AIMS Online Testing System, an interactive web-based testing system for medical school courses

This paper will describe my development of Aims Online Testing System, an interactive web-based testing mechanism which was established as a pilot project as well as a learning and evaluation tool, using Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, ColdFusion, JavaScript and Visual Basic for the School of Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill. An explanation of the process followed to create this product, information of the software used, description of the final design, analysis of risks and constrains as well as envision of the future work constitute the main body of the paper. At the end, user guides are appended to indicate how an online exam is implemented. As a pilot project, although the final success will not be known until it used in classroom in the future, this technical report has immediate importance because it documents the creation and implementation of the web-based testing system