Interactive Tutorial Support

Brief Description

The aim of the project is to develop software for administering a system for students to answer multiple-choice tutorial questions over the web. The results would be sent automatically to their PMT by the day before the tutorial meeting. By this means, students would be better prepared for the tutorial sessions and the tutors would know in advance which kind of questions students found difficult.

Benefit for the student is that they will get more from the tutorial , having thought about the topics in advance.

Benefit for the tutor is that he/she can focus the meeting on those parts of the course that students find hard and will know which student finds which topic hard.

Operation

1. New questions are available each week and students have about a week to answer them before the PMT meeting. One submission for each question is allowed (not necessarily at the same session) and a student can review their submission indefinitely (through the year!).
2. In some way the tutor can learn of the student attempts, again before the PMT session.
3. The course lecturer must have an interface for submitting questions and answers, probably in text form.
4. The course lecturer and tutors should be able to prepare summaries of usage, right and wrong answers, over the whole class.
5. Other possibilities as the group sees fit or has time for

We think that if you enjoyed the trader project last year, you may enjoy this one too.