What’s new in Tests & Quizzes 2.9

June 10-15, 2012

Growing Community; Growing Possibilities

What’s new in Tests & Quizzes

2.9Christine Doherty, Stanford

UniversityLydia Li, Stanford University

Lynn Ward, Indiana University

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference 2

Top 3 New FeaturesRedesign of Main Assessments Page


Former (2.8) Design of Main Assessments Page

Import function hard to find on page

- Confusion about meaning of Pending vs. Published

- Confusion about meaning of Active vs. Inactive

- Page can get unwieldy with a lot of assessments, easy to get lost and make mistakes


Redesign of Main Assessments Page

Create from Scratch and Import functions more clearly distinguished



- Working Copies (formerly Pending Assessments) separated from Published Copies with tabs

- Meaning of each list made more clear



Meaning of Active and Inactive made more clear



Ability to filter list by Status, displaying only Active assessments…



… or only Inactive assessments

* Contributed by Longsight


Top 3 New FeaturesAdd Assessment Due Date to Schedule


Add Assessment Due Date to Schedule

- Option to add due date to Schedule appears on Publish Assessment page

- Selected by default, but can be turned off

- Does not appear if Schedule tool not turned on in site



- Appears as Deadline event in site’s Schedule tool

- Also appears on each site member’s synoptic calendar



Schedule description displays important settings and direct link to assessment


Top 3 New FeaturesRespondus LockDown Browser

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Respondus LockDown Browser

Images borrowed from Respondus quick start guide for Sakai. Full guide athttp://www.respondus.com/downloads/RLDB-QSG-Instructor-Sakai.pdf

* Contributed by Respondus


Respondus LockDown Browser

Images borrowed from Respondus quick start guide for Sakai. Full guide athttp://www.respondus.com/downloads/RLDB-QSG-Instructor-Sakai.pdf

LockDown Browser option found in High Security settings


Additions/Improvements

to Question TypesNew Question Type:Survey - Matrix of Choices


Original Survey Question Type

- Only predefined answer choices- No way to rate multiple items

against same scale in same question

- A lot more work to make a separate question for each item to be rated


New Survey Question Type – Matrix of Choices

Ability to create custom-defined Row Choices and Column Choices

Ability to rate items against same set of answers in a matrix

- Option to force ranking (unique answer per item)

- Option to add comment field

- Ability to customize width of columns in matrix


New Survey Question Type – Matrix of Choices

Student view of survey matrix question type

* Contributed by Rutgers



to Question TypesNumeric Response Improvements


Numeric Response Improvements

Scientific and complex number notation support



Validation allows only numbers and accepted characters within correct answer brackets

Example: $ is not accepted character within answer brackets

Accepted Characters described in both instructor view and student view



Validation allows only numbers and accepted characters within responses



to Question TypesFill in the Blank Improvements


Fill in the Blank Improvements

Improved readability in Defining Answers section

Definition and example added to Case Sensitive option for clarity



to Question TypesShort Answer/Essay Improvements


Short Answer/Essay Improvements

- Explanation that html tags count in character limit

- Count Characters button


Short Answer/Essay Improvements

Validation message made more clear


Improvement to Automatic Submission


Automatic Submission Runs after Retract Date

- Automatic Submission now runs after Retract Date instead of Due Date to avoid Data Discrepancy errors and student data loss

- Selecting Automatic Submission will require setting Retract Date

- If no late submissions allowed, Retract Date set to same value as Due Date



Improvements to Grading


Grading Improvements

- “Student identities can be seen by graders” is now default setting

- Setting can be change to anonymous grading, if desired



Score, Adjustment, and Final Score columns now display dashes instead of zeros for No Submission records



Adjustment can be added to change Final Score



- If Adjustment added to No Submission record, score will count toward Course Grade calculation

- If left as dash, score will not count toward Course Grade calculation



- Option to set Final Score for all students with No Submission to zero or other score- These scores will be reflected in Course Grade calculations in the gradebook



This will also override any Adjustment added previously



Grader’s Comments added to export of student scores and responses


Improvements to Feedback


Feedback Improvements

Red X indicates incorrect answer



Feedback Improvements

Styling changes to better call out Answer Key, Feedback and Comments


Additional Improvements


New styling for warning, error and validation messages for improved readability

Reset selection and validation/error messages redraw page at current question, not top of page

Attached images render and Part Description displays in Print view

Question ordering option within part now editable in published assessments

Additional Improvements

Documents

What’s new in Tests & Quizzes 2.9