Package org.osid.assessment

package org.osid.assessment

The Open Service Interface Definitions for the org.osid.assessment service.

The Assessment OSID provides the means to create, access, and take assessments. An Assessment may represent a quiz, survey, or other evaluation that includes assessment Items . The OSID defines methods to describe the flow of control and the relationships among the objects. Assessment Items are extensible objects to capture various types of questions, such as a multiple choice or an asset submission.

The Assessment service can br broken down into several distinct services:

• Assessment Taking
• Assessment and Item authoring
• Accessing and managing banks of assessments and items

Each of these service areas are covered by different session and object interfaces. The object interfaces describe both the structure of the assessment and follow an assessment management workflow of first defining assessment items and then authoring assessments based on those items. They are:

• Item : a question and answer pair
• Response : a response to an Item question
• Assessment : a set of Items
• AssessmentSection : A grouped set of Items
• AssessmentOffering : An Assessment available for taking
• AssessmentTaken : An AssessmentOffering that has been completed or in progress

Taking Assessments

The AssessmentSession is used to take an assessment. It captures various ways an assessment can be taken which may include time constraints, the ability to suspend and resume, and the availability of an answer.

Taking an Assessment involves first navigating through AssessmentSections . An AssessmentSection is an advanced authoring construct used to both visually divide an Assessment and impose additional constraints. Basic assessments are assumed to always have one AssessmentSection even if not explicitly created.

Authoring

A basic authoring session is available in this package to map Items to Assessments . More sophisticated authoring using AssessmentParts and sequencing is available in the Assessment Authoring OSID.

Bank Cataloging

Assessments , AssessmentsOffered , AssessmentsTaken , and Items may be organized into federateable catalogs called Banks .

Sub Packages

The Assessment OSID includes an Assessment Authoring OSID for more advanced authoring and sequencing options.

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Related Packages

Package	Description
org.osid	The Open Service Interface Definitions for the org.osid service.
org.osid.assessment.authoring	The Open Service Interface Definitions for the org.osid.assessment.authoring service.
org.osid.assessment.batch	The Open Service Interface Definitions for the org.osid.assessment.batch service.
org.osid.assessment.records

