The Sakai Assessment Manager—Samigo
The Sakai Assessment Manager is a Web-based CMS tool for creating, publishing, taking, and grading assessments. Supported assessment types include online tests/quizzes, homework questions, problem sets, self-study questions, compositions, projects, language drills, and surveys. Samigo also has a question pool manager for organizing and sharing questions and a template manager for creating assessment types. Samigo features include:
· Multimedia Support:
o Full WYSIWYG editing
o File and image uploads in the WYSIWYG editor
o Audio recording from the computer
o WYSIWYG editing in question texts, answer selections, feedback, comments
· Many Question Types: multiple choice (single and multiple correct), survey, true/false, matching, essay/short answer, fill-in-the-blank, file upload, audio recording
· Publishing of multiple versions of assessments to sections and groups within a class
· Flexible Assessment Organization
o One question per page, one part per page, full assessment on page
o Random access to questions by student or strict linear access with no return to previous questions
o Immediate, delayed, or no feedback to students about their responses
· Foreign Language Support (European, Asian, Semitic)
· Randomized assessment components
o Randomized question order
o Random draws of questions from question pools
o Randomized ordering of selections in multiple choice
· Greater control over timing of assessments
o Independent release date, due date and feedback delivery date
o Timed Assessments with on-screen countdown clock
§ Auto-submit will “grab” any data on the current page and submit it at the designated end time.
o Late Handling
§ Instructors can elect to not accept assessments past the due date
§ Instructors may allow for “one last chance” submission even when due date has passed. This submission will be flagged as late in grading.
· QTI formatted import and export of questions
Samigo was developed by Indiana University and Stanford University. The Stanford Project was partially funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to create a formative assessment tool.
Public release 1 2 September 2004
From ctools.umich.edu/portal?site=1065049660132-200130&page=1091326640439-1244032