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Automatic marking with Sakai

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SAICSIT '08: Proceedings of the 2008 annual research conference of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists on IT research in developing countries: riding the wave of technology

Pages 229 - 236

https://doi.org/10.1145/1456659.1456686

Published: 06 October 2008 Publication History

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Large student numbers often drive teaching staff to consider greater degrees of automation of assessment activities. In introductory Computer Science classes - where submitted programs need to repeatedly be compiled, executed and tested -automation is an obvious route to investigate. This paper reports on an experimental automation system for assessing programming assignments, and its integration with the open source Sakai learning management system. While the system has been an administrative success, feedback from students has identified numerous areas for improvement at the interface of the student and the automatic marker. Furthermore, the use of automation has highlighted the need for teaching software development methodology from an early stage.

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Index Terms

Automatic marking with Sakai
1. Applied computing
  1. Education
    1. Computer-managed instruction
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education

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SAICSIT '08: Proceedings of the 2008 annual research conference of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists on IT research in developing countries: riding the wave of technology

October 2008

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ISBN:9781605582863

DOI:10.1145/1456659

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