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1. 30 D Answer D wrong Remember that the default setting in Respondus prevents the overall point value for a question from being negative thereby preventing students from losing points for answering the question incorrectly This setting can be overwritten once questions are published to Moodle Again the best approach is to make sure that correct answers total 100 and wrong answers total 100 Incidentally if you only assign positive values for the correct answers and leave wrong answers as zero students will be able to select all answers for a question and obtain 100 credit Use this option carefully Description This type of question is not really a question All it does is print some text without requiring any answers It can be used to print a descriptive text to be used by a following group of questions The General feedback can be used if you have some text that you want to appear on the review page only The Question text appears both during the attempt and on the review page Adding Bold Italics Underline and Super Subscript Respondus makes it easy to add enhanced formatting to question wordings answers and feedback The bold italic and underline tasks work just like a standard word processor Simply highlight the text you want to modify and click the appropriate B 7 or U button on the tool bar The text will immediately change to the selected formatting The superscript X and subscript X2 tools func
2. For matching type questions the answers are always shuffled this setting controls whether in addition the order of the question answer pairs is shuffled Attempts Allowed This setting determines the number of times a student may complete a quiz this may be set from one to six or to unlimited Select your choice from the drop down menu Each attempt build on the last If multiple attempts are allowed and this setting is set to Yes then each new attempt contains the results of the previous attempt This allows a quiz to be completed over several attempts To show a fresh quiz on every attempt select No for this setting Adaptive mode If you choose Yes for this option then the student will be allowed multiple responses to a question even within the same attempt at the quiz So for example if the student s response is marked as incorrect the student will be allowed to try again immediately However a penalty will usually be subtracted from the students score for each wrong attempt the amount of penalty is determined by the penalty factor This mode also allows adaptive questions that can change themselves in response to a student s answer Here is how the IMS QTI specification defines adaptive questions items An adaptive item is an item that adapts either its appearance its scoring Response Processing or both in response to each of the candidate s attempts For example an adaptive item may start by prompting the candidate with a bo
3. Use the Insert option to add a row or column to the table Use the Delete option to delete a row or column or to delete the entire table Other formatting such as font changes and the centering of text can also be applied to the cells in a table Finally keep in mind that it is usually possible to paste tables into Respondus directly from Microsoft Word Also Respondus tables are designed to support both web based exams and print exams So you only have to create a table once if you require both online and print exams Fonts Formatting and Lists The remaining features in the Power Edit task are self evident if you are familiar with the basic functioning of a word processor To apply a different font highlight the text and select the desired font and size from the pull down lists Text can be left justified the default right justified and centered by selecting the appropriate toolbar button Finally it is easy to create bulleted or numbered lists by selecting the corresponding option from the Power Edit toolbar To see how the formatting will appear in Moodle click the preview button that is located at the top left of the Power Edit toolbar To exit the Power Edit window simply click the X at the top right corner of the window or go to File and click Save amp Exit Spell Check The Spell Check feature which is located on the toolbar for the Edit menu will search the currently open file for spelling errors and al
4. or feedback with the true and false question follow the same formatting rules described above for multiple choice questions For instance Example Title Light speed 3 Albert Michelson determined the exact speed of light Correct Albert Michelson won the Nobel Prize for Physics for determining the exact speed of light a True Yes Albert Michelson won the Nobel Prize for Physics for determining the exact speed of light b False The correct answer is True Albert Michelson determined the exact speed of light and won the 1907 Nobel Prize for Physics for his efforts A second way to designate a correct answer for a true and false question is to place it in a list of correct answers at the end of the file The list must begin with the word Answers and the answers should start on the following line no blank lines are allowed The correct answer for a true and false question can be designated in three ways 1 using the complete words True and False 2 using the letters T and F or 3 using the alphabetical letters A for true or B for false For example the formatting of each of the following answers is acceptable for true and false questions in which all of the answers are true Example Answers 1 True 2 T 3 A Importing Essay Questions The logic for importing essay questions also known as essay or open ended questions is similar to what is de
5. From the Start menu click the Open button The following window will appear Open Respondus File Name Date Z l ci D alle Ey E LJ Ferante 5AG6e folder Gelected Fie m BAREN 2 a Title Question Wording a irk SAl5e older A Projects 9 MartinG ay BAde 2 folder ea eee 2A Eas So ama a Moyer CFM1e folder 2 P Chapter04 02 International marketing is 2 science Eee E Sidow A04e 2 folder 3 P Chapter04 03 Environmental forces have less of R Examl History 3 25 10 09 33 4 P Chapter04 04 Colture should be considered as an o LDE Quiz 4 03 08 09 53 z 5 Chapter04 05 Common law depends more vrit Browse EN Media Wizard 1 28 10 0218 P st A Respondus Introduction 5 20 09 04 18 j ere Test Bank A Short Quiz 6 24 09 02 16 _ 7 P Chapter04 07 The major proactive motivation fo Network La Chart Min AMEE NNA 4 nos 8 P Chapter04 08 Piyari cucacmanty ti an naai Exam History Open Cancel Search Highlight an exam project by clicking it once To obtain information on the project select one of the two center buttons located to the top right of the window Select the Item List button right of center to view a list of the questions that are available in the highlighted project To preview a particular question click the Title of the question To open a highlighted project click the Open button at the bottom of the window Double clicking a file name will also open it Respondu
6. Health and Wellness 3 m Physical 0 Mult The ability to interact well with people and the environment Fitness Choice and have satisfying interpersonal relationships is known as Health and Wellness 4 a Physical 0 Mult This is the ability to control emotions so that you feel pa Fitnece Choire camfartshle avnraccina tham and wait can evnrace tham y Each question listed has a context menu that provides the following operations Preview Preview the question Add to End of List Add this question to the end of the list Insert into List Insert this question into a specific point in the list Flag this item Flag this question as being incorrect or unclear Properties View the properties for the question r Physical 0 Mult What is the maxi Choice group called s4 Preview Add to End of List m 4 i Mult The more efficien gt Insert into List Choice greater your _ ah Flag this item Properties Mult The range of mot Fitness Choice Health and Wellness 2 Questions that have been flagged by any instructor using the test bank will appear with a flag next to the item in the list The contents of the flag can be viewed by hovering the mouse over the flag or clicking it Flags Type Item Wording 1 h PO XI muscle i Comments on this item Instructor Bob October 26 2010 2 16 36 PM PST amp o oxygen the Factual error o Sj 0 at i
7. Minimum Computer Requirements Respondus requires Windows XP or higher 32 MB of RAM 6 MB of free hard disk space and a 800x600 monitor 1024x768 recommended Respondus is generally used in conjunction with a learning management system such as ANGEL Blackboard Desire2Learn eCollege WebCT Moodle and can also be used with IMS QTI compliant assessment systems Installation and Setup The Respondus installation program can be downloaded from www respondus com To begin the installation process locate the Respondus4 exe file that was downloaded to your hard drive Double click the file to start the Respondus installation program and follow the instructions on the screen Once Respondus is installed start the program by double clicking the Respondus icon that appears on the Windows desktop Or follow these steps to start the software Click Click Click Click Start from the Windows desktop Programs Respondus Respondus X x m m mnm The first time you start Respondus and each time thereafter until the program is registered you will be presented with a screen that provides the Product ID The Product ID is used to obtain the Activation Password see below which is needed to complete the installation Activation Password Once the Respondus installation program is finished you will need to obtain a password from www respondus com to activate the installation Be sure to have the Product ID see previous para
