10. Access and share questions
Click on the topic to see all the
✔
questions
Click on the topic arrow to see
✔
all subtopics
Browsing gives you a list of topics that questions can be associated with
and you can select topics, or see subtopics, to see the list of associated
questions
Click on Find Questions in the
✔
subnavigation to do a more
targeted search
11. Access and share questions
Enter information about the
questions you are looking for
and click on submit
✔
For example, searching for the keyword “mathematics” returns a list of
questions that have mathematics as a keyword
12. Access and share questions
But ...
You probably want to search by curriculum standards or topics
FullMarks supports multiple parallel standards to cater for different
organisations, curriculum standards etc.
You have to choose which standards/topics you want to use
✔
You need to change your details so click on your name
13. Access and share questions
Standards/Topics are
question metadata so you
need to specify which
✔ organisation's metadata you
want to use and save
A set of South African curriculum standards is maintained by the
Shuttleworth Foundation organisational account on FullMarks so if
you are a South African educator this is a good place to start
You can change it later
15. Access and share questions
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✔
Select Topics window lists
topics/standards you can
select to add to your search
16. Access and share questions
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A search for author “britz” returns a list of questions
Selecting view on a question brings up the question detail
17. Access and share questions
Each item in the bank has:
● Reference material if applicable
● Question
● Answer
● Topics/Curriculum Standards
● Keywords
● Mark allocation
● Time allocation
These are the things that will make the items useful to you and allow
us to analyse results
18. Access and share questions
For a question you can:
● Communicate with the author
● Rate it – tell other people if it is a good
question
● Verify the answer – sometimes even good
questions have a mistake in the memo
everybody makes mistakes so lets help
each other by checking answers
● Use it in a test
● Make your own version (derive a copy) –
sometimes you want to make a minor
change to a question, change the context
or the numbers
● Leave a comment – give everyone feedback
about how you used this question
Your feedback can trigger discussion amongst educators, improved
sorting of questions, and better quality assurance – please provide
feedback!
19. Access and share questions
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You can contribute your own questions to the bank as well, click on
the Questions navigation tab and then click on Contribute
Questions in the subnavigation
Choose Add Question
20. Access and share questions
Just fill in the simple form for creating a question, you can enter
Reference Material like a poem or extract from a resource, include
the Question and the Marks allocation
21. Access and share questions
Specify the question format, provide the answer, any keywords, the
relevant topics and a learner response time.
Click save and you have a draft question.
22. Access and share questions
You have to Finalise a question before it will be available for others
to see.
24. Create tests from questions
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Find a question you would like to include in a test ....
And click on Add to test
Give your test a name and click on Submit
25. Create tests from questions
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Then click on Tests to see your test list
You can add another test, download the test or memo PDF files
Click on the test title to see the test details
26. Create tests from questions
Test details include all Topics covered by the included questions,
total marks and total time allocation.
Click on Add Questions to add more questions to your test
27. Create tests from questions
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✔
✔
Notice the test name at the top, you are specifically searching for
questions to add to this test
Just click on Add to test and the question will automatically be
added
28. Create tests from questions
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✔
The questions are added and the link changes to Remove from
test – quick and easy!
You can change the search criteria or click on the test name to
go back to the test details
29. Create tests from questions
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Now you have made a test in a couple of painless minutes and
you can download the question paper and memo.
30. Create tests from questions
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Please rate some questions and check some answers – it'll make
Please rate some questions and check some answers – it'll make
FullMarks better for everyone!
FullMarks better for everyone!
32. Create class lists
If you are creating tests then you probably want to use them for a
class you teach
FullMarks provides the functionality to create class lists so that you
can capture marks and evaluate learner and class performance.
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✔
Just click on the Class lists navigation tab and then Add Class List
BTW – you can use Import Learners to import a CSV file from your
favourite spreadsheet
36. Create scoresheets
Actually capturing the results of a test requires a scoresheet for a
particular class and test.
You can use a test for multiple classes just make multiple
scoresheets
37. Create scoresheets
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Click on the Tests navigation tab and then on Marks in the subnavigation
38. Create scoresheets
You don't have any scoresheets
✔ yet so all you see is the Add
Scoresheet button – click on it
And then choose the test and
✔ class(es) that need scoresheet(s)
39. Create scoresheets
✔
You now have a scoresheet, just
select a learner to enter their
marks
40. Create scoresheets
Capture the learner's mark for
each question and click Save
Repeat for all learners
✔
✔
You now have a completed
scoresheet
42. Analyse learner's performance
Now that the learner's results are captured you can use some high
level reports that are included in FullMarks to help with identifying
particular areas in which individual learners or classes need more
support.
43. Analyse learner's performance
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Click on Reports on
the navigation tabs to
see a list of reports
✔ For example, click on Learner
Performance per Topic
44. Analyse learner's performance
Choose a class for
✔ which to generate a
report
✔
Then choose a test and
click on Generate
✔
45. Analyse learner's performance
Now you have a list of topics tested and the average mark
that each learners gets for questions that include that topic.
46. What's the point?
● Catalogue your questions
● Share your resources with your colleagues
● Help underresourced educators
● Browse questions for ideas
● Quickly adapt questions
● Discuss questions online to learn more and capture
learnings for other educators to see
● Save time setting tests
● Analyse learners performance, especially if you have
large classes
47. Accept our 5step challenge
Upload a question
Rate a question
Verify an answer
Comment on a question
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