OSID — Assessment Entities

Question

Osid Object

A Question represents the question portion of an assessment item. Like all OSID objects, a Question is identified by its Id and any persisted references should use the Id.

Inherited elements

Name	Syntax	Many	Description
Identifiable
`id`	id		the `Id`
Extensible
`recordTypes`	type	⋆	the record types available
Browsable
`properties`	Property	⋆	a list of properties
OsidObject
`displayName`	displaytext		the display name
`description`	displaytext		the description
`genusType`	type		the genus type of this object

Answer

Osid Object

An Answer represents the question portion of an assessment item. Like all OSID objects, an Answer is identified by its Id and any persisted references should use the Id.

Inherited elements

Name	Syntax	Many	Description
Identifiable
`id`	id		the `Id`
Extensible
`recordTypes`	type	⋆	the record types available
Browsable
`properties`	Property	⋆	a list of properties
OsidObject
`displayName`	displaytext		the display name
`description`	displaytext		the description
`genusType`	type		the genus type of this object

Item

Osid Object Aggregateable

An Item represents an individual assessment item such as a question. Like all OSID objects, a Item is identified by its Id and any persisted references should use the Id.

An Item is composed of a Question and an Answer.

Inherited elements

Name	Syntax	Many	Description
Identifiable
`id`	id		the `Id`
Extensible
`recordTypes`	type	⋆	the record types available
Browsable
`properties`	Property	⋆	a list of properties
OsidObject
`displayName`	displaytext		the display name
`description`	displaytext		the description
`genusType`	type		the genus type of this object

Name	Syntax	Many	Description
`learningObjectiveIds`	id	⋆	the learning objective `Ids`
`learningObjectives`	Objective	⋆	the learning objectives
`questionId`	id		the question `Id`
`question`	Question		the question
`answerIds`	id	⋆	the answer `Ids`
`answers`	Answer	⋆	the answers

Assessment

Osid Object

An Assessment represents a sequence of assessment items. Like all OSID objects, an Assessment is identified by its Id and any persisted references should use the Id.

An Assessment may have an accompanying rubric used for assessing performance. The rubric assessment is established canonically in this Assessment.

Inherited elements

Name	Syntax	Many	Description
Identifiable
`id`	id		the `Id`
Extensible
`recordTypes`	type	⋆	the record types available
Browsable
`properties`	Property	⋆	a list of properties
OsidObject
`displayName`	displaytext		the display name
`description`	displaytext		the description
`genusType`	type		the genus type of this object

Name	Syntax	Description
`levelId`	id	a grade `Id`
`level`	Grade	the level
`hasRubric`	boolean	`true` if a rubric is available, `false` otherwise
`rubricId`	id	an assessment `Id`
`rubric`	Assessment	the assessment

Assessment Offered

Osid Object Subjugateable

An AssessmentOffered represents a sequence of assessment items. Like all OSID objects, an AssessmentOffered is identified by its Id and any persisted references should use the Id.

Inherited elements

Name	Syntax	Many	Description
Identifiable
`id`	id		the `Id`
Extensible
`recordTypes`	type	⋆	the record types available
Browsable
`properties`	Property	⋆	a list of properties
OsidObject
`displayName`	displaytext		the display name
`description`	displaytext		the description
`genusType`	type		the genus type of this object

Name	Syntax	Description
`assessmentId`	id	the assessment id
`assessment`	Assessment	the assessment
`levelId`	id	a grade id
`level`	Grade	the level
`areItemsSequential`	boolean	`true` if the items are taken sequentially, `false` if the items can be skipped and revisited
`areItemsShuffled`	boolean	`true` if the items appear in a random order, `false` otherwise
`hasStartTime`	boolean	`true` if there is a fixed start time, `false` otherwise
`startTime`	datetime	the designated start time
`hasDeadline`	boolean	`true` if there is a fixed end time, `false` otherwise
`deadline`	datetime	the designated end time
`hasDuration`	boolean	`true` if there is a fixed duration, `false` otherwise
`duration`	duration	the duration
`isScored`	boolean	`true` if this assessment will be scored `false` otherwise
`scoreSystemId`	id	the grade system `Id`
`scoreSystem`	GradeSystem	the grade system
`isGraded`	boolean	`true` if this assessment will be graded, `false` otherwise
`gradeSystemId`	id	the grade system `Id`
`gradeSystem`	GradeSystem	the grade system
`hasRubric`	boolean	`true` if a rubric is available, `false` otherwise
`rubricId`	id	an assessment offered `Id`
`rubric`	AssessmentOffered	the assessment offered

