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Smart Learning Functionality Drillster

A license to the Drillster learning app provides access to the smart learning functionality. Please find below an overview of all features that are available with a Drillster license. Some features come at an additional cost. All functionality has been grouped in the following 7 categories.

Content creation

 1. Learning

  • Drillster Authoring Tool
  • create stories with text, images, video, sound, pdf 
  • create drills (assessment-based adaptive learning exercises) 
  • question types:
                • multiple choice
                • multiple selection
                • sequence (drag and drop)
                • sequence open ended
                • hotspot (interactive image)
                • open-ended
                • fill-in-the-blank multiple choice
                • fill-in-the-blank open ended
  • Supported media in questions, answers, feedback and context: images, MathML, video, pdf documents, sound, text-to-speech conversion. 
  • create question variants (mark questions as equivalent)
  • add feedback, shown after a correct answer
  • add feedback, shown after an incorrect answer
  • add context to individual questions
  • assign co-authors to content
  • release updates of stories, drills and/or tests/exams (version management)
  • reset score on a specific question after a content change (optional)
  • notify users of content changes (optional)
  • automatic content improvement suggestions (drills and stories)
  • add a cover to learning object
  • add an icon to learning object
  • activate/deactivate introductions drill (flashcard functionality)
  • Introduction settings:
                • always show
                • never show
                • let learner choose
  • auto advance, evaluate each answer or let the learner decide
  • set learning direction drills:
                • productive
                • receptive
                • productive and receptive (or let the learner choose)
  • set a time limit on questions
  • enable read-aloud (additional cost)
  • convert text-to-speech
  • add tags to a drill
  • add tags to individual question(s)
  • e-mail notifications:
                • creation of Drillster account
                • user added to/disconnected from a group
                • content added to/disconnected from a group
                • learning objective set
                • content change
  • customized email notifications (additional charge)
  • mobile app notifications (iOS and Android)
  • push API notifications (additional charge)

2. Tests, digital exams, assessments

  • Test Authoring Tool (test matrix), define:
                • the total number of questions per test
                • the number of questions per subtopic in a test
                • the number of questions per drill and the weight of these questions
                • if the question selection and filtering is based on question tags
                • the order of questions and answer options (fixed or random)
                • the result disclosure (overall score, score per subtopic, overview of correct/incorrect answers, feedback to answers, etc.)
                • the way to calculate the result (test score transformations)
                • the possibilities for question navigation
                • if a test can be submitted with or without unanswered questions
                • the time limits for questions
                • the time limits for the test.
  • supported test formats:
                • diagnostic test
                • PIN secured exam
                • adaptive test
                • practice exams
  • timed tests
  • create tests for use without Drillster account (at additional cost)
  • read aloud functional (additional charge)
  • test questions in fixed or random order
  • test transformers: define how the test result is being calculated
  • Test result display: passed/not passed, including score, sub score, showing questions/answer options, feedback, etc.
  • Access tests/exams via e-mail/access URL, access code or QR code

3. Courses

  • create courses: combine stories with drills, and define the course flow
  • define order of learning objects
  • combine several drills per step: create practice sets
Instructional design services
  • creation of drills, stories, tests and/or courses by Drillster instructional designers (additional charge)
  • review of existing content by Drillster instructional designers (additional charge)
  • creation of videos, images, icons, covers by Drillster (additional charge)
  • translation and localization of content (additional charge)
  • translation, localization, production of subtitles for videos (additional charge)
User management
  • create user account
  • set language of user account
  • change language or user account
  • create admin account 
  • define permissions for admin or content creator account
  • create super admin user account
  • create service account (for system integrations)
  • delete user account, admin account or content creator account
Content distribution
  • create group
  • add user to group
  • add content to group
  • disconnect user from group
  • disconnect content from the group
  • create catalog
  • add user to catalog
  • add content to catalog
  • disconnect user from catalog
  • disconnect content from catalog
  • set automatic disconnection from group or catalog
                • fixed after x months or x year(s)
                • at fixed date of the year
  • define time slot during which tests/exams are open for participants
  • access group via QR code, access code or a temporary or permanent access link
  • set one-off learning challenge on drills or courses
  • set permanent learning challenge on drills or courses
  • set target date on tests/exams
  • define time slot for making a test/exam
  • define number of test/exam attempt
  • send notifications via
                • e-mail
                • mobile app
                • customer LMS
                • custom notifications (additional charge)
  • set objective date for test completion
  • SCORM 1.2 (additional charge)
  • LTI 1.1, 1.3 (additional charge)
Learner experience (player)
  • System requirements Drillster web application:
  • System requirements Drillster mobile app:
  • activate read aloud (additional cost)
  • set/change language of the Drillster application (English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Catalan, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Swedish)
  • accessibility web application: 
                • navigate with keyboard keys
                • compatibility with screen readers
                • read-aloud (additional charge)
  • combine multiple drills in a practice set (mobile app)
  • calculation of the forgetting curve
  • Set Light or Dark appearance 
  • dashboard and reporting (Drillster web and mobile apps)
  • Mobile iOS and Android app: 
                • QR access code scanner
                • detection of ‘nearby’ drills (iBeacon)
                • Haptic feedback 
                • local authentication: fingerprint or facial recognition 
                • play sound effects after incorrect answer
                • shake the mobile device to get hint in case you don’t know the right answer
                • enable/disable automatic language detection
Reporting
  • Drills:
                • current proficiency
                • highest attained proficiency
                • future proficiency
                • time spent
                • easy/difficult questions
                • question statistics report
                • drill-test correlation report
                • challenge evaluation report
  • Tests:
                • test result
                • pass/not pass information
                • test result transformers (set your own way of calculating and displaying the test result)
                • display of correct/incorrect answers
                • correlation report
  • Download in Excel, .csv or pdf
  • exchange test completed results via the Drillster API
Integrations
  • Single sign-on (additional charge)
                • OAuth
                • OpenID Connect
                • Microsoft Azure
                • Okta
  • native API integration (additional charge)
                • user management
                • reporting
                • push API, including retry mechanism
  • embeddable widgets 
  • SCORM (additional charge) 
  • LTI  (additional charge)
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