Abstract
<e-QTI> is a highly modular and extensible engine that simplifies the assessment cycle in terms of generation, execution, presentation, grading and archiving. <e-QTI> is based on the IMS QTI specification but it is able to export and import assessments represented in a wide range of formats, and also to maintain a pool of questions that can be reused in a wide variety of authoring situations. The engine is especially suited to be integrated in web-based learning platforms using well-defined interfaces, both Java-oriented and service-oriented. In this paper we describe <e-QTI>, its internal architecture and its most relevant implementation details.
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Martínez-Ortiz, I., Moreno-Ger, P., Sierra, J.L., Manjón, B.F. (2006). <e-QTI>: A Reusable Assessment Engine. In: Liu, W., Li, Q., W.H. Lau, R. (eds) Advances in Web Based Learning – ICWL 2006. ICWL 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4181. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11925293_13
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