Doing Tests Remotely

Y9 had a unit test coming up and I wanted a way to see their working and time the test.

First Problem- where to set it?

Forms was my first thought as it is in teams already, but they are not sufficiently skilled at typing maths

Printing and uploading is a no go as the majority don't have printers

Dr Frost was my next port of call, but our unit test papers are copyrighted

In the end I settled on and combination of private Desmos activity and Forms.

Solution

Students open a Forms assignment to get the link to the test and then come back and add their completion code to the form, which lets me know how long it took them.

Second Problem - how to lock the test?

An amount of googling happened for this one, but I found some code

Solution

After creating a turn in button at the end the answers will be hidden once it is pressed.

// hidden: turnin.pressCount>0

Third Problem - Marking the work

I wanted a way to have each students working and answers on one page to make marking easier.

Solution

I named each answer box and then on pressing the completion code button all the answers are pulled through to the final slide

// answer1=answerbox1.content

// content:

// when turnin.pressCount>0

// "Question 1

// ${answer1}"

// otherwise ""

My husband who is a much more competent programmer than me says it could be more elegant, but I was happy to figure it out!

Here is the link to a blank template if you don't want to figure it out.

https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/6026974937ed3c0b69e4f569

Just have to mark the tests now, but that will be a lovely half term treat :D