Structure of the book

For researchers, teachers, lecturers, content experts, students and Ph.D. students, student assistants, and interested readers who want to go deeper into the use of the CBA ItemBuilder, the book starts with a short primer on computer-based assessments in chapter 2.

Building on the objectives and some basic vocabulary, chapter 3 then describe the implementation of assessment components using static components provided by the CBA ItemBuilder. The static content mainly covers the visible elements of items, instruction pages, etc., and includes the development of items using multiple pages and dialogs.

If the displayed task content should change either time-controlled or in reaction to observed test-taker behavior, the items become dynamic. Chapter 4 deals with the enrichment of assessment components, such as items, with dynamic content.

Chapter 5 of this book is then devoted in detail to the evaluation of answers, the so-called Scoring of computer-based items.

For users who would like to plan and create new assessments, chapter 6 provides further tips and suggested solutions for practical challenges in creating computer-based assessments using the CBA ItemBuilder.

Chapter 7 summarizes possibilities to combine single CBA ItemBuilder project files to complete assessments and introduces software tools and platforms to deliver assessments in practice.

Chapter 8 finally deals with workflows, i.e., typical processes for preparing, testing, delivering, and archiving computer-based assessments.

The book concludes with a discusses of the CBA ItemBuilder as a tool in the context of open science and reproducible research.