Exam Management Tab

9.4.7 Exam Management Tab

On the Exam Management tab, you choose the questions (items) of the exam from the course item bank. If you generated the items from a blueprint, they are already listed here; check them, and continue with the Manage Students tab.

Figure 9-13 Exam Management Tab

The top of the tab displays the Total Required Items, Total Selected Items and Duration of the exam (1). Each section (3) is listed with its time and marks, and Remaining Marks (5) displays the exam marks not yet assigned to items. To change the sections, select Manage Sections (2).

1. In the first section, select Add Items (4).

The Criteria for pulling Items out of Bank screen opens. Use it to filter the item bank and select the items.

Figure 9-14 Criteria for Pulling Items out of Bank Screen

1. Under Choose Scope (1), select All Course Items to search the whole item bank of the course, or Blueprint Based to search only the items that match the blueprint.
2. Optional: to narrow the search, select the check box of a filter (2, 3), and select or enter its value, for example Item Type Multi Choice. The filters are described after these steps.
3. Under Item Utilization, select All Items, Only New Items (items not used in earlier exams) or Previously Used Items.
4. Select Search, next to Reset (4).

The matching items are listed under Choose from Filtered Items. The counters (5) display how many items are selected, required and found.

1. Select the check box (6) of each item to add to the section.

To read an item in full before you add it, select the arrow (8) at the end of its row.

1. Select Add Items (9).

The message Item(s) added successfully. appears, and the Exam Management tab lists the items under the section.

Figure 9-15 Exam Management Tab, Items Added

1. For each other section, select Add Items (1) in the row of the section, and repeat steps 2 to 7.

When all the required items are added, Total Selected Items equals Total Required Items and Remaining Marks is 0.00.

Next, assign the students on the Manage Students tab (see section 9.4.8).

After items are added, you can manage them on the Exam Management tab:

• Marks (6): the marks of each item. To divide the marks equally between all the items, select Distribute Marks, and then select Yes.
• Display Order (7): the arrows change the order in which students see the items.
• Delete, Move (8): remove the item, or move it to another section.
• Select All Items Of Exam (3), Select All Items Of Section, Delete Selected Items, Delete All Items (4): select and remove several items at once.
• Filters (2, 3 in Figure 9-14): Course Version, Activity, Educational Domain, Item Component, File Tag, Item Classification, CLO, Objective, Item Type, Item Tag, Item Id and Item Writer. For a trial exam, Assessment Type is also available.
• Item Utilization: All Items, Only New Items or Previously Used Items (then select the exams in From Other Exams).
• Single Items, Paired Items: Limit the search to single or paired items.