E-Assessment as a Self-Test Quiz Tool: The Setting Features and Formative Use

Abstract

The setting features of an e-assessment can impact the adoption of the e-assessment in general and impact a learner's learning process in particular. The setting features of an e-assessment which is used as a self-test quiz tool are reviewed and examined in this paper. A survey questionnaire was administered to 324 students to gather their perceptions on the setting features of the e-assessment system. It was found that time duration is an important factor. The instructor should be more careful when setting the duration for a self-test online quiz tool to serve the formative purpose. An online assessment can serve the formative as well as the summative purpose of assessment depending on how the setting features are customised. Proper settings should be used to facilitate learning if online assessment is to be used as a self-test quiz tool to serve the formative purposes.