Interfaces

Class	Description
Answer	An Answer represents the question portion of an assessment item.
AnswerForm	This is the form for creating and updating Answers .
AnswerList	Like all OsidLists , AnswerList provides a means for accessing Answer elements sequentially either one at a time or many at a time.
AnswerQuery	This is the query for searching answers.
AnswerQueryInspector	The query inspectors provide a means of accessing the match terms of a query.
AnswerSearchOrder	An interface for specifying the ordering of search results.
Assessment	An Assessment represents a sequence of assessment items.
AssessmentAdminSession	This session creates, updates, and deletes Assessments .
AssessmentBankAssignmentSession	This session provides methods to re-assign Assessments to Banks .
AssessmentBankSession	This session provides methods to retrieve Assessment to Bank mappings.
AssessmentBasicAuthoringSession	This session defines methods to manage assessment items in an assessment.
AssessmentForm	This is the form for creating and updating Assessments .
AssessmentList	Like all OsidLists , AssessmentList provides a means for accessing Assessment elements sequentially either one at a time or many at a time.
AssessmentLookupSession	This session defines methods for retrieving assessments.
AssessmentManager	The assessment manager provides access to assessment sessions and provides interoperability tests for various aspects of this service.
AssessmentNotificationSession	This session defines methods to receive notifications on adds/changes to Assessment objects in this Bank .
AssessmentOffered	An AssessmentOffered represents a sequence of assessment items.
AssessmentOfferedAdminSession	This session creates, updates, and deletes AssessmentsOffered .
AssessmentOfferedBankAssignmentSession	This session provides methods to re-assign AssessmentOffered objects to Banks .
AssessmentOfferedBankSession	This session provides methods to retrieve AssessmentOffered to Bank mappings.
AssessmentOfferedForm	This is the form for creating and updating an AssessmentOffered .
AssessmentOfferedList	Like all OsidLists , AssessmentOfferedList provides a means for accessing AssessmentTaken elements sequentially either one at a time or many at a time.
AssessmentOfferedLookupSession	This session defines methods for retrieving assessments offered.
AssessmentOfferedNotificationSession	This session defines methods to receive notifications on adds/changes to AssessmentOffered objects in this Bank .
AssessmentOfferedQuery	This is the query for searching assessments.
AssessmentOfferedQueryInspector	The query inspectors provide a means of accessing the match terms of a query.
AssessmentOfferedQuerySession	This session provides methods for querying AssessmentOffered objects.
AssessmentOfferedReceiver	The assessment receiver is the consumer supplied interface for receiving notifications pertaining to new, updated or deleted AssessmentOffered objects.
AssessmentOfferedSearch	AssessmentOfferedSearch defines the interface for specifying assessment search options.
AssessmentOfferedSearchOrder	An interface for specifying the ordering of search results.
AssessmentOfferedSearchResults	This interface provides a means to capture results of a search.
AssessmentOfferedSearchSession	This session provides methods for searching among AssessmentOffered objects.
AssessmentOfferedSmartBankSession	This session manages queries and sequencing to create "smart" dynamic catalogs.
AssessmentProfile	The AssessmentProfile describes the interoperability among assessment services.
AssessmentProxyManager	The assessment manager provides access to assessment sessions and provides interoperability tests for various aspects of this service.
AssessmentQuery	This is the query for searching assessments.
AssessmentQueryInspector	The query inspectors provide a means of accessing the match terms of a query.
AssessmentQuerySession	This session provides methods for querying Assessment objects.
AssessmentReceiver	The assessment receiver is the consumer supplied interface for receiving notifications pertaining to new, updated or deleted Assessment objects.
AssessmentResultsSession	This session is used to access the tested assessment items and their associated responses.
AssessmentSearch	AssessmentSearch defines the interface for specifying assessment search options.
AssessmentSearchOrder	An interface for specifying the ordering of search results.
AssessmentSearchResults	This interface provides a means to capture results of a search.
AssessmentSearchSession	This session provides methods for searching among Assessment objects.
AssessmentSection	Represents an assessment section.
AssessmentSectionList	Like all OsidLists , AssessmentSectionList provides a means for accessing AssessmentSection elements sequentially either one at a time or many at a time.
AssessmentSession	This session is used to take an assessment.
AssessmentSmartBankSession	This session manages queries and sequencing to create "smart" dynamic catalogs.
AssessmentTaken	Represents a taken assessment or an assessment in progress.
AssessmentTakenAdminSession	This session creates, updates, and deletes AssessmentsTaken .
AssessmentTakenBankAssignmentSession	This session provides methods to re-assign AssessmentTaken objects to Banks .
AssessmentTakenBankSession	This session provides methods to retrieve AssessmentTaken to Bank mappings.
AssessmentTakenForm	This is the form for creating and updating an AssessmentTaken .
