Welcome to this guide designed to streamline
the process of setting up exams within your organizational account. This
concise walkthrough provides essential steps for creating and configuring exams
tailored to your needs.
Signing Into the Account
Log into your account.
Organization
Exam Access
Click on the Organization Exam on
the sidebar menu to enter a dedicated page tailored for organizational exam
functionalities.
Creating
a New Exam
On the organization exam page, locate and
click the Exam button to initiate the creation of a new exam.
You will be redirected to the Create Exam wizard, offering
comprehensive options for exam configuration.
Name and
Description
- Exam Name: Enter a clear and descriptive name for your exam.
This will help participants and organizers identify the exam easily.
- Description: In this section, you can provide more
information about the exam and how it will be conducted for the participants. This
information will be displayed to the participants before the exam.
Date and
Time
- Start Exam Date: Specify the date when
the exam will commence. Click on the date field to access the calendar and
select the desired starting date.
- Start Exam Time: Set the time at which
the exam will begin. Utilize the time input field to select the appropriate
start time.
- End Exam Date: Indicate the date when
the exam will conclude. Click on the date field to access the calendar and
choose the desired end date.
- End Exam Time: Specify the time at
which the exam will end. Utilize the time input field to select the appropriate
end time.
Exam Correction
Settings
- Correct at the End: Toggling this option will
automatically grade the exam after submission, except for those with at least
one free response question. Descriptive exam grading is calculated manually.
- Exam Correction Interval: This option specifies the
interval for automatic grading of the exam.
Note: If the Correct at the End
option is disabled, the exam report will also be inaccessible. You can only
access the report after manual marking has been completed.
Exam
Settings
- Randomize Questions: Toggle this option to shuffle the order of
questions within each section.
- Randomize Choices:Toggle this option to shuffle the order of
choices. This can enhance exam security by creating unique, persistent orders
for each user.
Exam Scoring
System
Choose one or more scoring systems to calculate
both individual section and overall exam results. Each system offers a method
for scoring:
- Normal (Default): Results displayed as
percentages, calculated by averaging section scores using the "Average
Percentage" method for individual sections and applying a "Weighted
Average" for the total.
- Normal Distribution: Results are shown as
points, calculated using a normal distribution method for sections and a
weighted average for the total.
Step 2: Selecting Groups
for the Exam
Now, proceed to the next step in the exam
creation process:
- Search Tag Field: Utilize the search tag field to filter and
select the desired participant groups efficiently.
- Groups: By selecting a group, the audience for the
exam will be defined. It will specify which participants in which group will
take this exam. When you choose a group, all its subgroups are automatically
selected as well.
Step 3: Adding Exam
Content
Exam Content By
Choose how to incorporate exam content. By adding exam content, these options will be
displayed:
- Edit Content: This
feature allows you to add a new section, move or delete existing sections, and
reorder questions.
- Delete Content: To remove
all inserted content at once.
- Section Timing: You can assign separate
timing to each section. To do this, you can use the following options:
- Delay After Start: This
option allows you to specify when a section will become available to
participants. At least one section must start simultaneously with the exam, meaning
there should be one section with a zero delay.
- Duration: This
option lets you specify how long participants have to complete the section once
they begin.
- Relative: This
option makes the time limit dependent on the user's attendance time.
- Section
Groups and Weights: Organizing exam content into section groups will result in
tailored calculations for each section or let you have different arrangements
of sections. Each group can have its own weightings, allowing for customized
result calculations.
- Default Section Group: The default section group is
the one from which the exam layout and structure are generated and will be
displayed to the participants in the exam. In cases where there is more than
one section group, the default section group created automatically can be
removed, or another group can be designated as the default.
- Add Section Group: Create additional section
groups to organize exam content by clicking the + icon. In the opened modal,
enter the section group name, set it as the default or leave it as is, and
choose your desired structure from the section tree. It is essential to ensure
that when creating a section group, all the existing questions should be
selected and incorporated into this new section.
- More Options: Clicking on the three-dot
icon next to each section group lets you delete, edit, or set this section as
default.
- Add Weight Group: Define different weightings for sections within a section
group and assign weights to sections, starting from 1 or more.
Step 4: Preview
As the final step in the exam creation
process, carefully check the summary to ensure accuracy in the exam details:
- Start and End: Review the start and end dates and times for
the exam.
- Detail Sections Timing: Review the designated
opening and closing times for the exam sections.
- Section Structure Overview: Sections: Review the
organized sections within the exam.
- Questions: Ensure all selected
questions are accurately included.
- Groups: Review the participant
groups assigned to the exam.
- Users: Review the list of users associated with the
exam.
Step 5: Exam Creation
Process
As you enter this stage, the exam creation
process begins, and the duration depends on the volume of users and groups.
Upon successful creation, a confirmation message will be displayed.
Clicking Done will take you to the Exams page, where you can
view and manage your newly created exam.
Note: You
can add participants to your exam even while it is running through the exam
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