8. Optional Elements Multiple Choice A Title can be imported with each question If a title is not provided for a question the first 20 characters from the question wording will be used as the question title Titles must be placed at the beginning of a question and begin with Title followed by the actual text for the title If the title exceeds 20 characters the remaining characters will be dropped during the import Example Title Speed of Light 3 Who determined the exact speed of light Albert Einstein Albert Michelson Thomas Edison Guglielmo Marconi aaon For questions being imported to an Exam file correct answers can be indicated in two ways First you may place an asterisk directly in front of the answer choice do not put a space between the asterisk and the answer choice Example Title Speed of Light 3 Who determined the exact speed of light a Albert Einstein b Albert Michelson c Thomas Edison d Guglielmo Marconi The second option is to place a list of correct answers at the end of the file The list must begin with the word Answers and the answers should start on the following line no blank lines are allowed Note that any text after the answer list will be ignored Example Answers 1 A 2 C 3 B If neither method is used to select a correct answer Respondus will automatically select the letter A as the correct answer Don t worry you will be warned if a question does
9. and Publish menu in Respondus and select the Print Options tab The screen now displays the printing options available in Respondus There are three formatting templates from which to select Exam Exam with Answer Key Answer Key Only Once a template is selected you can further modify it by clicking the Settings button to its right If the exam being printed has matching questions be sure to select the checkbox labeled Matching randomize answers if you want the second set of answers to be randomized Also if you have sequential questions that refer to the same image or graphic you will likely want to select the Suppress Repeated Images button so that the image is not repeated with each question Click the Edit Headers button to enter the information you want to appear at the top of each page Different information can be entered for the second and subsequent pages too The header information might look something as follows Top of Page Contents Headers Ea Type in the text that you wish to appear at the top of the first page and on subsequent pages Blank lines will not be printed Left Margin first page Right Margin right justified Professor Jonathon Smith Name History 101 Spring 2001 Test 2 Section subsequent pages Professor Smith Name The next section allows up to 10 variations of the exam to be generated You have the ability to randomize all questions in the exam or to have t
10. are optional but it is important that an answer only uses the symbol for the purpose of separating the two parts of the match If you plan to list correct answers for other questions at the bottom of the document simply skip the number for all questions that are of the matching variety Importing Multiple Response Questions The logic for importing multiple response questions is similar to what is described above for importing multiple choice questions Multiple Response questions are essentially multiple choice questions in which more than one correct answer can and generally should be selected by the student The primary difference is that the first line of the formatting must begin with Type MR This is followed by the Title which is optional the question number and the question wording Correct answers are designated with an asterisk Example Type MR 3 Which of the following individuals are credited with determining the exact speed of light a Albert Einstein b Albert Michelson c Thomas Edison d Edward Williams Morley To include a title or feedback with multiple response questions follow the same formatting tules described above for multiple choice questions For instance Example Type MR Title Determining Speed of Light 3 Which of the following individuals are credited with determining the exact speed of light Albert Michelson and Edward Williams Morley co
11. box except when that field is being edited To modify or delete an equation position the cursor in the same field where the equation is located Then click the Equation Editor icon on the toolbar and select the option to modify or delete an existing equation You can preview questions containing equations by selecting the Preview button We recommend that you preview all equations before publishing them to Moodle Using MathType with Respondus The Equation Editor in Respondus is a special version of MathType by Design Science If you frequently create documents with equations you may find MathType is better suited to your needs MathType is as easy to use as the Equation Editor and has many extra features to help you save time and create a wider range of equations MathType is available in English Japanese German and French For further information about purchasing MathType contact your software dealer or Design Science directly Design Science Inc 4028 Broadway Long Beach CA 90803 USA Toll free 800 827 0685 International 562 433 0685 Fax 562 433 6969 Email sales dessci com World Wide Web http www dessci com If you already own MathType you will need to reinstall it in order to have it work directly with Respondus MathType s readme file explains that it sets itself up to replace Equation Editor at the time that it s installed So if you add a new application like Respondus that uses the Equation Editor y
12. e g Name the first 5 elements of the periodic table by clicking the Advanced button that appears above the answer grid this feature is explained later in this section 31 Using the standard editing grid Respondus allows the designer to provide multiple variants of the correct answer For instance if the answer to a question is New York Yankees the designer might enter each of the following as an acceptable answer Yankees New York New York Yankees NY Yankees Two types of credit can be given for short answer questions The Equals exact match option requires the student to type an exact word or phrase but ignores capitalization The Contains option also requires the user to type an exact word or phrase but it ignores extra words or characters that appear before or after the answer provided by the instructor capitalization is ignored too Note that the regular expression option is available for users who want to implement Perl scripting language for determining credit for short answer questions The use of this feature is beyond the scope of this user guide Short Answer Advanced The Advanced button that appears above the answer grid in the short answer editor allows the creation of more sophisticated short answer questions First more than one correct answer can be required of the student e g Enter the names of the first two men who walked on the moon Second the order of
13. has to wait for that time before they can attempt a quiz after the first attempt Time delay between later attempts If you set a time delay here then a student has to wait for that time before they can attempt their third or later attempts Questions per page For longer quizzes it makes sense to stretch the quiz over several pages by limiting the number of questions per page When adding questions to the quiz page breaks will automatically be inserted according to the setting you choose here However you will also be able to move page breaks around by hand later on the editing page Shuffle questions If you enable this option then the order of questions in the quiz will be randomly shuffled each time a student attempts the quiz This is not related to the use of Random Questions this is only about the displayed order of questions The intention is to make it a little harder for students to copy from each other Shuffle within questions If you enable this option then the parts making up the individual questions will be randomly shuffled each time a student starts an attempt at this quiz provided the option is also enabled in the question settings The intention is simply to make it a little harder for students to copy from each other This only applies to questions that have multiple parts such as Multiple Choice or Matching Questions For multiple choice questions the order of the answers is shuffled only when this option is set to Yes
14. images and videos from the associated web sites for embedding or linking in the exam Videos and images that are located on an external web server can also be manually linked to the exam Updating and deleting items added with the Media Wizard is as easy as clicking on the media icon that appears in the editor When you select a previously added media element a context menu will appear that allows you to update or delete the item Multiple Choice _ 1 Title of Question Sculptor 2 Question Wording Randomize answers Who was the sculptor of Bacchus Sleeping Cupid Madonna of the Stairs and David gt htm_54b3b htm 3 Answers PageDown moves te Update YouTube video eedback Donatello Delete YouTube video 4 A Leonardo da Vinci HTML Editor 36 Even course designers who are comfortable writing HTML often have difficulty sorting out the HTML they ve written from the question wording itself Respondus solves this problem by encapsulating blocks of HTML so that the question wording stays the focus of the screen The only time a designer has to view HTML is while the Respondus HTML Editor is being used From the Edit menu in Respondus position the cursor at the location in the question where you want to begin a block of HTML Then click the HTML Editor icon on the toolbar represented by the symbol lt H gt to open the editor Enter your HTML by typing or pasting it into the editor it is also
15. in the file To create a random block go to the Settings menu and select the Random Blocks tab 41 Random Blocks Before using this task you should first place all questions in the desired order See the online help for additional instructions and guidelines Total ltems 16 Points 16 0 f AddNewSet C Modify or Delete Existing Set v Enter the number of the FIRST question to be used in the set Enter the number of the LAST question to be used in the set How many questions in this set should be randomly selected during the exam C Al Select Number Enter the point value that should be used for questions in this set Add New Set Help Set Title Format Question Wording Sculptor Multiple Choice Who was the sculptor of Bacchus Slesping Cupid Mado Composer Multiple Choice This German composer is known for the following works Summa theolozica Multiple Choice Who authored Summa theologica Machiavelli True False Machiavelli is the author of J Principe which describes tl Laws of Motion Multiple Respon Newton s three famous laws of motion include these cono Smallpox Multiple Choice Who discovered the vaccine for smallpox Then select the option Add New Set and enter the first and last numbers that is the range of the questions that will comprise the question set For instance if you want questions 5 6 and 7 to be the basis of a question set you would enter 5 as the first question and 7 as the last ques
