E-Assessment During COVID-19 Pandemic at a Saudi university: Impact on
Assessment Methods and Course Learning Outcomes
- Abdullah Al Mamun Bhuiyan
, - A. K. M. Mazharul Islam

Abdullah Al Mamun Bhuiyan

King Khalid University Department of English
Corresponding Author:mridul.kku@gmail.com
Author ProfileA. K. M. Mazharul Islam

King Khalid University College of Languages and Translation
Author ProfileAbstract
The deployment of e-assessments has been so frequent in educational
institutions worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is worth
questioning the efficacy of this newly adopted evaluation method. The
study aims to determine how far this testing effectively achieves the
Course Learning Outcomes. It also tries to explore the extent of
difference between the online assessment method from the pre-pandemic
testing methods stated in the course specification. Another aim of the
study is to check the acceptance of e-tests by the learners. This study
employs a quantitative approach encompassing a Likert-type online
questionnaire to gather the response of 70 faculty members at XXXX in
Saudi Arabia. The primary result of this study is that e-assessment
succeeds in attaining Course Learning Outcomes to a great extent. Though
these newly adopted tests shifted away from the stated measurement
methods in the course specification, the learners accepted them
enthusiastically. It was discovered in the study that if educational
institutes have well-structured e-learning infrastructures and regularly
use these setups competently, they confront minor complexities to
switching to online ones and achieve Course Learning Outcomes applying
e-assessment systems.