A Prototype Application Showcasing Multi-part Calculated Formula Questions with Error Carried Forward Facility

A prototype computer application has been developed to investigate the feasibility of deploying multipart calculated formula questions with an error carried forward facility within online assessment platforms. The goal is to allow compensation marks to be awarded in automatically graded questions. The application is developed, tested, and its output for different combinations of correct/incorrect inputs reported and analysed. The results show that the error carried forward facility can yield compensation marks, but further development is required before the application could be usefully incorporated into the assessment software in existing Learning Management systems.