16. it should be saved to MS Word doc or docx rich text rtf or a text txt file It is then ready to be imported by Respondus Importing Images with Questions Images embedded in MS Word files will import automatically However it is possible to import images with rich text or txt files using an alternate method First be sure that the images in gif jpg or jpeg format and are contained in a separate folder Then place the following tag at each place where an image should appear img filename jpg The word filename jpg should be replaced with the actual file name Example 3 The interferometer shown here img interferometer jpg was used by which of the following scientists a Albert Einstein b Albert Michelson c Thomas Edison d Vladimir Zworykin To include alternative text for ADA compliant screen readers place the desired text in a second set of quotes immediately following the quotes that contain the file name img interferometer jpg Picture of an interferometer All images that are being imported must be placed in a single folder During the import process the location of the image folder must be specified in the first step After the import is complete the images will appear inline with the question text Importing HTML with Questions It is possible to import blocks of HTML so that they are treated by Respondus as HTML rather than standard text This is accomplished by pla
17. not have an answer selected for it prior to completing the import With an Exam file feedback for individual answer choices can be imported by placing the feedback immediately after the answer choice and by beginning the line with the symbol There must be at least one space between the symbol and the feedback text Example Title Speed of Light 3 Who determined the exact speed of light a Albert Einstein No Albert Michelson determined the exact speed of light b Albert Michelson Yes Albert Michelson won the Nobel Prize for Physics for determining the exact speed of light c Thomas Edison No Thomas Edison did not determine the exact speed of light d Guglielmo Marconi No Marconi did not discover the exact speed of light but he did win the Nobel Prize for Physics for his work with radio waves General Feedback can be imported in a similar way but it must appear immediately after the question wording and before any of the answer choices The line must also begin with the symbol and there must be at least one space between the symbol and the feedback text Example Title Speed of Light 3 Who determined the exact speed of light Albert Michelson was the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Physics 1907 for his measurements of the speed of light His experiments laid the groundwork for Einstein s Theory of Relativity a Albert Einstein No Albert Michelson determined the exact s
18. place it in the list of correct answers at the end of the file As described above with multiple choice questions the list must begin with the heading Answers and must be positioned at the end of the file An essay answer should begin with the corresponding question number followed by either a period or a parentheses This is then followed by a space and then the answer itself Example Answers 1 A 2 C 3 B 4 In 1887 Albert Michelson and Edward Morely carried out experiments to detect the change in speed of light due to ether wind when the Earth moved around the sun The result was negative They found the speed of light is always the same regardless of Earth s motion around the sun Scientists were puzzled with this negative result and they didn t know how to explain it Albert Einstein came up with the answer in his famous second postulate in theory of relativity that the speed of light in vacuum is always constant and absolute regardless of its source s motion and observer s movement 5 B Importing Short Answer Questions To import a Short Answer question the first line of formatting must begin with Type S This is followed by the Title which is optional the question number and the question wording Example Type S Title Who invented television 5 Who is known as the father of television Respondus allows you to import only one correct answer per question b
19. plus question number to create title e g ch01 stem becomes ch01 001 ch01 002 3 Use the Preview button to check for problems Preview 4 Press the Finish button to complete the process Finish Preview results Title Question Wording Step 1 The first step is to select the type of file that will be imported The Standard Format for organizing questions is the same for Plain Text txt Rich Text rtf files and Microsoft Word doc and docx files Files that are in rich text rtf and MS Word doc and docx format will retain some of the enhanced question formatting such as bold italic underline superscript and subscript Embedded graphics can only be imported if the file is in Microsoft Word doc or docx format although an alternative method is available for rtf and txt files see Importing Images below Note that certain types of enhanced importing cannot be imported If the enhanced formatting causes a problem with an import consider saving the file to rich text or plain text format and then try the import again Next use the Browse button to locate and select the file to be imported Images embedded in MS Word files will import automatically However if images are being imported with csv rich text or txt files see Importing Images below browse to the folder that contains those images Step 2 Specify whether the questions should be added to the currently open file or whe
20. possible to retrieve the HTML from a file located elsewhere on your hard drive by using the Read File option Click OK to close the HTML Editor A set of characters representing the HTML block will appear at the insertion point lt H_1 gt for the first block lt H_2 gt for the second block and so on To see how the HTML will appear in Moodle click the preview button To delete an HTML block position the cursor in the same field where the HTML block is located and select the HTML Editor icon from the toolbar Choose the option to delete the HTML block and highlight the block you want to delete Click OK to close the HTML Editor Equation Editor The process of adding equations is similar to how media objects are added see the earlier discussion Equations can be added to question wordings answer choices and feedback without having to write HTML In addition the equations can be previewed offline and they are automatically uploaded to Moodle during the Publish process From the Edit menu position the cursor at the place in the question where you want the equation located Then click the Equation Editor button on the toolbar which is represented by a summation symbol The Equation Editor will open and you can begin creating the equation The Equation Editor in Respondus works almost identically to the one that is available with Microsoft Word and WordPerfect So if you ve used those equation editors before you ll al
21. publish a question category to Moodle without creating a quiz One section allows the creation of a new quiz or the updating of an existing quiz Select the box for Create Replace assessment to do any of the two To create a new quiz select the appropriate option and provide a name for the quiz To update an existing quiz select the second option and pick the quiz from the drop down box If Random Blocks were created for the quiz see the Settings menu they will be uploaded if the Apply Random Blocks option is selected The selections from the Settings menu can also be uploaded with the quiz Click Next and Respondus will begin publishing the quiz to the Moodle course A status report appears during the publishing process For a typical quiz the publishing process takes 20 40 seconds This can increase to five minutes or more if a large number of media files are being uploaded or if the server connection is particularly slow You will know that the publish process is complete when the hourglass disappears and the phrase Completed successfully appears in the status window After an exam is published to Moodle it is recommended that you go to the course and confirm that everything appears as expected 41 Printing Options Respondus allows you to format and print exams directly from the software It is also possible to save an exam to MS Word format for further enhancement and printing To begin go to the Preview
22. the grade gained on the most recent attempt only Decimal digits in grades By using this setting you can select the number of digits that should be shown after the decimal point when displaying student scores or grades For example choosing 0 means the displayed grades will be rounded to integers This setting only effects the display of grades It does not affect the internal calculations and rounding of the grades Apply penalties If a quiz is run in adaptive mode then a student is allowed to try again after a wrong response In this case you may want to impose a penalty for each wrong response to be subtracted from the final mark for the question The amount of penalty is chosen individually for each question when setting up or editing the question This setting has no effect unless the quiz is run in adaptive mode Security Settings The Security Settings are optional They may be used to restrict access to the quiz for security purposes The settings do not change the Availability of the quiz they only change how it is accessed 45 Security Show quiz in a secure window Require password leave blank to disable Require network address mm leave blank or 0 to allow all addresses Show quiz in a secure window The secure window tries to provide a little more security for quizzes making copying and cheating a bit more difficult by restricting some of the things that students can do with
