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Web‐based tutoring and testing in a computer networks course
Author(s) -
Kayssi Ayman,
ElHajj Ali,
El Assir Mahmoud,
Sayyid Ramzi
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
computer applications in engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.478
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1099-0542
pISSN - 1061-3773
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0542(1999)7:1<1::aid-cae1>3.0.co;2-2
Subject(s) - computer science , scripting language , grading (engineering) , interface (matter) , microsoft windows , world wide web , web application , vbscript , database , operating system , multimedia , software , civil engineering , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method , engineering
In this article, a Web interface for a course on computer networks is presented. This Web interface integrates course material, student registration, objective exams, and grading. The system uses a Microsoft Access database that stores information about students, including status and grades, and a collection of questions for the quizzes and the final exam from which a random sample is chosen to generate a test dynamically. Options included in the package are open‐book versus closed‐book exams, timed exams versus open‐time exams, and penalty versus no penalty in grading. The implementation relies on scripts written in Microsoft Visual Basic that query and update the Access database, all running under the Windows NT operating system. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 7: 1–7, 1999