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Whether creating a New Exam/Quiz definition or Editing an Existing Exam/Quiz definition, the settings
are as follows:
! This is a: is required. Select either Exam (Graded, Timed) or Ungraded quiz (Ungraded, Untimed).
! Name of the Exam: is required. Type a unique name for this Exam/Quiz.
! Due on session: is required. Select -- no association with timeline --, or the appropriate existing
Timeline session where this exam/quiz will be accessed.
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Exam
Maximum number of times it can be taken by a single student: Select the number of attempts
students will be allowed to complete the exam, or unlimited. Default is one time.
! Grading System: is required. Each institution has the option to create grading systems or tables that
will automatically assign letter grades to point ranges. If your institution has created more than one,
you can choose it here.
Rubric: If rubrics have previously been created (by you in this course, or by you or others and set to be
Public) you can select one by clicking the Select rubric button. Or you can create a new Rubric for this
forum (which will be available to use for other forums in this course, or in other courses if you make it
Public) by clicking the New rubric button. The Default is No rubric selected. Note: If a rubric is
selected, it will appear as an icon that can be clicked to open on the Forum grading screen.
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Max. Time for Exam (minutes): The number of minutes the student will be allowed to complete the
exam. Keep in mind the students computer will need to maintain a constant connection during the
entire time.
Proctored test password: A password entered here would be required to open an exam for a student.
If students are required to attend a campus or other approved location to take an exam, the password
would be given to the proctor and entered by them to open an exam for a student.
! When the student is taking the exam and is overtime, submit the exam automatically: is required. If
this option is set to YES, the exam will be automatically submitted when the maximum time for an
attempt is reached.
! Allow partial credit for questions: is required. If there are multiple choice type questions in this exam
that have more than one correct answer, then this option must be set to YES for the computer grading
to award partial points for partial correct answers.
! Best or last attempt prevails: is required. If more than one attempt is allowed, select Best if the
highest score will count for the grade, or Last if their most recent attempt will be counted for the grade.
---------------- the section above only applies to Exams
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Click the Edit button, then click the Edit Exam questions >>> button.
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Click the New button to the left of the Create a new Question or Question set prompt.
! Put into a new category: is required. Organizing questions in categories allow you to group questions.
This enables you to later select by category for inclusion as a Question set in a cumulative exam made
up of multiple exams (a Midterm or Final exam for example).
New category description: Text typed here will be included as a header before the questions in the
category. For example, you might type The following questions are multiple choice. There is only one
correct answer. Each question is worth 2 points, or you could use this description as a scenario that the
following questions are based on.
! Question type: is required. Click the down arrow and choose a question type from the drop-down list.
True/False this type of question uses radio buttons
and will allow only one answer to be
selected. The answers can be True and False or they can be like traditional multiple choice
answers. The key is that only one answer can be selected.
Multiple choice this type of question uses checkboxes
which will allow one or more than
one answer to be selected. If more than one correct answer will be allowed (Select all that
apply for example), then the option to allow Partial credit for the question must be selected.
Exact text match for this type of question acceptable answer(s) must be supplied. It is best to
include every variant you will accept because the students answer must match character for
character to be marked correct. (Example - Question: What usually goes with jelly on a
sandwich? Answers: Peanut Butter, peanut butter, pnut butter)
Open-ended text (essay question) this is a traditional essay type question where students will
either click the
icon and type their response in the RTF editor box, or optionally attach a
document. This type of question is NOT automatically graded and must be graded by the
instructor. There is also the option to include an instructor comment which the student will be
able to view if the Review option is enabled for the exam, and the link to it is in an active
Timeline session.
List comparison this is a matching type question where you supply two lists of words or
phrases the student needs to match up. For each word or phrase in the first column, a dropdown list box is provided listing all items in the second column to choose from.
RTF Single choice this choice provides an RTF editor box for each answer in addition to the one
for question text. Use it when each answer requires a paragraph, or to use images for answers.
This type uses radio buttons
so only one answer can be selected.
RTF Multiple choice - this choice provides an RTF editor box for each answer in addition to the
one for question text. Use it when each answer requires a paragraph, or to use images for
answers. This type uses checkboxes
so more than one answer can be correct. If more than
one correct answer will be allowed (Select all that apply for example), then the option to allow
Partial credit for the question must be selected.
Question set this type of question allows you to select all or some questions from another
exam in the same course to be included in the current exam. You then have the option to have
the computer randomly select a lesser number of questions from the entire set for each student
if desired.
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Points for this question: The default point value is set when defining the exam, but it can be changed on
a per question basis if desired. Note: if randomly selecting questions from a category, all questions in
that category must have the same point value.
------------------- the following options will vary depending in the Question Type:
Answer options: type each answer in the space provided. If the current answer is the correct one, click
the radio button
for True/False type questions, or checkbox
for Mutiple Choice type questions,
to the left of that answer. Click the Add new option to add another answer to the list.
Optional explanation of the correct answer: You can type, or copy & paste as described above, in the
RTF editor box an explanation of the correct answer which will be displayed to the student in Feedback
and/or Review if those options are enabled.
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You can Select an existing grading Rubric, Create a new rubric for this question, or Copy an
existing rubric and rename it, then modify it for this question and/or other similar questions.
Points for this question: It is suggested that the point value for the question is equally divisable by the
number of matching items, although decimal places up to 2 are allowed in the point calculation.
! Allow partial credit for question: The default is NO, however if you want to give students credit for
the matches they do get correct (if not all correct) change this option to YES.
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Points for this question: It is suggested that the point value for the question is more than one to allow
for partial credit, although decimal places up to 2 are allowed in the point calculation.
! Allow partial credit for question: The default is NO, however if you want to give students credit for
the answers they do get correct (if not all correct) change this option to YES.
How to Create/Edit WebStudy Exams and Quizzes
Revised January 2013 WebStudy, Inc.
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When the text file is ready to upload, click the Tests tab, scroll to the desired Exam/Quiz and click the
Edit button if the exam was already created, or click the New button and create the settings for your
exam following the steps above. When submitted, you will see the message:
Points for each question (unless specified otherwise in the source): The WebStudy default point value
for questions is 3, but you can edit that value here.
Overwrite or Append: The default is to append any questions added to the Source text box to any
existing questions that may have already been created or uploaded to an exam. Change this value to
Overwrite only if you want to replace any existing questions.
Source text: Copy selected text from the marked up text file you created, and Paste in the Source text
box. Then click the SUBMIT button.
How to Create/Edit WebStudy Exams and Quizzes
Revised January 2013 WebStudy, Inc.
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The uploaded text is converted to WebStudy exam questions and displayed for confirmation:
Please check all questions to verify they are uploaded correctly. The correct answer is displayed.
When the exam is presented to students, the drop-down box for each item in Matching questions will
include all the possible matches in alphabetic order.
If a question is NOT converted properly, scroll down to the Modify the source text area and in the
Source Text area make any necessary corrections.
Note: Common problems include no blank space after the prefix (@@@, ###, *, etc.), a hard return in
the middle of a paragraph, no correct answer indicated, or invalid formatting.
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