23. their browsers What happens is that Javascript is made a requirement The quiz appears in a new fullscreen window Some mouse actions on the text are prevented Some keyboard commands are prevented Note this setting is unrelated to Respondus LockDown Browser and should not be relied upon as your sole strategy for delivering secure assessments Require password If you specify a password in here then participants must enter the same password before they are allowed to make an attempt on the quiz Require network address You can restrict access for a quiz to particular subnets on the LAN or Internet by specifying a comma separated list of partial or full IP address numbers This is especially useful for a proctored quiz where you want to be sure that only people in a certain room are able to access the quiz For example 192 168 231 54 211 0 20 231 3 56 211 231 3 56 10 20 There are four types of numbers you can use you can not use text based domain names like example com 1 Full IP addresses such as 192 168 10 1 which will match a single computer or proxy 2 Partial addresses such as 192 168 which will match anything starting with those numbers 3 CIDR notation such as 231 54 211 0 20 which allows you to specify more detailed subnets 4 A range of IP addresses 231 3 56 10 20 The range applies to the last part of the address so this means all the IP addresses from 231 3 56 10 to 231 3 56 20 Spaces are ign
24. to use the program Because of the diversity of conditions and hardware under which this program may be used no warranty of fitness for a particular purpose is offered Test the program thoroughly before relying on it You assume the entire risk of using the program Respondus Inc shall not be liable for any expense claim liability loss or damage including any incidental or consequential damage loss of profits loss of reputation or any loss whatever direct or indirect by you from either the use of or the inability to use the software Copyright Ownership and Use of Software All software with exception of Equation Editor by Design Science and the Sentry Spelling Checker Engine by Wintertree Software remains the property of Respondus Inc The software and written materials are copyrighted This license is not a sale of the original software or any copy You own the physical media on which the software is originally or subsequently encoded but Respondus Inc retains title and ownership of the software on all media You are not permitted to install the executable code version of this product on a network server or virtual server You may not customize the Respondus Product Except as otherwise permitted by written consent you may not i modify or create any derivative works of the Product or documentation including translation or localization ii decompile disassemble reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to derive the s
25. Respondus 4 0 User Guide for Moodle Personality rev May 2013 Getting Started Computer Requirements Installation amp Setup Activation Password Choose a Learning management system LMS Personality On line Help Start Menu Overview Opening a File Creating a File Test Bank Network Exam Wizard Importing Questions to Respondus Archive Wizard Changing the LMS Personality and Converting Files Editing a File Overview Common Features Across all Question Types Question List and Expanded View Multiple Choice True False Essay Matching Short Answer Multiple Response Description Adding Bold Italics Underline and Super Subscript Media Wizard HTML Editor Equation Editor Power Edit Tables Fonts Formatting and Lists Spell Check Keyword Searches Settings Overview Random Blocks General Settings Security Settings Review Settings How to Save New Default Settings Getting Started Computer Requirements Installation amp Setup Activation Password Choose a Learning management system LMS Personality On line Help Respondus is a powerful tool for creating and managing exams that can be printed to paper or published directly to Blackboard including WebCT and ANGEL eCollege Desire2Learn Moodle and other eLearning systems Exams can be created offline using a familiar Windows environment or moved from one eLearning system to another
26. ce questions in Respondus allow up to 26 answer choices also known as distractors but only one correct answer can and must be selected You must also provide a point value for each question the default setting is 1 Tip The easiest way to navigate between the Answer fields in Multiple Choice questions is to use the PageUp and PageDown keys Answer choices for multiple choice questions can be randomized during a Moodle exam by selecting the randomize checkbox located just above the answers list True False True and False questions are self explanatory enter the statement in the question wording field and then select either True or False as the correct answer Essay Essay question types also known as paragraph questions allow students to enter complete sentences or paragraphs for their answer If the Enable Feedback option is turned on a correct answer can be provided However these questions must be graded manually in Moodle Matching Matching questions require students to match items from two columns There are two ways to create matching questions in Respondus First the designer may specify matching pairs for both the left and right columns specifically the correct match for the left column must be placed in the field immediately to the right If this procedure is followed it is not necessary to indicate the correct answer in the small column located at the far left Note it is p
27. cing the tag HTML immediately before the block of HTML and another tag HTML immediately after the block of HTML So for example if you imported the following line of text HTML lt a href http www respondus com gt CLICK HERE lt a gt HTML to download Respondus 1 it would appear as follows when viewed in Moodle CLICK HERE to download Respondus Of course keep in mind that HTML will have variable results if you print the exam from Respondus rather than using it exclusively for online examinations Importing Tab Comma Delimited Files CSV Questions can be imported from tab comma delimited files csv This type of importing is best done by someone who has experience with databases or CSV structured files The CSV file can have a maximum of 34 columns If all columns are used they should follow this order Type Title ID Points Question Wording Correct Answer Choice 1 Choice 2 Choice 3 Choice 4 Choice 5 Choice 6 Choice 7 Choice 8 Choice 9 Choice 10 General Feedback Correct Feedback Incorrect Feedback Feedback 1 Feedback 2 Feedback 3 Feedback 4 Feedback 5 Feedback 6 Feedback 7 Feedback 8 Feedback 9 Feedback 10 Topic Difficulty Level Meta 1 Meta 2 Meta 3 Meta 4 The first column Type should use the two letter abbreviation shown below MC Multiple Choice TF True False MR Multiple Response Answer FB Fill in the Blank Short Answer ES Essay Paragraph The following
28. columns must always be present in the csv file Type Title ID Points and Question Wording although the Points and Title ID columns can be empty If the Type is ES essay no further columns are required If the Type is MC multiple choice MR Multiple Response Answer FB Fill in the Blank Short Answer or TF True False there must also be a Correct Answer column although for FB questions this column is not used and can be blank For MC MR and FB questions Choice 1 column must also be present If the Points column is not empty the value can range from 0 100 and will be rounded to two decimal places If no value is provided Respondus will assign the point value of 1 00 The formatting requirements for the Correct Answer column depend on the question type MC Supports numbers 1 10 or letters A J ignoring the case TF Supports numbers 1 2 and letters A B where 1 A true 2 B false The words true and false are also supported Capitalization is ignored for all answer types MR Supports a list of numbers letters within the range of 1 10 or A J The numbers letters must be separated by a comma or space all must be contained within quotes e g a c h j or ac hj A trailing separator e g 1 4 is acceptable ES This column isn t used use the Choice 1 column instead 22 FB This column isn t used use the Choice columns instead The f
29. ct the Exam Wizard button from the Start menu The first page of the wizard offers three choices Select the top choice that states Create a new exam and then copy questions to it from a question bank or Respondus file and click Next The next page of the wizard requires you to provide a name and description for the exam being created Click Next once this information has been entered The next page of the wizard prompts you to select the Respondus files from which the questions will be copied Highlight a file and click the Select button Repeat this process until all files that you want to use to select questions are chosen Click Next to continue The next page of the wizard prompts you to select one of the source files chosen in the previous step You then have the choice of using Automatic Selection or Manual Selection When Automatic Selection is chosen the current number of questions for each question type is displayed in the Available to Select column In the next column enter the number of questions you want selected for each question type Then enter the point values to be assigned to each question type this step is optional if you leave the points per question field blank the point values from the original file will be used When all entries are finished click either the Add to End of List button or the Insert Into List button Repeat this process for each source file The Manual Selection option allows the q
30. ct the restored file 2A If the archive file rsa rpa is not located in the Archive folder make sure the Projects button is selected and click Browse Navigate to the location of the archive file highlight it with your mouse and then click Open The archive file will be restored and copied to the Projects folder You will then need to open the file in the Projects folder in order to view or edit it Please note that an archive file is not deleted from its original location when it is restored to the Projects folder Changing the LMS Personality and Converting Files Each learning management system e g Blackboard eCollege WebCT Moodle is different in terms of the question types it offers the approach it uses to create and manage exams and even the terminology that is used This is why Respondus allows the user to select an environment or personality that matches a particular learning management system For example one user might use a Moodle personality another might select the eCollege personality yet another might choose a Blackboard personality and so forth Each user will feel right at home because the features and terminology will closely parallel their learning management system Changing the Personality To switch to a different personality in Respondus go to the Start menu and select the desired personality from the list that appears at the top of the screen If the currently open
