Test editor QTI 2.1 in detail

A matrix question consists of several rows and columns, where the answer can be filled in for every row, either as single choice or as multiple choice.

Again first a title and the question are inserted.

Afterward it need to be selected, if the questions should be shuffled and if the answers are single or multiple choice.

Then values can be added in the columns as well as in the rows. If more columns or rows are needed, they can be added with the corresponding button. Finally, the correct answer need to be selected per row. For single choice it is one answer per row, for multiple choice several answers per row are possible.

In general the Drag&Drop questions has the same behavior as the matrix question. However, the test participants do not select the checkboxes, but move the items in the corresponding category.

First a title and the question are inserted.

Afterward it need to be selected, if the questions should be shuffled.

If the type single choice is selected, every item can be dropped only once. For multiple choice every item can be dropped in every category once, but not twice in the same category.

The alignment of the answers defines where the items in relation to the categories are set.

In the columns categories will be defined. Categories are the fix elements where the items will be dropped into. In the rows the items are added. With drag&drop the items can be moved into the categories afterward.

The question type True/False is similar to Kprim. In each line the corresponding statement has to be assessed.

User can choose from three options: "Unanswered", "Right", "Wrong". "Unanswered" is selected by default.

There is no option to add more columns. However, you can add as many lines as required by clicking on "Add row".

The scores can be defined as needed. You may even give points for the option "Unanswered".

In general the numerical input is the same as the gap text. But as solution there are numbers and no texts required.

First a short title is inserted. Afterward the next is written with fields for the gaps. For every gap the following attributes can be filled in:

• Solution: Fill in the correct and desired solution.
• Placeholder: If desired, a placeholder can be added. It appears in the text in the gap and is visible for the participant.
• Gap size: The maximum length of the gap is indicated. The solution should not be any longer.
• Tolerance: it can be chosen between three possibilities
  • Exact: The solution correlates exactly with the inserted solution in "Solution"
  • Absolute: A lower or upper bound can be defined for the solution, whereby the lower bound must be less than or equal to the solution and the upper bound must be greater than or equal to the solution. The solution is accepted up to the lower and upper bound. The bound represents an absolute number.
    Example: Solution 20, lower bound 18, upper bound 20.8 → all solutions between 18 and 20.8 are correct.
  • Relative: The solution is accepted until a lower and an upper bound. The bound is a relative number in percent.
    Example: Solution 20, lower bound 10, upper bound 10 → all solutions between 18 and 22 are correct, as the lower bound means minus 10% (20-2) and the upper bound plus 10% (20+2).

The hottext questions is similar to the gap text. In a running text different terms are marked, and can then be selected by the test participants.

First a short title is inserted.

Afterward a text is written and the selectable terms are marked as hottext. Finally the correct answers need to be marked by selecting the check boxes.

In a hotspot questions hotspots/areas are graphically presented on an image and need to be selected by the participant correctly. Thereby the question can be created either as single or as multiple choice. Various fine adjustments as the hot spot form or color, the adjustment of the size etc. allow an optimal visualization. The spots are visible for the participant.

Approach:

First a short title and a question are inserted.

Afterward the desired picture is uploaded.

Than spots in form of circles or rectangles can be placed on the image.Finally, the correct answer need to be selected.

For this question type participants need to upload a file.

A short title and a question is inserted.

No correct answer can be marked, as the assessment of this question type is only possible manually.

For the questions type drawing the participant get the task to edit a given picture with the available drawing tools.

First a short title and a question, or more an edit instruction are inserted.

Afterward a picture for the background is uploaded. This picture need to be edited by the test participants. No answer need to be added, as the assessment of this question type is made only manually.

This score is calculated automatically out of the single questions of the test.

If a test can be passed at a certain cut value, this value can be inserted here. The "Cut value" is only relevant, if the test is embedded in a course with the course element test.

• Linear: All questions need to be solved after each other. It cannot be jumped in between the menu.
• Non linear: The questions can be answered in the desired order.

If only a certain number of attempts is allowed, it can be defined here. This limitation is only valid for the test part. If the number of attempts should be limited for the whole test, it needs to be limited in the options or in the course element test.

If the number of attempts is limited on the level of the test or part, this configuration is inherited to all sections and questions below.

If this check box is selected, the test can be finished before all questions are answered.

The participant can take personal notes, which are not available after the test anymore and are not assessed. This feature can only be selected, if "Personal notes" is selected in Options.

After finishing the test the test and its answers can be shown again, but no corrections are possible.

In the review the solutions are shown additionally. This feature is only possible, if "Allow review of questions" is selected.

The number of attempts can be limited. The maximum value is 20. The defined number of attempts here corresponds to the whole test.

A user cannot try to improve the test result with a further test.

It is also possible to perform in a test as guest. The results can be reviewed in the test statistic. Guests cannot suspend the test. Only finished tests are counted. Guests cannot suspend a test. Only finished tests are counted.

This option is selected to avoid that a user has access to other OpenOLAT features during a test. OpenOLAT then is faded out and is only shown after finishing the test. OpenOLAT is faded out and will only be shown when finishing the test.

Select this checkbox to show the question titles to the users. If the questions titles should not be shown, but the navigation is activated, the titles appear in the menu navigation in an anonymized form.

If you do not allow the menu navigation the next question appears automatically after submitting a question. The user cannot navigate to other questions.

You can enable users to take personal notes during the test, which are not available anymore after finishing the test.

Select this checkbox to show the number of questions to the user.

Select this checkbox to show the current score during the test to the user.

If the checkbox is selected, users can suspend the test. Hereby all previous questions are saved and the user can continue with answering the questions at a later date.

With selecting this checkbox you allow users to cancel the test, without saving the answers.

If this option is selected, after the test a test receipt will be created which can be downloaded as xml-file. It helps to verify a test.

As long as the checkbox is selected the feedbacks are shown. If the checkbox is not selected anymore, no feedback will be shown. This includes the feedbacks of all question items as well as the feedback added on the level of the test.

Select this checkbox if a user should see the results after finishing the test. The result will not be shown on the test homepage. This setting will be done in the course element test.

From the following options the ones can be chosen which you would like to show.

• Test summary: The meta data of the whole test is shown as summary (incl. score and passed/failed)
• Section summary: The meta data of the section is shown as summary
• Question summary: The meta data of the every question is shown as summary
• Question, not answered: The question is shown as in the preview. No solution is shown, but the question and the answer possibilities. E.g. for the gap text the text is shown with empty gaps.
• Answer, submitted by participant: Only the answer of the participant is shown, but no question.
• Solution: Only the correct solution is shown, but no question. If in the feedback the correct solution has been added, it will be shown in the result reporting when selecting this option.

The correction can be made automatically or manually. As soon as there is an essay, it must be manual. For the auto correction the result is visible right away and all questions are revised automatically. For the manual correction the visibility of the result is limited and the the coach needs to add manual correction, as for some question types no auto correction is possible. These include essay, file upload and drawing. A manual correction is also possible, if the just named question types are not included in the test. Like this it becomes possible to limit the visibility, even though the test consists only of multiple choice questions.

If this option is selected, the score will be shown to the user on the test homepage.

Here it can be defined, if the result should be shown on the test homepage. If the checkbox Depending on date is not selected, the results are available directly after finishing the test. If only the from date is inserted, the result is shown from this time on. If both dates are inserted, the result is available during this time period.

In wich level of detail the results are shown, can be defined under "Overview results". The selection can be done once and is the same for "Show results on test homepage" and "Show results after test has been submitted".

If adaptations are necessary, in the tab Options "Adjust configuration" need to be selected first. More information here.