Pros and Cons of EzTest Online at dokwayne.com

Now, students can take quizzes or exams anywhere they are as long as they have access to the internet.

Eztestonline is a site by McGraw Hill. It is an academic support for instructors as well as students. Now, students can take quizzes or exams anywhere they are as long they have access to the internet. The online test allows instructors to prepare tests of any type — alternative type or even essay type questions. They might take the questions from the test bank provided by McGraw Hill, formulate their own questions or import questions from a text file. Its convenience lies on the checking. The system does the checking. A grade book where scores are stored can be downloaded in an excel file and then incorporated to the class record.

I started using eztestonline almost 2 years ago. It took me a couple of years to familiarize the system. Now, almost all of the subjects I teach such as management information systems, professional salesmanship, special topics in human resources management, organizational development, recruitment and selection, human behavior in organization, market research and development, and feasibility study have eztestonline. My students can partake in the quiz at their convenience.

Cheating and unnecessary collaboration of students during the test can be minimized through settings. Online settings can be time pressured, one way navigation, and one submission only.

There are, of course, disadvantages of online test aside from dishonesty. Physical risks such as power failure, slow computer, slow internet access or bandwidth. Since, my students are business majors they should know how to take the risks. After all, business is risk.

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