AssessmentTakenList	Like all OsidLists , AssessmentTakenList provides a means for accessing AssessmentTaken elements sequentially either one at a time or many at a time.
AssessmentTakenLookupSession	This session defines methods for retrieving assessments taken.
AssessmentTakenNotificationSession	This session defines methods to receive notifications on adds/changes to AssessmentTaken objects in this Bank .
AssessmentTakenQuery	This is the query for searching assessments.
AssessmentTakenQueryInspector	The query inspectors provide a means of accessing the match terms of a query.
AssessmentTakenQuerySession	This session provides methods for searching among AssessmentTaken objects.
AssessmentTakenReceiver	The assessment receiver is the consumer supplied interface for receiving notifications pertaining to new, updated or deleted AssessmentTaken objects.
AssessmentTakenSearch	AssessmentTakenSearch defines the interface for specifying assessment search options.
AssessmentTakenSearchOrder	An interface for specifying the ordering of search results.
AssessmentTakenSearchResults	This interface provides a means to capture results of a search.
AssessmentTakenSearchSession	This session provides methods for searching among AssessmentTaken objects.
AssessmentTakenSmartBankSession	This session manages queries and sequencing to create "smart" dynamic catalogs.
Bank	A bank defines a collection of assessments and items.
BankAdminSession	This session creates, updates, and deletes Banks .
BankForm	This is the form for creating and updating banks.
BankHierarchyDesignSession	This session defines methods for managing a hierarchy of Bank objects.
BankHierarchySession	This session defines methods for traversing a hierarchy of Bank objects.
BankList	Like all OsidLists , BankList provides a means for accessing Bank elements sequentially either one at a time or many at a time.
BankLookupSession	This session provides methods for retrieving Bank objects.
BankNode	This interface is a container for a partial hierarchy retrieval.
BankNodeList	Like all OsidLists , BankNodeList provides a means for accessing BankNode elements sequentially either one at a time or many at a time.
BankNotificationSession	This session defines methods to receive notifications on adds/changes to Bank objects.
BankQuery	This is the query for searching banks Each method specifies an AND term while multiple invocations of the same method produce a nested OR .
BankQueryInspector	The query inspectors provide a means of accessing the match terms of a query.
BankQuerySession	This session provides methods for searching among Bank objects.
BankReceiver	The bank receiver is the consumer supplied interface for receiving notifications pertaining to new, updated, or deleted Bank objects.
BankSearch	The interface for governing bank searches.
BankSearchOrder	An interface for specifying the ordering of search results.
BankSearchResults	This interface provides a means to capture results of a search.
BankSearchSession	This session provides methods for searching among Bank objects.
Item	An Item represents an individual assessment item such as a question.
ItemAdminSession	This session creates, updates, and deletes Items .
ItemBankAssignmentSession	This session provides methods to re-assign Items to Banks .
ItemBankSession	This session provides methods to retrieve Item to Bank mappings.
ItemForm	This is the form for creating and updating Items .Like all OsidForm objects, various data elements may be set here for use in the create and update methods in the ItemAdminSession .
ItemList	Like all OsidLists , ItemList provides a means for accessing Item elements sequentially either one at a time or many at a time.
ItemLookupSession	This session provides methods for retrieving Item objects.
ItemNotificationSession	This session defines methods to receive asynchronous notifications on adds/changes to Item objects.
ItemQuery	This is the query for searching items.
ItemQueryInspector	The query inspectors provide a means of accessing the match terms of a query.
ItemQuerySession	This session provides methods for searching Item objects.
ItemReceiver	The item receiver is the consumer supplied interface for receiving notifications pertaining to new, updated or deleted Items .
ItemSearch	ItemSearch defines the interface for specifying item search options.
ItemSearchOrder	An interface for specifying the ordering of search results.
ItemSearchResults	This interface provides a means to capture results of a search.
ItemSearchSession	This session provides methods for searching Item objects.
ItemSmartBankSession	This session manages queries and sequencing to create "smart" dynamic catalogs.
MyAssessmentTakenSession	This session defines methods for retrieving assessments taken by the authenticated agent.
Question	A Question represents the question portion of an assessment item.
QuestionForm	This is the form for creating and updating Questions .
QuestionList	Like all OsidLists , QuestionList provides a means for accessing Question elements sequentially either one at a time or many at a time.
QuestionQuery	This is the query for searching questions.
QuestionQueryInspector	The query inspectors provide a means of accessing the match terms of a query.
QuestionSearchOrder	An interface for specifying the ordering of search results.
Response	A response to an assessment item.
ResponseList	Like all OsidLists , ResponseList provides a means for accessing Response elements sequentially either one at a time or many at a time.