Automatic Grading of Programming Assignments in Moodle

Abstract

Providing timely and meaningful feedback of programming assignments to students is very important to ensure a smooth learning curve. However, this can be a time-consuming task for teachers and instructors. There are some tools that already provide support for grading programming assignments, and some are already integrated with learning management systems that allow teaching staff to manage all this information in a more effective way. In this work, an analysis of tools for automatic grading of programming assignments in Moodle is carried out. A comparison of these tools is presented and one of them is tested and recommended for its future implementation and deployment. Finally, some recommendations for further improvements are described.