A test can be defined with the content of existing drills; this can be one or multiple drills or selected questions from the drills. An administrator account is required to create a test in Drillster and distribute it to users.
There are 3 different tests you can create in Drillster: The standard test, the adaptive test and the anonymous test. Would you like to know more about the difference between these tests? Then click here.
You can define tests in 2 ways:
- Go to 'My content'.
- Click on the blue '+' symbol and select 'Create new test...'.
- Go to 'My content'.
- In "My content", select the drills and use "actions" to define an test.
The following section provides an overview of the test settings. Note that certain settings cannot be changed later on.
The first step to creating the test is to fill in the required
fields,
these are;
Test name
Test Subject
Drill Source
The basic information can all be changed later except for the source drills. Before using your test, think about adding an icon and a cover. Specify the theme of the test to the participants.
Optional instructions given are displayed to the participants before the test starts. Think of stating the time limit or wishing the participants good luck.
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Question distribution
Question distribution means the questions in the tests relative to the questions in the drill(s).There are two options:
Equal to the drill(s) or Manual settings by question amount or question selection by tags.
Note that there may be equivalent questions within a drill. The test never extracts multiple questions from an equivalent set.
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Drill weight
Here you can set where the center of gravity of the weighting lies.There are two options:
Equal for all drills or Manual for determining which drills carries more weight.
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Test question selection
The test questions can be presented to the participants at random or you can manually select a set of tags and/or provide question order.There are three options:
• Randomized is the default settings. No matter the question amount provided these will be presented at random to the participants.
• Manual settings gives you the option to select questions tags so only selected questions may be presented to the participants.
• Manual per question settings is an option mostly used when there is an order of which the questions should be presented to the participants. For example when specific learning element should be asked first. Here you select the question tag(s) per test question.Select questions matching one or all selected tag(s): A drill question can have multiple question tags and some these questions tags may be repeated in several questions or drills. Here you can indicate whether the question here should match one of the selected tags or all of the selected tags.
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Question type:
The question type is by default on Multiple choice, this can be left as is since the test will always present the question as it has been set in the drill. The style of a test can only be changed if the author of the drill has allowed changing the question type in the drill.
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Question direction restriction:
The question direction of a test can only be changed, if the author of the drill has allowed changing the practice direction in the drill.
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Allow question navigation:
When allowed a participant do not have to answer a question in order to continue with the next question and can skip questions and come back to them later. The questions do not have to be in a certain order.
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Allow unanswered question:
When allowed participants can submit the test with unanswered questions. This will be allowed as default when a time limit is set on the test.
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Time limit:
With a time limit in place the test will automatically be submitted when the time limit has been reached. Make sure you allow the appropriate time necessary to complete all questions.
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Test score presentation
There are different scoring method and presentation to select from. Select the desired scoring method and presentation format to determine how test results are calculated. You can combine the scores which can include report grading or percentages and 'Passed/Failed' classifications. Click here for more information about the scoring method (transformations).
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Result disclosure
The achieved overall score states the score to the participants based on the selected scoring method. The score by source drill(s) states the individual score of each drill.
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Question disclosure
When selected, questions disclosures will display the taken test overview. You can set a time limit on the test overview, only allowing the user to see the questions and given answers for the set minutes after submitting the test.
Click on finish to create your test. We recommend that you add the test to your Library or share it via group with others in order to take the test and check if the test and results are as expected before distributing it to the participants.
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