Here we set out a comparison of main technologies for assignments at UCL.
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| Submission options | Moodle | Turnitin Assignment (in Moodle) | Wiseflow | Reflect | MYPortfolio | Crowdmark (Departmentally managed) |
| File uploads: PDF, Word, Images. | Yes - both Assignment and Quiz activities | Yes | Yes. FLOWassign allows for PDF only, FLOWhandin for different formats (see below) | Yes but they need to be linked to or embedded into Blog posts. | Yes | Yes. Supports PDF (25MB limit), png or jpeg (12MB limit). Total file limit is unlikely to be reached for assessments (approx 500+ pages of material, both images and PDFs) |
| Interactive online questions (MCQs etc) | Yes (Quiz activity) | No | Yes (FLOWmulti only) | No | No | Yes. There is limited functionality compared to Moodle or Wiseflow in terms of marking options and types of questions. |
| Upload multiple files | Yes - both Assignment and Quiz activities | Yes - need to create a Section for each File | Yes, up to 5GB of content. FLOWassign only supports PDF (max size 200MB) for main upload, can accept other file types as appendix material. FLOWhandin will accept any file type(s) for main submission. | Yes but they need to be linked to or embedded into Blog posts. | Yes but they need to be linked to or embedded into Portfolio Pages or collections | Yes. Can upload multiple files (PDF - 25MB max, Image - 12MB max). If answers are typed in directly into text box, student can upload supplementary files in different formats (20MB limit). |
| Collaborative activity (on platform) | Yes there are a range of collaborative activities available on Moodle e.g. Wiki, Forums, Glossary, Database, Board. | Not group work but can do peer marking | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Multi-media files (video/audio) upload | Yes in Assignment but only < 500 MBMoodle Assignment up to 20GB. Upload should take place via a Media Server first (e.g. Lecturecast/ Echo360 (recommended) or Media Central) takes place using Lecturecast Echo 360 plug in. Assignment submissions are not recommended to be hosted on Media Central). | No | Yes (FLOWhandin only). Could upload multimedia files to FLOWassign as appendix material. Mp4 files can be viewed in platform. | No but can be embedded | No but can be embedded | Yes. Need to set up an online assessment with text answer questions, they can attach and upload files (20MB limit per file).Attachments generate a link for marker access. Cannot watch videos in platform, need to download. |
| Direct input of responses into text boxes. | Yes (Quiz, Glossary, Wiki, Forums) | No | Yes (FLOWmulti only) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Groupwork | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes can have group submissions. Multiple people can upload and add to submission. |
| Ability to type mathematical /chemical formulas directly into platform. | Yes | No | LaTeX possible in Maths/ Chemistry question types in FLOWmulti | Yes | Yes, math editor with LaTeX support is available however this is not user friendly | Yes. Can also type in latex (doesn’t have latex editor so have to type code but most maths people will know how to do this) |
| Anonymised | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes for those with 'Grader' role. |
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