I need a (possibly simple and web-oriented) open-source software to ask a class

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I need a (possibly simple and web-oriented) open-source software to ask a class of students some "open" questions (i.e., with open answers, not a "quiz"...), to be able to evaluate the level of their knowledge about a specific topic?

It doesn't need to be account-based, I just need to some way link every answered form to a student's name (I trust my students :-)

For answers evaluation I think to a simple table (".ods", ".csv", ".xml"...) with answers, one row per student

Exams will be timed, of course, but not so strictly (students will have to answer before next week, for example)

Explanation / Answer

I think that Moodle is a great option. You can create online courses and give access only to your students. Features such as badges are also available. I have used it as a student and not as a teacher. I cannot answer if it is easy to moderate it, but I think that I am enthusiast about it from the part of studying with it.

On the main site, you will find also the option of a demo without creating any profile.

As for the questions, Moodle supports the following question types:

Calculated
Simple Calculated
Calculated Multichoice
Description
Essay
Matching
Embedded Answers (Cloze)
Multiple Choice
Short-Answer
Numerical
True/False
Third-party question types

Another desirable feature about Moodle is that it has very few server requirements It'll work with PHP 5.3+ and smaller installs can get by with 512MB - 1GB of memory).

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