[QTI] n00b Questions

[Rowin Young]

Thanks Niall for the plug for the SIG :-)  We can be found at http://jisc.cetis.ac.uk/domain/assessment  Our meetings are free and open to anyone who would like to attend.
 
Our next meeting hasn't been formally announced yet, but it's planned for 22 May here in Glasgow.  It'll be a joint meeting of the CETIS Assessment, Enterprise and Portfolio special interest groups looking at issues of concern to all three SIGs such as the storage and movement of assessment data between systems.  I'll send more information to the list once the agenda has been confirmed and registrations are open.
 
I'm also thinking very tentatively about running an online SIG event sometime after the summer, which would obviously make participation much easier for people outside the UK - if anyone would be interested in participating in such an event or would like to suggest topics that would be useful to cover please do let me know!
 
Best wishes,
Rowin
 
Rowin Young
JISC CETIS Assessment SIG Coordinator

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From: ims-qti-bounces at lists.ucles.org.uk on behalf of Niall Barr
Sent: Tue 04/03/2008 11:20
To: IMS Question & Test Interoperability
Subject: Re: [QTI] n00b Questions



2.0 is the item specification and is the latest that is 'final', 2.1 is
very close, but not quite there due to changes in the IMS process for
approving final specifications.

If you check out Steve Lay's presentation at
http://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/Assessment_and_EC_SIGs_meeting_Feb_2008 that
gives an update on the current state of 2.1.

I don't know of any C# QTI resources that are public, but you should be
able to learn a lot by looking at the Java code at
http://www.qtitools.org/ and http://sourceforge.net/projects/apis

Questions about QTI 2.* to this list usually get quite quick answers as
well.

If you're in (or near) the UK it's quite a good idea to go to CETIS
Assessment SIG meetings too - lots of people working with QTI usually
attend. I think the next one will be in about 3 months, probably in
Edinburgh.

Niall.

Clarence Klopfstein wrote:
> Niall,
> So my task has been changed to the latest 'final' 2.x version, best I
> can tell that is 2.0 correct?
>
> Do you know of any good resources for a C# guy?
>
> - Clarence
>
> On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 8:58 PM, Clarence Klopfstein
> <cklopfstein at gmail.com> wrote:
>  
>> Niall, that link rocks.
>>
>>  Thanks for your help.
>>
>>
>>
>>  On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Niall Barr <niall at nbsoftware.com> wrote:
>>  > The item bank element is objectbank
>>  >  (http://qtitalk.nbsoftware.com/element.php?name=objectbank)
>>  >
>>  >  I think that the best way to recognize an item bank is to assume any
>>  >  file that has an objectbank node, or has multiple items directly
>>  >  contained inside the questestinterop node is an item bank.
>>  >
>>  >  I think most of the people on the list are more involved with QTI 2.*,
>>  >  but it's not usually a busy list.
>>  >
>>  >  Niall.
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >  Clarence Klopfstein wrote:
>>  >  > Do you know what the node is that says its explicitly an item bank?
>>  >  >
>>  >  > I guess a better question is, what is the best practice for
>>  >  > determining what is and what isn't an item bank?
>>  >  >
>>  >  > And thanks for your quick help!  Is this list not very active?
>>  >  >
>>  >  > - Clarence
>>  >  >
>>  >  > On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Niall Barr <niall at nbsoftware.com> wrote:
>>  >  >
>>  >  >> If there's no assessment node it is usually either an item bank or an
>>  >  >>  individual item, although it could be a section of an assessment. There
>>  >  >>  is an objectbank node available to explicitly say that it is an item bank.
>>  >  >>
>>  >  >>  QTI 2 was a complete rewrite, but also benefits from the experience of
>>  >  >>  working with 1.2. The basic concepts are similar however QTI 2.* is
>>  >  >>  closely tied to XHTML and removes almost all the ambiguities that caused
>>  >  >>  problems in 1.2.1.
>>  >  >>
>>  >  >>  Niall
>>  >  >>
>>  >  >>
>>  >  >>
>>  >  >>  Clarence Klopfstein wrote:
>>  >  >>  > Well that helps!  At least I now know its not me and it is the
>>  >  >>  > specification.  So if it doesn't have an assessment node, that means
>>  >  >>  > we are dealing with a question bank instead?
>>  >  >>  >
>>  >  >>  > Also, what are teh big differences between 1.2 and 2.0?
>>  >  >>  >
>>  >  >>  > On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 4:44 AM, Niall Barr <niall at nbsoftware.com> wrote:
>>  >  >>  >
>>  >  >>  >> Hi,
>>  >  >>  >>
>>  >  >>  >>  Unfortunately a big problem with version 1.2 was that the specification
>>  >  >>  >>  was very open to interpretation. When writing a converter, it is
>>  >  >>  >>  probably best to look at the items you are converting, and work from them.
>>  >  >>  >>
>>  >  >>  >>  The assessment node indicates that the items are organized into a test
>>  >  >>  >>  rather than just being a collection of items without context.
>>  >  >>  >>
>>  >  >>  >>  Niall
>>  >  >>  >>
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