PrairieLearn Assessment Support Assistant (Student Wage)

Job description

LDT need a student worker with specific qualifications to assist in the the Prairie Assessment tests. The PrairieLearn Assessment Support Assistant will support faculty and instructional design efforts related to the use of PrairieLearn and PrairieTest for assessment delivery in the College of Arts & Sciences. Under close supervision, the student will assist with the technical implementation, testing, and quality assurance of assessment questions, particularly those involving parameterized or programmatically generated items. This position focuses on technical development and testing , while pedagogical decisions and assessment design remain the responsibility of faculty and instructional design staff. Key Responsibilities: - Assist with building and testing PrairieLearn questions, including parameterized and randomized question types. - Implement question logic (primarily in Python) based on provided specifications. - Test questions for correctness, robustness, and edge cases (e.g., boundary values, formatting, unintended behavior.) - Assist in converting existing faculty assessments (e.g., PDFs, Word documents) into PrairieLearncompatible formats. - Review questions from a studen...