Testing software offers multi-media exams

MRC News Brief, October 23, 1995. Vol 4, No.10.

Some Mount Royal College students are already discovering that, when it comes to exams, there are more choices than “essay” or “multiple choice.”

LXR Test is software that enables instructors to create test banks and generate tests that can include interactive components such as video and graphics, according to Steve Swettenham, Instructional Assistant in Lab Stores.

The College has a site license for the software, which means that any College instructor can have free access to LXR Test.  Chemical, Biological and Environmental Sciences instructors began working with the software last year, and the Centre for Health Studies has started using it this year.

LXR Test was purchased by Chemical, Biological and Environmental Sciences faculty who contributed to the writing of an environment textbook last year.  Part of the honorarium they received was used to purchase the software (the remainder was used to establish a scholarship fund).

Because the College has helped LXR test its software, Swettenham said LXR is providing free software updates directly from the company, and it has also allowed the College to purchase the professional scoring edition of LXR Test.

Workshops on using LXR Test are available. MRC instructors interested in using the software can call Swettenham at local 6164 or Fae Jackson in the Academic Development Centre, local 6041, for more information.