X-Quest: An Open Tool to Support Evaluation in Distance Learning

In proprietary distance learning environments it often results difficult to exchange educational resources among different systems. In this paper, we introduce X-Quest, an open tool to create and maintain IMS-compatible questionnaires. Two main modules compose the tool: the first one is a user-friendly graphical interface that deals with the questionnaire creation phase and produces a XML output, compatible with the Question & Test Interoperability specifications; the second module takes advantage of XML features to make a presentation of the questionnaire in the more suitable way. This work is part of a more challenging project that intends to apply the same approach in the development of an educational framework for authoring and publishing didactic