31. d on the Help drop down menu provides an easy way to see if an update is available for Respondus a live Internet connection is required Respondus will instantly return a message indicating whether an upgrade is available If an upgrade to Respondus is available you can let Respondus download the required file s automatically and update the software for you This is the easiest way to apply a patch or upgrade Depending on your preference settings Respondus will automatically check for an update at the time an exam is published to Moodle this check will occur only once in a 24 hour period No information about your computer hardware and software is collected by Respondus Inc during this process Instead the Respondus software retrieves information from www respondus com and will display a message if an update is available You will then have the choice of upgrading to the latest version of software If you don t want Respondus to automatically check for software updates during the publishing step go to the File menu select Preferences and deselect the appropriate checkbox on the General tab 47 Disclaimer of Warranty While Respondus Inc has tried to ensure the dependability of the software and documentation it is provided as is without warranty of any kind Agents of the supplier may have made statements about this software Any such statements do not constitute warranties and shall not be relied on by individuals in deciding
32. dle menu Conversely if you do not want random blocks included with the quiz when it is published to Moodle leave this box unchecked General Settings The section labeled General Settings includes settings that must be considered for most quizzes General 2 Introduction Timing MM DDAYYY HH MM Open the quiz V Disable Close the quiz V Disable Time limit minutes 10 Enable Time delay between first None gt Time delay between None and second attempt ene later attempts Display Questions per page Unlimited Y Answer numbering B C E F Shuffle questions F Show quiz Shuffle within questions Always shuffle answers Attempts Grades Attempts allowed 11 v Grading method Average grade w Each attempt builds on the last Decimal digits in grades 1 X i Maximum T Adaptive mode ae 1 I Apply penalties Introduction An introduction of the quiz can be entered This will be visible to the student at the start of the quiz Open Close the quiz You can specify times when the quiz is accessible for people to make attempts Before the opening time and after the closing time the quiz will be unavailable Time limit By default quizzes do not have a time limit which allows students as much time as they need to complete the quiz If you do specify a time limit then this setting can be specified in minutes 43 Time delay between first and second attempt If you set a time delay then a student
33. e media elements that are being retrieved and so forth You will know that the retrieval is successful by the statement Successfully completed that appears in the status box When a file is being retrieved Respondus will detect if media objects are associated with it and will automatically download these objects if they are stored with your Moodle course Respondus does NOT attempt to download media elements if they are stored on a different server If media objects are retrieved with a file Respondus will automatically update the HTML links that point to these objects This makes the media elements work properly when the file is published again to Moodle Equations that were published to Moodle from Respondus and later downloaded from Moodle to Respondus will be treated as images from that point forward not equations This means that if you want to use Respondus to modify an equation that was retrieved from Moodle you will first need to delete the equation graphic using the Insert Picture or File option see the discussion for that task and then use the Equation Editor to create the new equation Hence it is better to retain the original Respondus file since it permits future editing of equations Also if you provide a colleague a quiz that contains equations it is better to send that file in the original Respondus format so the person can edit the equations more easily If a Moodle quiz contains question sets Respondus wi
34. e the wizard Importing Questions Respondus allows you to import multiple choice true false essay fill in the blank fill in multiple blanks matching ordering jumbled sentence and multiple answer questions from a file The questions must be organized in a format that is acceptable to Respondus and the file must be stored in one of the following formats plain text txt rich text rtf MS Word doc and docx tab comma delimited csv format StudyMate Class format zip and xml Note Importing questions from the Microsoft Word docx format requires that Word 2007 or Word 2010 be installed on the same computer The docx format has better support for importing text with formatting like auto numbers and auto letters The formatting required for the file being imported is discussed in the section below entitled The Standard Format for Importing Once the file is in the Standard Format follow these steps to import it into Respondus Starting the Import From the Start menu select the Import Questions task The following dialog will appear Import Questions 1 Select the file to Import Type of file Plain Text v Help File name click browse to choose Browse Image Folder needed if using IMG for graphics Browse 2 Choose where to add the new Questions C Append the questions to the current document Create a new document named Type of file to create Exam C Survey F Use stem
35. e to Move the question to a new location in the list Use As Basis For New Item Open the question in the edit template and use it as the basis for a new item The original title will be modified slightly for example the number 2 will be added to the end of the name Copy Items From Another File Items can be selected and copied from another Respondus file into the current file Flag Test Bank Network Item An item copied from the Test Bank Network can be flagged if problems are discovered with it This operation will only appear in the context menu if the item originated from the Test Bank Network and has not been modified Properties Displays a window that summarizes the properties for the item The Expanded View button located at the top right of the Question List displays a full screen pop up of the question list This enables you to view more items at once 29 E Expanded View World Histoy Bbsp P eBo a a J a s eines Search _ Advanced Search Show All Total tems 16 Points 16 0 Close Title Format Points Quatinn Working 1 P J Sculptor Molt Choice 1 0 Who was the sculptor of Bacchus Sleeping Cupid Madonna of the Stairs and David 2 P amp Composer Mult Choice TO This Garma campanar ia baon foe tie Sellowing vaike Mapian Cirian Chaise and ihe Branioibieg Comsmics 3 amp Summa theologica Mult Choice 1 0 Who authored Summa theologica 4 P Z Machia
36. ed into StudyMate Author with True False questions being converted to Multiple Choice questions with only two answers Preferences A preferences option is located on the File menu bar contains five tabs General Edit amp Publish Retrieval Conversions and Auto Save The top section of the General preferences allows you to prevent Respondus from automatically checking for updates to the Respondus software The checking occurs whenever an exam is published from Respondus to an online course Directly beneath this is a list of learning management systems If you only want to be informed of updates that relate to specific learning management systems unselect those systems for which you are not interested The final option on the General tab allows the current description of the Respondus file to be edited The Edit and Publish preferences provide a variety of options 55 e The ability to discard font changes when copying and pasting from another program e The ability to change the default point value for new questions that are created or imported e The ability to prevent the ALT text window for entering text for screen readers from appearing each time an image is added to an exam e The scaling percentage that should be used for equations that are published to the online course e The ability to change the default font for questions that are published to Blackboard We highly recommend that you don t change the default fo
37. eenberg 2004 Human Kinetics The next page of the wizard allows the selection of a registered test bank and then a specific chapter file from the test bank Questions can be manually selected or automatically selected depending on the Question Selection toggle With Manual selection individual test bank questions can be previewed and copied to the current Respondus project To do so simply select the box to the left of the questions wanted and click the Add to End of List or Insert into List button E a Respondus Test Bank Network ok enma Close Respondus Test Bank Network Select items to be added to the current Respondus project Physical Fitness and Wellness 3e 2004 Greenberg Human Kinetics v Greenberg01 Imported from Greenberg01 rt v 4 Question Selection Manual Automatic explain Expanded View A L Title Popularity Flags Type Item Wording E Physical ie Mult What is the maximal pulling force of a muscle or a muscle Fitness Choice group called Health and Wellness a Z Physical i Mult The more efficiently and effectively you transport oxygen the Fitness Choice greater your Health and Wellness m x Physical 0 Mult The range of motion around a joint is called Fitness Choice Health and Wellness 2 E Z Physical 0 Mult Which term describes the amount of your body that is made Fitness Choice up of fat or lean tissue