Assessment Taken

Osid Object

Represents a taken assessment or an assessment in progress.

Inherited elements

Name	Syntax	Many	Description
Identifiable
`id`	id		the `Id`
Extensible
`recordTypes`	type	⋆	the record types available
Browsable
`properties`	Property	⋆	a list of properties
OsidObject
`displayName`	displaytext		the display name
`description`	displaytext		the description
`genusType`	type		the genus type of this object

Name	Syntax	Description
`assessmentOfferedId`	id	the assessment offered `Id`
`assessmentOffered`	AssessmentOffered	the assessment offered
`takerId`	id	the resource `Id`
`taker`	Resource	the resource
`takingAgentId`	id	the agent `Id`
`takingAgent`	Agent	the agent
`hasStarted`	boolean	`true` if the assessment has begun, `false` otherwise
`actualStartTime`	datetime	the start time
`hasEnded`	boolean	`true` if the assessment has ended, `false` otherwise
`completionTime`	datetime	the end time
`timeSpent`	duration	the total time spent
`completion`	cardinal	the percent complete (0-100)
`isScored`	boolean	`true` if a score is available, `false` otherwise
`scoreSystemId`	id	the grade system
`scoreSystem`	GradeSystem	the grade system
`score`	decimal	the score
`isGraded`	boolean	`true` if a grade is available, `false` otherwise
`gradeId`	id	the grade
`grade`	Grade	the grade
`feedback`	displaytext	comments
`hasRubric`	boolean	`true` if a rubric is available, `false` otherwise
`rubricId`	id	an assessment taken `Id`
`rubric`	AssessmentTaken	the assessment taken

Assessment Section

Osid Object

Represents an assessment section. An assessment section represents a cluster of questions used to organize the execution of an assessment. The section is the student aspect of an assessment part.

Inherited elements

Name	Syntax	Many	Description
Identifiable
`id`	id		the `Id`
Extensible
`recordTypes`	type	⋆	the record types available
Browsable
`properties`	Property	⋆	a list of properties
OsidObject
`displayName`	displaytext		the display name
`description`	displaytext		the description
`genusType`	type		the genus type of this object

Name	Syntax	Description
`assessmentTakenId`	id	the assessment taken `Id`
`assessmentTaken`	AssessmentTaken	the assessment taken
`hasAllocatedTime`	boolean	`true` if this section has an allocated time, `false` otherwise
`allocatedTime`	duration	allocated time
`areItemsSequential`	boolean	`true` if the items are taken sequentially, `false` if the items can be skipped and revisited
`areItemsShuffled`	boolean	`true` if the items appear in a random order, `false` otherwise

Bank

Osid Catalog

A bank defines a collection of assessments and items.

Inherited elements

Name	Syntax	Many	Description
Identifiable
`id`	id		the `Id`
Extensible
`recordTypes`	type	⋆	the record types available
Browsable
`properties`	Property	⋆	a list of properties
OsidObject
`displayName`	displaytext		the display name
`description`	displaytext		the description
`genusType`	type		the genus type of this object
Sourceable
`providerId`	id		the provider `Id`
`provider`	Resource		the provider
`brandingIds`	id	⋆	a list of asset `Ids`
`branding`	Asset	⋆	a list of assets
`license`	displaytext		the license

Assessment

Taking Assessments

Authoring

Bank Cataloging

Sub Packages

Question

Answer

Item

Assessment

Assessment Offered

Assessment Taken

Assessment Section

Bank