[Konkurens] TMS for quizzes - feedback

[Menczer Andor]

Dear Everyone,

Just a quick feedback on some of the problems I have encountered while I
tried to use TMS for the weekly quizzes (concurrent programming courses). I
don't expect a fix or a reply, just spreading awareness:

   - For me, TMS defaults to Hungarian with dark mode turned on. The former
   is fine, the latter is buggy as in some cases, e.g. when writing a new
   question, the text remains a dark shade of grey despite being rendered atop
   of an almost black background, thus making the text illegible.
   - I cannot create a new question bank.
   - I can copy an already existing question bank, but I cannot edit its
   title, so it has some nonsensical name with "copy" at the end. It
   already looks like a mess, I cannot fathom how unmanageable it will
   eventually become by the end of the semester
   - When creating a test I cannot set individual points for each question.
   - When creating a test I cannot set answer type (multiple choice, single
   choice, true-false etc)
   - When creating a test I cannot set special conditions for special
   students (e.g. students with disabilities may need extra time)
   - After creating a test I cannot take the test myself, as if I was a
   student (canvas has such a feature, it's great for making sure the test was
   created properly)
   - I do not have a summary page for students like I have in canvas. It
   seems I'm supposed to click on every single test and check
   individual scores of students. This is complete nonsense as I will have
   hundreds of individual scores by the end of the semester
   - There is no xml or other spreadsheet-like export option
   - There is no course wide export-import feature so next year I will have
   to start from scratch
   - TMS does not support adding notes to wrong answers so students will
   not know why their answer was not correct.

I believe TMS will eventually supersede Canvas and become a better and more
robust platform, however at the time of writing I find the platform
completely unsatisfactory or even unusable for lectures. For the above
mentioned reasons I recommend we stick to Canvas and try TMS again next
semester.

Best regards,
Andor
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