Tools

There are several tools that can be used by IST professors to conduct online assessments.

These tools are described based on the existing functionalities for the development of different types of questions, the ease of use, the experience already existing at IST and also on the level of integration and/or interaction with the IST teaching management system (Fenix).

Four of these tools are intended exclusively for the elaboration of evaluation elements (assessment, tests, exams), namely the ExonlineX@MOOC Tecnico, QUIZZES Tecnico, Worksheets@Fenix and Socrative. The Google Classroom platform is a teaching content management system, i.e., it also allows you to make content available complementary to Fenix and in addition the assessment elements preparation.

The following table presents the main characteristics of each platform. Further help is available in the section How to choose on the most appropriate platform for each need.

^Platf^orm	^{ExonlineX @MOOC}	^{Google Classroom}	^{Fenix Worksheets}	^{Tecnico QUIZZES}	^Socrative
^{Students assignment to assessment}	^{student identification upload}	^{class defined in the platform}	^{class defined in the platform}	^{all students enrolled in UC (Fenix) through a QRCode}	^{students’ email upload}
^{Tecnico ID authentication}	^yes	^yes	^yes	^yes
^{Assessment access}	^browser	^browser	^browser	^browser	^browser
^{Statement information}	^{images, formulas, videos, web apps}	^images	^images	^images
^{Different assessments production per student}	^{questions banks,} ^{randomness in the order of the questions, answers order and numerical parameters} ^{assign different versions to different students’ groups}	^{randomness in the questions order,} ^{assign different versions to different students’ groups}	^{questions bank,} ^{randomness in the questions’ parameters} ^{assignment by shifts}	^{questions bank,} ^{randomness in the questions and answers order}
^{Plataform’s server}	^IST	^Cloud	^IST	^IST	^Cloud
^{Automatic correction}	^yes	^yes	^{yes (not recommended)}	^yes
^Scheduling	^{Scheduling of the date/time of beginning and end}	^{Scheduling of the date/time of beginning and end}	^{Scheduling of the date/time of beginning and end}	^{Scheduling of the date/time of beginning and end}
^{Answers analysis}	^{Final grade and results per question exported to a spreadsheet}	^{Final grade and results per question exported to a spreadsheet}	^{Final grade and results per question exported to a spreadsheet}	^{Final grade and results per question exported to a spreadsheet}
^{Assessment review}	^{Answers given available in the platform}	^{Answers given available in the platform}		^{Answers given available in the platform}
^{Type of answers*}	^{MC, MA, NE, OA, ME, FS}	^{MC, NE, OA, FS}	^{MC, MA, NE}	^MC	^MC

^{*MC – Multiple Choice / MA – Multiple Answer (checkboxes)/ NE – Numerical Entry / OA– Open Answer / ME – Mathematical expression / FS – File Submission}

The following figure illustrates the potential of each tool regarding the types of responses and the number of students that can be assessed simultaneously.

Other tools are: Zoom, Moodle, Microsoft Teams and SpeedExam.