Whether you are looking to deliver a formative or summative assessment the first place to start is with creating the questions and associated feedback. We currently use the Blackboard Test tool to deliver these assessments as this provides a wide variety of questions types(links to these are shown below). Writing good questions for tests can be tricky but there is lots of advice available on the web on how to write assessment questions and a useful guide to start with is 'Designing effective objective test questions: an introductory workshop' from the Computer Assisted Assessment Centre at Loughborough University. You might also find the below tutorial useful to become familiar with some of the common pitfalls in question design. Questions should always be tested for validity to ensure that the answer is not ambiguous and could not be guessed through a process of elimination.
The following illustrates the potential pitfalls in designing a question.
Below you will find links to each question type and guidance on effective use. Each question type has specific considerations that should be taken into account.
