That helps to identify areas of misconception for students, to focus the answers better and to replace inactive answers with new ones. Once created, online tests can be effectively administrated. An instructor can limit or keep open the date, time and duration of the test available online to students. The earned score for each question can be withheld or released to the student at the completion of each question. Online testing is very effective for international Distance Learning environments where all contacts between a student and instructor are in electronic form.
Collected statistics add verification to the established quality assurance procedures.
Communications An instructor can direct communication with students via a bulletin board, private mail, whiteboard, chat and student's tips. Among them, a student tip displayed at the login time is the best active tool to draw students' attention to a short announcement. All student tips remain stored and available to a student. A bulletin board is a passive tool to disseminate messages. The internal private mail system serves as a communication tool for direct person to person messages.