38. enu students will see the feedback for the answers they selected when they view their graded quiz To enter feedback for a question regardless of whether you later decide to have it displayed select the Feedback option on the edit form The form will then display fields where feedback can be entered General Feedback can also be entered by clicking the General Feedback button and entering the desired information Note If you deselect the Feedback option all feedback remains stored with the question It simply does not display the feedback on the Edit screen until the option is reselected Four buttons appear at the bottom of all edit forms The Add to End of List button adds the current question to the end of the Question List located at the bottom of the screen The Insert Into List button lets you insert the current question into the Question List at a specified location The Clear Form button will erase all data that currently shows in the form Finally the Preview button opens a browser like window that lets you view how the question will DR display in the final quiz feedback and scoring information is also shown in this window The Preview button can be selected at any stage in the editing process Question List and Expanded View The Question List displays the title question type points and question wording for each question in the file The total number of questions and point values is shown at the t
39. espondus software suggests that the Moodle Image Scaling for the equation be increased to 150 To accept this setting simply click the OK button If you want the graphic to appear even larger in Moodle then you can increase the scale to up to 400 It s important to note that changing the image scale using this option only affects how it will appear in Moodle you are NOT affecting 37 the size of the equation that will print from Respondus In order to change the size of the equation for printing purposes you must select a different font size in the equation editor itself An additional Alt field allows a text description to be added to the equation image so it can be utilized by an ADA compliant screen reading browser This text is also displayed when the mouse pointer is held over the image If you simply click OK to close the window the generic text equation will be used for the alt field If an expanded textual description is entered such as b is greater than or equal to c it will be used by the screen reader instead Once an equation has been added and you return to the Edit menu a short string of characters representing the equation object will appear in green text An equation placed in the question wording will look something like lt EQ_1 gt with the next equation being displayed as lt EQ 2 gt and so on When an equation is placed in an answer choice or feedback it will appear as a small red
40. file was created or imported using a different Respondus personality a message will warn you of this and indicate that the file will be converted to the new personality if you continue Click OK to continue and you will see one or more warnings of what will be modified when the file is converted In some situations you will be given a choice of how certain items will be converted For instance if you are converting a file from the Desire2Learn personality to the Moodle personality you may encounter a message explaining how fractional points are rounded to the nearest integer After the file is converted a screen will detail every modification or change that occurred to the file during the conversion process You must then determine whether to replace the current file with the newly converted file or to save as a new file If you plan to convert a large number of files and you want to use the same conversion settings it is recommended that you go to the File gt Preferences gt Conversion screen and set your conversion settings accordingly In this way you won t have to specify your conversion preferences each time you convert a file If you are unsure which LMS personality was used to create a file go to the Start menu select Open highlight the Respondus file and select the General Information button from the small toolbar at the right represented by a file folder with an overlaying question mark The LMS personali
41. graph readily available After you have directed your browser to www respondus com go to the Registration section of the site You have the choice of purchasing a permanent activation password or obtaining a 30 day trial password In both cases you will be required to enter a valid e mail address and the Product ID that displays on the opening screen of Respondus Once the information is submitted the activation password is immediately sent to the e mail address you specified When the password is received by e mail it must be entered into the Respondus program If you haven t done so already start Respondus and then enter the password when prompted you may want to copy and paste the password from the e mail message in order to prevent typing mistakes Click OK to continue The Respondus software is now activated either permanently or for a 30 day trial period Choose a Learning management system LMS Personality Immediately after the Respondus software is activated you are prompted to select a Learning management system LMS personality Respondus offers various user environments called personalities that parallel the features and terminology used by specific learning management systems such as Blackboard eCollege WebCT and Moodle You can change the personality at any time in Respondus from the Start menu On line Help Respondus includes a full featured help system that includes an index and contex
42. he questions randomized according to question type i e all the multiple choice questions are randomized within a group all the essay questions are randomized within a second group and so forth If Calculated questions are contained in the file each Exam Variation will have a unique set of variables for the calculated questions If you don t want multiple exam variations simply retain the Original Order option from the pull down list Note As long as the questions in the exam file remain unchanged a particular Exam Variation will have the same question order each time it is printed or saved to MS Word format However if you add or insert new questions the Exam Variation will differ the next time you print save an exam or answer key It is also possible to specify a range of questions to be included in the printed exam If both fields are left blank all questions will be included 5 At the bottom of the screen there are three options Print Preview Save to File and Send to Printer The Print Preview button allows you to preview the contents of the file in a pop up window We recommend that you use this option before printing the exam or saving the contents to a file it is a quick way to identify mistakes The Save to File option allows the creation of a MS Word file doc a rich text file rtf or a standard text file txt The MS Word and rtf formats will retain enhanced formatting such as bold italics and u
43. his bos As instructed on the screen start a web browser and log into your Moodle course Copy the complete URL for this page and paste it in the field provided The easiest way to copy a URL displayed by a browser is to highlight it with a mouse click the right mouse button and select copy Then go to the appropriate field in Respondus click the right button again and select paste Click the Extract button Respondus will then extract the information it needs about the location and type of Moodle server being connected to Now provide a short description for the Moodle server The server can be named anything you like such as My Moodle Server If more than one Moodle server will be accessed you will want to select a name that helps differentiate the servers Enter an instructor level User Name and Password This information should be the same as what is entered when using a web browser to access a Moodle course If you want Respondus to remember the User Name and Password for future sessions select the Remember my User Name setting Click OK to close the Moodle Server Settings window Before proceeding with the next step make sure your computer has a live Internet connection Click Next to make an initial connection with the Moodle server and to continue with the wizard 50 If a connection to the Moodle server is unsuccessful an error message will indicate that Respondus was unable
44. ho orbited around the moon in the mother ship but never walked on the moon Finally it is possible to distribute the point value for each correct answer according to the percentages specified in the leftmost column For example if the total point value for the following question is worth 10 points the instructor might assign one answer a higher percentage of these points Who were the first two astronauts to walk on the moon A 40 0 Amnstrong al B 600 Aldrin E i In this example students who provide the correct answer of Armstrong but do not provide the correct answer of Aldrin will only receive 40 of the point value in this case 4 of 10 points Multiple Response Respondus provides a separate question type for multiple choice questions that have more than one correct answer The Multiple Response question type is very similar to Multiple Choice questions except that students can and should select more than one correct answer When multiple response questions are transferred to Moodle they are placed in Moodle s broader Multiple Choice category Tip The easiest way to navigate through the answer choices is to use the PageUp and PageDown keys Press the PageDown key twice to move through the correct answer field Answer choices for multiple response questions can be randomized during a Moodle exam by selecting the randomize answers checkbox located just above the answers lis
