An Assessment service supports the use
of automated assessments.
The key functions for an assessment service
are:
- Storing, retrieving, deleting and updating Items (individual questions)
- Storing, retrieving, deleting and updating Sections (groups of questions)
- Storing, retrieving, deleting and updating Assessments (groups of sections or
questions)
- Publishing Assessments against a Course, Module, or other unit of learning
- Storing and retrieving Results from Assessments
Specifications with applicability to this
area are:
- IMS Question and Test Interoperability (QTI) provides data models for assessments,
sections, items, and results reports
- OKI Assessment OSID provides APIs for managing banks of items, sections, and
assessments, and for publishing assessments
Related services are:
