Adding a Test to a Class and Test Settings
After a test is created, it can be added to a class through Manage Tests or by editing the class and adding it to the Tests tab. There are settings and feature options in the test settings that control how your students take the exam.
Info: For information on how to create a test, click here.
To locate this page, click on your Instructor role for Testing. Depending on what you are attempting to do, your next step will be determined.
Contents:
A. Adding a Test to a Class:
After a test is created, it can be added to a class either via the Manage Tests tab or by Editing the class.
Manage Tests:
1. Begin by clicking the Manage Tests button from the red toolbar of your instructor role.
2. Locate the exam you want to add to a class. Use the search options if you do not see it among your 10 most recently modified exams.
3. Click Add to Class to add the exam to a class. See below for information on the test settings.
- Note: To add an exam to a class, you must be added to that class as an instructor.
Edit Class:
1. From the Instructor-Home page, you select the class you would like to add an exam to from the dropdown, then click the Edit Class icon.
- Note: The Classes box defaults to Current Classes. If you are trying to add the exam to an upcoming class, you will need to click the Upcoming tab.
2. Click the Tests tab.
3. Click the Add Test To Class button.
4. Locate the exam you would like to add to the class. Exams are listed alphabetically by the first letter of the first word in the test title. Click the Add button to add the exam to the class. See below for information on test settings.
B. Test Settings:
When administering linear tests through our program, there are many options you can use to determine how you would like your tests deployed.
Class: Select the class to which the test should be added.
- Note: If you add the test to the class by editing the class, the class dropdown will not be available.
Start Date and Start Time: This is the date and time you would like students to begin accessing the exam. Before this point, the test will appear on the student's "Upcoming" tab; after this point, it will move to the student's "Current" tab, allowing them to access the test.
End Date: and End Time: This will be the last point at which a student can begin taking your test. It will also be the point at which students' overall grades will be affected by their scores on this test, and their results will become available to them by default. If a student has not started the test by then, the test will move to their "Missed" test tab, and they will be unable to access the test.
Start/Resume Limit: This is the total number of times the student can enter this test. You can select a number from 0 and up. Setting it to 0 makes this unlimited. This means your students can start the test, leave, return, and continue from where they left off as many times as they like. If you set the number to 1, the student can start the test, but if they leave for any reason, the program will not allow them to return to their test.
- Note: Because this includes power outages and internet service interruptions, we do not recommend setting this limit to 1 unless you are administering the test in a controlled environment.
Minutes Allowed: This is the time in minutes that students are allowed to take the test. The timer begins when the first question is selected and continues until the student completes the test. If set to zero, students will have unlimited time to take this test.
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Note: Once the timer starts, it cannot be stopped.
- Example: If 30 minutes are entered in this field, and a student takes part in the test for 15 minutes before being kicked out for 15 minutes due to a network or computer issue, the system will not allow the student to resume the test when they try to return because the timer has run out. You can choose to allow the student to return to the test, but you will either have to award them a retest or adjust the Minutes Allowed setting.
Retakes Allowed: Entering a value greater than 0 in this setting will allow students to automatically take multiple attempts of this quiz up to the number of times set.
- Note: This setting is only available when administering a Quiz.
Enforce Time Settings: When checked, a hard stop will be enabled, and the exam will end at the set date/time. When this box is left unchecked, a student can start their exam up to the end date/time of their exam and will be allowed to continue taking the exam until the timer has been reached, they leave the exam, or the exam is completed.
Enable 'Previous' Button: By default, students take tests one question at a time, always moving forward. Checking this box adds a "Previous" button to the test, allowing students to return to earlier questions and modify their answers. Once they have completed their changes, they can return to where they left off.
- Note: Using this setting will cause a warning at the bottom of the window saying, "Warning Selecting "Enable 'Previous' Button" may invalidate your test results."
Require Platinum Secure Testing: When the Platinum Secure Testing checkbox is selected, the device used for testing must have downloaded and run the Respondus Lockdown Browser. When your students use Platinum Secure Testing, they cannot navigate to another URL or access other applications. As stated in the secure testing instructions for students, it can be run on a Windows computer, an Apple Mac computer, or an iPad.
- Pro-tip: Students may occasionally encounter issues with software installation because small details on their device can affect the testing environment (e.g., the computer or browser not being up to date). Before using secure testing on a graded exam for the first time, doing a trial run with open testing settings (no timer, unlimited resumes, etc.) can help students ensure their device is set up and alleviate stress if issues do occur on the day of the first real exam.
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Randomize question order for each student during testing: When this box is checked, the order in which the questions appear for each student will be randomized.
- Note: When selected, it does trigger a warning message, "Warning Selecting "Randomize question order" for each student during testing may invalidate your test results".
Show Student Results Immediately: When this box is checked, each student will receive their results as soon as they finish the test. If left unchecked, the results will be available to students only after the test has reached its end date and time.
- Note: When selected, it does trigger a warning message, "Warning Selecting "Show Student Results Immediately" may invalidate your test results".
Student Test Results Detail Level: This allows you to choose how much information students will receive about their performance. There are 4 levels, and each level includes the previous levels.
- Level 1 - Score Only Review: Once the student receives their results, it will only show the score they achieved on this test.
- Levels 1,2 - Extended Review: This option will show the student when they started and ended the test, as well as how they performed on the test based on Bloom levels, Cut Score, and Reading Level.
- Levels 1, 2, 3 - Curriculum Breakdown: This option adds a full curriculum breakdown showing the topic areas included on the test, how many questions appeared in each, and the percentages of how the student performed on each topic. This will give students a better idea of which areas they did well, and which could use some review.
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Levels 1,2,3,4 - Full Question/Answer/Annotation Review: This final level gives a full question/answer section at the end, along with annotations for each question.
- Note: Level 4 will not be available for Platinum premade tests or tests that contain questions from our Platinum High-Stakes Question bank.
- Note: Selecting Level 4 and Show Student Results Immediately does trigger a warning message, "DANGER Selecting "Show Student Results Immediately" and Student Review Level 4 may lead to cheating."
Student Test Password: Entering anything in this field will set a password for this test. Leave blank to require no password.
C. Editing Test Settings:
Test settings can be edited at any time, whether before, during, or after the test settings are originally set. Like assigning a test, editing test settings can also be done through Manage Tests or by Editing the class.
Manage Tests:
1. Begin by clicking the Manage Tests button from the red toolbar of your instructor role.
2. Locate the exam whose test settings you want to edit. Use the search options if you do not see it among your 10 most recently modified exams.
3. Click the name of the exam. This will cause the Test Information and Associated Classes to appear.
4. Click edit settings next to the class for which you would like to edit the test settings.
5. Adjust the settings as desired. Click Save at the bottom when finished.
Edit Class:
1. From the Instructor-Home page, click the dropdown for the class you would like to edit the test settings for, then click the Edit Class icon.
- Note: The Classes box defaults to Current Classes. If the class has not yet begun, it will appear in the Upcoming tab. If the class has reached its end date, it will appear in the Completed tab.
2. Click the Tests tab.
3. Click edit for the test you would like to adjust the settings for.
4. Adjust the settings as desired. Click Save at the bottom when finished.