45. irectly within Respondus following a registration process For complete details see the Respondus Test Bank Network at www respondus com Once a file is opened the screen automatically changes to the Edit menu Creating a File From the Start menu select the Create button to create a new file You are first prompted to enter a file name and a description for the file Then you must indicate whether the file is an Exam The type of file you create or open will determine the features that are available throughout the program Click OK when you are finished Once a file is created you are automatically switched to the Edit menu This is where you add questions to the file Test Bank Network The Respondus Test Bank Network contains the official test banks for thousands of publisher textbooks Instructors who adopt a participating textbook can access the accompanying test bank from within Respondus by selecting the Test Bank Network button on the Start menu Note all interactions with the Test Bank Network require an internet connection The Test Bank Network wizard allows instructors to search for a publisher test bank submit a request form for the test bank register a test bank using the registration code and password sent by the publisher and finally select questions from the test bank for use in a Respondus file Respondus Test Bank Network x RESPONDUS i Test Bank Network P 9V t0o use publisher test bank
46. ll maintain these sets during the download 44 Other Tools amp Features Overview Save As Copy Save As StudyMate Class Format Preferences Update License Cleanup HTML Tool Question Title Tool Check for Update Overview There are several additional tools in Respondus that offer a range of functions Each of these is discussed below Save As Copy The Save As Copy tool is located on the File pull down menu Use this task to create a copy of the currently open file Save As StudyMate Class Format The Save As tool located on the File pull down menu can also be used to save Multiple Choice and True False questions to the StudyMate Class zip format zip Once saved the file can be imported into a StudyMate Class instance or by StudyMate Author a separate product by Respondus Inc Question types other than Multiple Choice and True False are dropped during the export to the StudyMate Class zip format Exported items that contain images are handled as follows If an item contains a single image that image is placed at either the beginning or end of the question once it s imported by StudyMate Class the beginning end positioning is based on its proximity to the beginning or end in the original question wording If an item has multiple images only the first image is retained with the text IMAGE inserted where additional images appeared in the original item The StudyMate Class format can also be import
47. ll the files contained within the folder will be included in the archive file It is important to note that the original Respondus files are not deleted from the Projects area when they are archived If you want to delete the original Respondus files highlight them again in the Projects area and select the Delete File button it looks like a recycle waste basket located on the toolbar at the right If you accepted the standard settings when Respondus was installed the archived files will be located on your hard drive at c Respondus Projects Archives The files will have the extension rsa specially licensed versions of Respondus will output files with the rpa extension The rsa files can then be copied to another location for backup purposes or sent to a fellow user of the full version of Respondus Restoring an Archive File There are two ways to restore a Respondus archive file rsa rpa to the Projects area The first approach works only if the archive file was saved to the default Archives folder which can generally be found at c Respondus Projects Archives From the Start menu in Respondus click the Open button Select the large Archive button on the left side of the screen highlight the file you want to restore and click the Open button at the bottom right The archived file or folder will then be restored and copied to the Projects folder To then open the restored file in Respondus click the Projects button and sele
48. llaborated on a series of experiments that eventually led to the exact determination of the speed of light a Albert Einstein No Albert Michelson and Edward Williams Morley collaborated on a series of experiments that eventually led to the exact determination of the speed of light b Albert Michelson Yes Albert Michelson is one of the two persons credited with determining the exact speed of light etc Note this example illustrates how to include both General Feedback and answer specific feedback In most cases you would include only one type of feedback 20 A second way to designate correct answers for multiple response questions is to place them in a list of correct answers at the end of the file The list must begin with the word Answers and must be positioned at the end of the file If a question has been designated as a Multiple Response type using Type MR then correct answers can be shown in a list in one of three ways 1 placing a blank space between the letters representing the correct answers 2 placing a comma between the letters representing the correct answers or 3 placing a comma and a blank space between the letters representing the correct answers For example the formatting of each of the following answers is acceptable for multiple response questions Example Answers 1 BD 2 B D 3 B D Important Once the import file is organized to the specifications described above
49. low corrections to be made Once the Spell Check feature is started it will search for words that do not match items stored in the dictionary If the word is not found in the dictionary you are given the option to Change the word to one that is suggested to Ignore the identified word to Change All such words in the file to one you select or to Add the word to the dictionary If you want to make more detailed changes to the question click the Edit This Question button which will close the spell checker and make the question available for editing Three dictionaries are included with a standard installation of Respondus American English Canadian English and British English However a free bundle of supplemental dictionaries can be downloaded from the Respondus website including French German Spanish Dutch Finnish and a comprehensive medical dictionary Keyword Searches 39 There are several places in Respondus where the Search and Advanced Search buttons appears such as at the bottom of the Edit and Expanded View menus A quick search can be performed by entering a search term in the field next to the Search button The Advanced Search option also allows you to search the currently open file or the file that is being previewed Keyword Search Up to three words can be included in an Advanced Search When more than one word is used you can choose whether a match is required of all words
50. mine yourself To save your own default settings select the options you want across the three setting tabs General Security and Results Then click the Use as New Defaults button on the left side of the screen From this point forward all new files created in Respondus will have the new default settings attached to them If you modify the settings and later wish to restore the default settings either your own default settings or Moodle s simply click the Restore Default Settings button You will be asked which settings you want to restore 47 Preview amp Publish Overview Preview Publish to Moodle Printing an Exam Overview Once a quiz is created in Respondus the Preview and Publish menu let s you determine what to do with the file Most users will first want to examine the contents of the file using the Preview task When the questions are ready to be uploaded the Publish to Moodle task connects Respondus to a Moodle server and transfers the quiz to it Finally the Print Options task lets you format and print the exam directly from Respondus This task also makes it possible to save a file to Microsoft Word format for further enhancement and printing Preview The Preview task located on the Preview amp Publish menu is similar to the preview option that appears in the Edit menu The primary difference is that here you can easily scroll from one question to the next Appearance in Internet Explorer other br
51. nd style information that is usually not appropriate for use on servers The next level removes almost all font information so that the server s normal fonts are used instead of other fonts The final level removes almost all formatting which can solve problems with unsafe HTML that are not fixed using the other two levels Question Title Tool There are many situations when it is desirable to rename all the titles in the Respondus file to provide a consistent look or numbering sequence For example if questions are copied or imported from a variety of sources the resulting titles may look inconsistent and haphazard The Question Title Tool located under File on the menu bar lets a stem or prefix be specified for question titles Consecutive numbering will automatically be generated for the text that appears after the stem beginning with 1 or 01 or 001 etc For example if you enter Chapterl as the stem text and then select 001 as the format for the numbering scheme the 54 title for the first question will be changed to Chapter1 001 the title for the second question will be changed to Chapter1 002 and so on If a range is specified for the titles being changed even more specific titles can be provided throughout the file For instance questions 1 20 might use the stem Ch1 Unit1 and questions 21 30 might use the stem Ch1 Unit2 and so forth Check for Update The Check for Update tool locate
52. nderlining whereas the txt format will strip such information Once a file is saved it can be opened with a word processor for further formatting and modification Finally the Send to Printer option permits you to print directly from Respondus This task works similar to the printing function in other Windows programs 53 Retrieval Overview Retrieving a Quiz or Question Category from Moodle Overview Once a quiz is administered in Moodle Respondus allows you to retrieve the quiz instrument from Moodle so that it can be modified in Respondus published to another course or archived Retrieving a Quiz or Question Category from Moodle Respondus allows the retrieval of quizzes and question categories from a Moodle course To begin go to the Retrieval menu in Respondus and select Retrieve Questions The first couple of steps of retrieving a quiz or category are identical to those used for publishing a quiz to Moodle see the earlier discussion for a detailed explanation That is provide the Moodle server information and select a course from the drop down list Then select either the quiz or category option and choose the file to be retrieved from the drop down list Finally enter a name for the new Respondus file being created and click the Retrieve button The retrieval process will take between 15 seconds and several minutes depending on several factors the speed of your connection the load on the server the size of th
