Online exam for distance educators using moodle

Online examinations may be administered manually by teachers sending out questions through instant messaging, email, and forums, and students sending their replies to the questions. They may be also administered using existing online examination systems, which can automate the exam grading process depending on the exam question type. The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) uses Moodle as its main learning management system (LMS) platform. In Moodle, there is a Quiz module, which enables administration of online examinations within the online classrooms. Nevertheless, not all online exams within UPOU are administered through Moodle. This study aims to determine the features of an online examination system desired by the teachers in the university. To achieve this, a survey and technology demonstration of the Moodle Quiz module in Moodle was developed. The survey was in the form of an online exam wherein the questions demonstrated the question types available in the Quiz module and inquired the teachers regarding the features they want to be implemented in an online examination system. The result is a proposal document for an online examination system for the university.