This document proposes the development of an Online Examination System (OES) for Pondicherry University. It outlines the objectives of assessing students' learning and test-taking skills through multiple choice, true/false, and other interactive question types at different difficulty levels. It describes the system architecture, roles and interfaces for administrators, instructors and students. It also provides cost estimates for content generation, development, and other project expenses, totaling 31 lakhs. Translations to other languages and future Moodle integration are mentioned.

1. Submitted by
M. Shuaib Mohamed Haneef, Lecturer
Dept. of Mass Communication, Centre for Electronic Media
Pondicherry University-Pondicherry

2. M. Shuaib Mohamed Haneef
Lecturer, Dept. of Mass Commn, Centre for Electronic
Media, Pondicherry University, Puducherry
Teaching – 6+ years
Journalism – 2.5 years
E-learning industry – 5 years (Instructional Design
Manager/Project Manager)
- Sify elearning
- Hurix Pvt Ltd
- Aptech
- Interakt

3. Dr S Arul Selvan
Reader,
Centre for Electronic Media, Pondicherry
University, Puducherry
Formerly with Tamil Nadu Open University
Exp. in e-learning project execution
UNESCO consultant

4. Assess students on specific learning objectives with
respect to corresponding subjects
Score their performance in continuous assessments
and main exams – no room for essay type questions
(short answers can be tried out)
Develop students’ test taking skills
To provide training to faculty through workshops on
how to use the OES to conduct online exams

5. OES
Content
Structure

6. To evaluate students at Knowledge and
Comprehension level
- Multiple Choice
- True or False
- Fill-in-the Blanks

7. To evaluate students at comprehension and application level
- Scenario-based questions
- Simulation-based activities
- Sequencing
Other level 1 interactive questions – puzzle, crossword and
any other creative question types (initially limited to 10 or 12 types
including paragraph)

8. Difficulty Level/Depth of
Knowledge
Requirement Being able to
Easy: knowledge; recall recalls facts, information,
procedures, definitions
define, name, select,
state, order, one step
Medium: comprehension;
basic application of a skill or
concept
translates, comprehends,
or interprets information
apply, choose, compute,
interpret, practice,
Hard:
analysis; strategic thinking
distinguishes, classifies,
uses reasoning, has some
complexity
compare, contrast,
correlate, differentiate,
examine

9. Difficulty
level
percentage
EASY 30%
MEDIUM 40%
HARD 30%

10. - Creating questions on Journalism, Communication
and New Media Studies
- Collaborating with three to five institutions in
generating questions
- Checklist/SME guidelines will be prepared
- Review guidelines will also be prepared separately

11. Structure
GUI design
Architecture

12. -Design templates for each question format will be
prepared
-Questions will be either Text only or Art only or Text
and Graphic

13. Text only template
Submit Submit

14. -System Admin
-Test Admin
-Instructor
-Student

15. - Test Admin
Course Name Exam Title
Total Questions Exam Date Exam Time

16. -Instructor Admin
Add more images

17. Server Side: .NET, My SQL
Client Side: Windows XP or above, IE 6.0 or above,
Fire fox 2.0 or above, Microsoft Office 2000 or above
and Acrobat Reader 5.0 or above for viewing reports
Phase 1 – Login, System Admin, Test Admin
UAT
Phase 2 – Instructor and Student Modules
Integration and UAT

18. Content:
Subject Matter Experts from Pondicherry University and
other universities in India
Content vetting by English and Communication
teachers

19. Content Writers: 50 (5 x 10 subjects)
Each will create 60 questions
50x10000 = 5, 00, 000
Content vetting by English and Communication
teachers
20000x3x5 = Rs 3,00,000
Total = Rs 8,00,000

20. Senior Developer from the industry - 1
Senior Developer from academics - 1
Junior Developer from academics - 1
Junior Developer from industry - 1
Graphic Designers, UI designers – 3

21. Senior Developer from the industry – 1x11x30000=3,30,000
Senior Developer from academics – 1x11x30000=3,30,000
Junior Developer from academics – 1x11x25000=2,75,000
Junior Developer from the industry - 1x11x25000=2,75,000
Graphic Designers, UI designers – 3x7x20000=
4, 20, 000
Total Rs 16,30,000

22. Contingency @10 % of project cost – 3,00,000
Consumables – 70,000
Travel – 1,00,000
Training to teachers to use OES (4 groups of 25 teachers
each) – 4x50,000=2,00,000
Infrastructure – 3, 50,000
Total Rs 6,70,000

23. Content generation – Rs 8,00,000
Design, Development & Testing – 16,30,000
Others – Rs 6,70,000
Total = Rs 31,00,000

24. Templates created will be SCORM compliant
Second stage – deployment in Moodles
Content generated in English will be translated to other
required languages