to place students in)=
. I&#39;m sure I can easily set this up.

The tricky part is registering students for this course. Is is it possi=
ble for students to &quot;self-register&quot; for a course. I suppose I cou=
ld set up a list of &quot;dummy&quot; accounts (student01, student02, stude=
nt03, etc.) and then check them off as students take the test, but I was ho=
ping for something more elegant.

<br>thanks,<br><font color=3D"#888888">jay<br><br>
</font></blockquote></div><br>

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