Digital Platform For Online Exams And Assessment

Business Requirements

Online Exams
during pandemic

Lack of Secure
system

Lack metacognition
level study

What was the Problem?

The client realised that while there were many LMS and education based applications present in the market, institutes did not have a digital platform where they could conduct online exams of the students. Due to the global pandemic and the impositions of lockdown in the Canada, it became impossible for educational institutes to conduct offline exams and thus, client saw this opportunity and thought of creating an online platform where institutes can conduct online exams and also assess the students’ performance.

Online exams
platform

All-inclusive
platform

Course Specific
Assessments

And What was the Need?

With the clear pain point the market and the opportunity of serving various institutes and schools with a digital platform to conduct secure and user-friendly online exams; client contacted us with the requirement of a web application to fill the market gap. Client wanted us to create an online portal that he could provide to the open market and make fortune from one of a kind solution. The platform would have three types of users namely Admin (client), institute user and students. Apart from that, the system would provide test creation, assessment and reporting modules.

What Zealous Proposed?

Integration of Bloom’s taxonomy

We suggested that the online exam portal will have automated assessment of questions and decide outcomes based on Bloom’s taxonomy.

Student’s metacognition analysis

To understand the reaction of students during the exams and to get an insight, we suggested including an automated metacogniton analysis while the students’ took the test.

AI import feature

Not only can institutes create different types of question banks with various types of questions, they can also import questions from images and PDFs by using AI import capabilities.

The Journey

1. Client Briefing

Various online meetings were conducted with client by a team of experienced Business Analysts and a Project Manager.
2. NFP development

Based on the client’s elaborative requirements, a flawless NFP of the system was created with multiple iterations.
3. Document of Scope

Based on the minutes of the meetings and NFP, a detailed scope document was prepared.
4. Development

With the use of agile methodology, an exam assessment portal was prepared for the client by our expert developers.
5. Data management system:

After developing the portal, data architecture and data management system with analytical capabilities were developed.

A Tough Fight

Conventional challenges are mere business opportunities in the virtual world

Since the online portal was one of a kind, system process was full of challenges. Right from creating an analytical system with inclusion of student’s metacognition level assessment to implementation of Bloom’s taxonomy to inclusion of different types of question layouts and formats, the team had to work on multiple challenges simultaneously.

By understanding the client requirements better and establishing a centre of excellence to understand and implement each feature, our developers took a collaborative approach in developing this unique and all-inclusive online exam assessment portal.