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:

• لوحة تحكم الاختبار: 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.

الـ Exams menu opens.

1. "اختر" Manage Exams.

الـ Manage Exams screen opens.

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

The exam actions menu opens.

1. "اختر" لوحة تحكم الاختبار.

الـ لوحة تحكم الاختبار 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.

الـ Courses menu opens.

1. "اختر" List of Courses.

الـ List of Courses screen opens.

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

The course actions menu opens.

Figure 3-1 Course Actions Menu

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

الـ 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 الأقسام.

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 اسم الاختبار, "تاريخ تنفيذ الاختبار", الحالة و الإجراءات. Select Previous Exams, Today’s Exams أو 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 و الاختبارات السابقة 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 الأسئلة 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

الـ 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 الإجراءات column of the CLO, select View Item Type أو الأسئلة.

View Item Type displays the items of the CLO by item type; الأسئلة 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 الصفحة الرئيسية.

الـ الصفحة الرئيسية screen opens.

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

الـ Statistics Dashboard opens.