3. Dashboard

3.1 Introduction to Dashboards

Dashboards summarize the assessment data of your institution. Use them to monitor exams, the item bank and course performance without opening each record. QQ Assessment Solution provides four dashboards:

• Exam Dashboard: the status and progress of one exam. See section 3.2.
• Item Dashboard: an overview of the item bank. See section 3.3.
• Course Dashboard: the students, achievements, exams and items of one course. See section 3.4.
• Statistics Dashboard: statistics across courses and exams. See section 3.5.

3.2 Exam Dashboard

The Exam Dashboard summarizes one exam: the number of enrolled students, the exam progress, and the results after the exam is conducted. Use it to monitor an exam before, during and after it runs.

1. From the main menu, select Exams.

The Exams menu opens.

1. Select Manage Exams.

The Manage Exams screen opens.

1. In the row of the exam, select the edit icon in the Actions column.

The exam actions menu opens.

1. Select Exam Dashboard.

The Exam Dashboard of the exam opens.

3.3 Item Dashboard

The Item Dashboard summarizes the item bank: the number of items by course and item type, and the number of items that are new, under review or banked. Use it to monitor the progress of item writing and review.

3.4 Course Dashboard

The Course Dashboard displays the key information of one course: its students, student achievements, marks distribution, exams, item bank and blueprint alignment. Use it to evaluate the performance of a course.

1. From the main menu, select Courses.

The Courses menu opens.

1. Select List of Courses.

The List of Courses screen opens.

1. In the row of the course, select the edit icon (1) in the Actions column.

The course actions menu opens.

Figure 3-1 Course Actions Menu

1. Under Courses, select Dashboard (2 in Figure 3-2).

The Course Dashboard opens. It is longer than one screen; scroll down to display all its panels. The numbered panels in the following figure are described in the subsections that follow.

Figure 3-2 Course Dashboard Screen

3.4.1 Course Information

The top of the dashboard (1 in Figure 3-2) displays the course name and version, for example 2Y2T_Presentation Skills I – V(1), the Total Students enrolled in the course, and the number of Sections.

3.4.2 Student Achievements and Marks Distribution

Student Achievements (2 in Figure 3-2) displays the average achievement of the students, as a percentage, in four charts:

• Students Exam-Based Achievements: achievement across the course exams.
• Students Learning Objective-Based Achievements: achievement against the course learning objectives.
• Students CLO-Based Achievements: achievement against the CLOs.
• Students PLO-Based Achievements: achievement against the PLOs.

Marks Distribution (3 in Figure 3-2) displays how the course marks are divided between assessment types, for example Ad-hoc. Point to a segment of the chart to display its details.

3.4.3 Exams Summary and Item Bank

Exams Summary (4 in Figure 3-2) lists the course exams with the Exam Name, Conduction Date, Status and Actions. Select Previous Exams, Today’s Exams or Upcoming Exams to change the list.

Item Bank (5 in Figure 3-2) displays the number of items in the course item bank by item type, for example Multi Choice, Multi Response, True/False, Fill in the Blanks and Short Answer. New and Previous at the top right display the number of new and previous items.

To filter the Item Bank chart:

1. In the Item Bank panel (5 in Figure 3-2), select the Assessment Items list.

The list of values opens.

1. Select a value.
2. Select the search button next to the list.

The chart displays the items of the selected value. Point to a bar to display its details.

3.4.4 Bank Alignment Report

The Bank Alignment Report (6 in Figure 3-2), at the bottom of the dashboard, displays how the item bank aligns with the course learning outcomes. For each CLO, it displays the Item Count. Use it to identify CLOs that have too few items.

1. In the Bank Alignment Report panel (6 in Figure 3-2), in Search by title, enter the title of the CLO.
2. Select the search button.

The report lists the matching CLOs. To clear the search, select the refresh icon.

1. In the Actions column of the CLO, select View Item Type or Items.

View Item Type displays the items of the CLO by item type; Items displays the list of items.

3.5 Statistics Dashboard

The Statistics Dashboard displays figures across courses and exams, such as the number of items, exams and students, so that admins can monitor the overall activity in the system.

1. From the main menu, select Home.

The Home screen opens.

1. At the top right of the Home screen, select Statistics Dashboard (8 in Figure 2-3).

The Statistics Dashboard opens.