First digital Ans exam on campus
An important milestone was reached when the first digital Ans exam was conducted on campus with about 50 students in a secure environment on Friday 2 December. Over the past few months, the project team has been working hard on adjustments to make this possible. We are happy to report that this went well and both lecturers and students were very satisfied.
"Big advantage for us is that we can now do all assessments, both exercises and summative assessments, in one tool," lecturers Alfred Schouten and Mark van de Ruit (3mE) explain. "We have been working with Ans for a while and find it much more user-friendly than Möbius". The exam was for the course System Identification and Parameter Estimation.
There is also an important feature available in Ans that was not available in Möbius, Alfred and Mark discovered. It is now possible to check which common mistakes were made, which helps to instruct students even better.
For the students, the difference was not that big. They said the look and feel was quite similar to that of Möbius. This is a good thing because it means a smooth transition from Möbius to Ans. Everything worked well and there were no problems.
Lecturers have been contacted by the DigitalExam desk if they are working with Möbius and the project team thinks their assessments are suitable for transferring to Ans. The migration will be largely automatic, but some preparation is needed, as well as checks afterwards. Support will be available.
The focus will be on getting most of the assessments from Möbius to Ans by Q3 (end February 2023).
After the migration of the Möbius assessments, the project team will also look at summative assessments in Brightspace and tools like Zesje and make a plan for migrating the assessments from these tools to Ans.
On this intranet page, you will find more information about the project, the approach and schedule, and answers to frequently asked questions. You will also find contact details to contact if you have any questions or concerns.
