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Introduction Of Online Examination

ONLINE EXAMINATION THEORY

Examination is a certain process of testing a candidate or student for particular knowledge. 

To know drawbacks of online system click Online Exam Drawbacks

If we talk about online examination then this examination process will run on computer system. 

Either online or offline examination has same objective. But there are a lot of advantage and disadvantage of both.


But still online exam is in trend.


Here in this post we will focus on online examination

Today online examinations are conducted by government organizations for recruitment of their staff and in private sector like in coaching , schools , companies or any recruitment firm.

Most of time online examination is done in terms of multiple choice questions. A candidate login and start to give a test by reading instructions.

Two approach may be consider for developing a online exam portal, first is , individual test and second is group test.

 In individual test ,after completing test, score will be display. While in group test  score will be display after particular time duration. 

A very big advantage of online examination is this ,  all participant can see their ranking from different-different locations. And data of candidates are stored online on web servers. 

There are a lot of organizations globally .They sales online examination project as a website. They also custom their website according to their clients. They also provide a white label solution for online exam.

Online examination website may start from 4-5 basic web pages to Hundreds of web pages.

 It depends upon usage of this system means where that exam portal will be used and who will use it.

So let's go in deep of online examination project.


Online Examination System Project Technical Aspect :

 The most commonly used open source programming language ,for creating online examination is, PHP. 

Yes, PHP code will be implemented in order to create an online examination and the database will be MySQL. Very easy and cheap setup for your online test project.


 This software is very useful for online examination and most importantly we can reduce the mass copying and also save the time in correction. A computer will not make a human-made mistake.

Here we have 3 different kinds of users who will use this online exam system i.e.  System admin, Teacher, and the student. 


An Admin is a technically skilled person, who has the complete authority of the system. All the master details can be added ,edited or deleted only by the system admin. 


Whereas the teacher and students need to register into the system to get complete online examination access. 


Teachers can login to the exam portal for  adding questions for the test, whereas the student has to enroll  and login to the online exam portal and answer the questions. 

The system will be accepting only those candidates who have a valid hall ticket number or credentials(username & password).


There are two types of questions pattern available for online examination.


1.       MCQ questions.


2.       Descriptive questions.



1. Multiple choice Questions.

In Multiple choice questions pattern students will be provided with multiple answers for each question where they have to pick one answer from those multiple.

2. Descriptive Questions

In descriptive questions pattern, students will have to solve the problem and answer that question in a file or big text area.

Once the online examination gets finished, all the answer will get automatically saved on system's database securely , in a prescribed manner. 

A hall ticket number or student id or say credentials will be working as a Unique identification number, where it will be easy to find out a person data, profile list and also his marks list.


However, Multiple choice answers will be directly corrected by the system by default. 

Whereas in descriptive answers, this will be manually checked by the teachers by reading one by one and provide the marks online .

As soon as admin allow to show results . Students will be able to see their exam reports on their panel after login the system.


Advantages of Online Examination System


The online examination system has moved a long way from the traditional pen and paper systems to a computerized examination system. 

This online examination mode is an emerging trend, and almost all the sectors are using this method of examining the candidates to get fast and high accuracy level. 


Here are some undoubted advantages of online examination system


1.Saves money and paper


When you are using computers for conducting an exam, then you are saving a lot of papers. Saving papers can, in turn, save those precious trees as well adhering to the go green code. 

This is the current requirement of our planet Earth.

 Apart from the paper saving aspect, an online examination can also save you a lot of money as you can stay away from the cost incurred in buying the papers.

2. Sharp time for Exam 


An online examination system deploys a timer which is set according to the time limit of the exam, and in no case, any candidate can cheat on the term of the examination. 

The timer countdown begins as soon as the exam starts and submits the exam as soon as the duration of the exam finishes, so you have a fair timed system for conducting the online examinations.

3. Fast results


When you have a paper pen examination, then you need to appoint people for checking the papers, and there are chances of mistakes. 

But when it is an online examination, the correct answers are already set in the system’s memory, and as soon as the candidate’s responses are analyzed, instant results are obtained saving a lot of time, and cost incurred for the payment of the individuals checking the papers of the candidate.

4. Security 


Online examinations are more secure than the traditional pen and paper exams as there are reduced chances of cheating and the time factor that is a vital factor from the examination point of view. 

The questions may also occur randomly thus the students cannot even try of peeping on other’s computer as they will not get anything of their use.
 
The pen paper exam can have alterations in the answers if the invigilators wish to do so, but in an online system, nobody can alter the responses of the candidate after the submission of the exam increasing the security constraint.


5. Flexibility 


In some examinations, another benefit is that the candidate can face exam from their point of convenience rather than reporting at a center which involves a long process. They just need to have a working internet system, and things can be smoother for them.

Points mentioned above are enough to explain the advantages of using the online mode over the offline mode, so a switch to the current mode of examination can be a wise step to be initiated by every examiner for having a smooth and fair examination process.



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