In Quiz, There are 5 questions we created and set the timer for Entire quiz.
When Students attempt the quiz, after student answered the first question and click on "Next question", we want to track the "How much time student took to answer that particular question" and we want to see that in Quiz Reports.
Please tell me how to implement this ?
Hi, Our client want this feature. We need to display the time taken per question in Reports. please tell me what code changes / plugin i need to make for this?
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=147702
Why does your client want this feature?
Consider this scenario. Your very best student (based on their score) finishes each question in 10 minutes. Your second-best student finishes each question in 5 minutes. Your worst student finishes each question in 1 minute. Your second-worst student finishes each question in 10 minutes. What does this tell you?
hi, client is telling like, if someone finishes it in less time, he is having more knowledge on the subject. so we have no option left now other than implementing time taken per question. is there any plugin that ll help us? or how tough is to implement this ?
@all
I don't know why this discussion gets longer and longer. The answer is pretty simple:
Source: Re: Time taken for each question
(@Marcus, thanks for the link.)
Well, it was said 14 years ago. @Tim, could you confirm that it is still true?
2. Feature request
So, what we are discussing is a feature request.
@Vikey, This is how I understand your sketch.
Now, given x, t and T, we need a formula for the measure of "combined goodness" of the candidate.
We know:
x : higher, the better
t : lower the better
T : higher the better
That's all we know. @Vikey, what is the formula you have in your design?
First question :
Quiz Start : 12 : 10 : 05
1st question’s answer saved : 12 : 10 : 25
TIME TAKEN = 00 : 00 : 20
Second question :
Quiz start : 12 : 10 : 05
2nd question end : 12 : 10 : 55
TIME TAKEN = [ 12 : 10 : 55 - 12 : 10 : 25 ] = 00 : 00 : 30
Formula – [ current question’s Answer saved - previous question answer saved ]
Seems to me, they might be able to get more, "meaningful information," by using, Degrees of Certainty with student feedback (deferred), or something similar.
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t/T | 1 + log(T/t)
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1.0 | 1.00
0.5 | 1.30
0.2 | 1.70
0.1 | 2.00
Looks rather interesting, but since I no longer teach, it is just too much trouble to pretend to be a number of different students, to try and see what results come from trying to test something like your example. When I was teaching, my Advanced Computer Applications students used to love to help me test stuff like this. I remember during a couple of Quality Assurance test cycles they helped me complete over 150 of the tests. Now, by myself, during the recent 4.5 cycle, I logged in and had to quit half way through the first test I attempted, due to my ongoing eye problems.
I have always wondered though, which would you rather have? A doctor who "zoomed" through all their quizzes during training, or one who took their time and made sure their answers were correct, and more importantly, surgeries we done correctly? And being a retired helicopter instructor pilot, same question for the pilot up front doing the driving? I knew too many pilots, that when they were flying in the simulator without an instructor, they would just "play around" instead of doing the required instrument flight training.
Hello Vickey,
There are cases where it's irrelevant—and therefore unnecessary—to record the time spent on each question, let alone assign a bonus for it. However, there may be instances where this is useful, and I imagine this is the case for you.
Writing a plugin to account for all the possible parameters a quiz might have would likely be a significant undertaking. However, a client-side solution for specific parameters is feasible.
Let's assume that security isn't a primary concern. Since time is being tracked, students probably won't waste time trying to alter the JavaScript.
Let's also assume that each question appears on a separate page, which simplifies the process as we only need to monitor page progress. Recording the time spent on each question would be challenging if multiple questions were on the same page.
Additionally, assume for now the quiz navigation is sequential, meaning students cannot go back. This simplifies the code.
Finally, suppose we want to award a bonus for each question if it’s completed quickly.
With these assumptions, writing a simple script to handle this seems like a straightforward task—a tailored solution for a specific need. It may not be perfect, but it’s better than nothing.