53. ndus Projects folder is now displayed Highlight the file or folder that you want to archive and click Next The next screen specifies the name of the file or folder that will be archived plus the location to where the archive file will be saved It is possible to choose a different location but this is not recommended since it will later require additional steps to restore the archived file The final screen of the wizard indicates that the archiving is complete and provides the location of the archived file Additional information is provided in a Notes section There is a faster way create Respondus archive files albeit without the guidance of a wizard From the Start menu select the Open task Two large buttons appear on the left side of the window Projects and Archive The Projects folder is where all active Respondus files and folders are stored When files are archived they are placed in the Archive folder To archive a file click once on a file or folder in the Projects area and then click the small button on the toolbar at the right called Create Archive File the icon looks like a filing cabinet A name for the archive file is suggested by Respondus you may accept this name or provide a different one When the OK button is clicked all files associated with the exam including media objects are compressed into one file and it is placed in the Archive If you are archiving a folder that contains multiple Respondus files a
54. ng a file code and password 6 In the next step of the wizard enter the File Code and File Password if required provided by the publisher along with the information requested This will register the test bank with this copy of Respondus It won t be necessary to repeat the process on this computer E Respondus Test Bank Network a Register a Test Bank explain Enter the information requested below including the publisher provided file code and password if provided This will link the test bank to this copy of Respondus File Code P File Password Your Name Institution e mail address D st B Cancel Once the test bank has been registered in Respondus the third option on the Test Bank Network wizard become available Select question from one of the following publisher test banks Respondus Test Bank Network a RESPONDUS Test Bank Network 2dy to use publisher test banks The Respondus Test Bank Network contains the official test banks for thousands of publisher textbooks Instructors who adopt a participating textbook can access the accompanying test bank directly within Respondus Respondus following a registration process Test Bank Sehtorapubishertest bank Network Register a test bank using a file code and password Select questions from one of the following publisher test banks Physical Fitness and Wellness 3e Gr
55. nt If you change the default font and later need to edit your questions from within Blackboard using a browser it will be more difficult because the font HTML will be intermixed with the question wording Also note that changes to the default font will not be applied to tables or any text that already has a specific font applied it The fourth preference tab Conversions allows the settings to be determined for files that are converted from one LMS personality to another If you do not want to be asked each time how certain issues should be handled for the file conversion then select the settings that you prefer The Auto Save tab controls what actions such as adding a new question or editing an existing question cause the program to automatically save the current document Update License For the campus wide version of Respondus this allows updating the license information at any time for example to change the support contact or to renew the license early Update License is located under File on the menu bar Cleanup HTML Tool Questions imported from a Word document or by pasting from Word into a question editor may contain more formatting than is needed such as font changes and styles that don t work properly with a learning management system server The Cleanup HTML tool located under File on the menu bar allows you to apply three levels of cleanup to all questions in the current file The first level strips away some extra font a
56. ollowing notes will be helpful in the development of your CSV file At the current time the Topic Difficulty and Meta fields are being ignored and discarded We are specifying these fields now so that they will be compatible with a future version of Respondus that will support them Blank lines between records are ignored Embedded line breaks within quotes are supported Literal column separators within quotes are supported Literal quotes 2 quote characters in sequence are supported The following notes are specific to the feedback fields all feedback columns are optional general feedback is not supported in Blackboard nor for essay paragraph questions correct answer feedback is not supported outside of Blackboard nor for essay paragraph questions incorrect answer feedback is not supported outside of Blackboard nor for essay paragraph questions choice specific feedback is not supported in Blackboard prior to version 6 or for question types other than Multiple Choice it is also not supported for fill in the blank or essay paragraph questions choice specific feedback for more than 2 answer choices is not supported for TF questions choice specific feedback is not supported for answer choices which do not exist To import the tab comma delimited file with Respondus select the Import Questions task from the Start menu in Respondus Change the Type of File to Tab Comma Delimited CSV and
57. on for a new server Moodle Server University Moodle Server x Settings 3 Press Next to connect to server lt Back Next gt Cancel Help The initial decision is to choose if the quiz will be published to a single course section or to multiple courses sections Note The Batch Publish feature is only available in the Campus wide version of Respondus The next step requires that information be entered about the Moodle server and the user account This information can be stored for future use enabling this step to be bypassed after the initial setup From the Moodle Server list select Add New Server A window will open 49 Moodle Server Information 1 Open your browser and login to the Moodle account you wish to use Navigate to K the page that lists the courses available then go to any one of the courses 2 Copy the Address of the page from the browser to the box below Cancel Delete 3 Press Extract Seater erin Base URL Extract gt gt e g wwiw moodle com e g of moodle moodle university edu Server Port 180 Secure Server Yes HTTPS always ddi 4 The information below must be entered manually then press the OK button Description University Moodle Server text to display in the servers list e g UCSD login User name instructo Password XXXXXXXXXX V Remember my User Name and Password save them on this computer If this is a shared computer un check t
58. op of the list The first column enables you to preview an item by clicking the magnifying glass icon The context menu in the next column will display a pop up dialog with various operations that can be performed on that item 4 Select Conect Answer X 5 Point Value 1 00 Preview Edit Insert into List Clear Form Preview f Delete Question Expanded View Totalltems 16 Points 16 0 Move to ad lice Ac Bask For New k huestion Wording a 1P St E SEEE fho was the sculptor of Bacchus Sleeping Cupid Madonna of the Stairs and David 2 7 Copy Items From Another File his German composer is known for the following works Magnificat Christmas Oratorio an the Brand 3P Flag Test Bank Network Item fho authored Summa theologica 4P Properties achiavelli is the author of II Principe which describes the means by which a prince may gain and maintz __ 5P Laws of Motion Mult Answer 1 0 Newton s three famous laws of motion include these concepts select three 6 P S Smallpox Mult Choice 1 0 Who discovered the vaccine for smallpox 7 P S Penicillin Moult Choice 1 0 Who is credited for discovering the antibacterial medicine penicillin 8 P S Psychoanalysis Mult Choice 1 0 Who is considered to be the founder of paychoanalysis Search Advanced Search The context menu offers the following operations Preview Preview the question Edit Edit the question Delete Delete the question Mov
59. or any of the words A final option allows you to include answer choices and feedback in the keyword search 40 Settings Menu Overview Random Blocks General Settings Security Settings Review Settings How to Save New Default Settings Overview Respondus allows the selection of settings for a quiz prior to it being uploading to Moodle Although this step is entirely optional it provides the ability to create random blocks and to determine the settings for the quiz offline I The Random Blocks task has an entirely unique approach and design to it than that used by Moodle However the three other Settings tabs in Respondus are very similar in design to how they appear in Moodle Rather than write an entirely new explanation for how the Settings options work in Moodle we have borrowed much of their on line help for this section Random Blocks A random block is a set of questions from which a random selection is presented to students during the exam For example you can create a random set containing 10 questions from which 2 will be selected and presented to students during the quiz Before creating sets random blocks in Respondus you should have your file organized so that questions being included in a set are grouped together For example if the fifth question in an exam is going to be randomly selected from a set that contains three questions these three questions should be grouped together at 5 6 and 7
60. ored 46A Review Settings The Review Settings in this section are optional for quizzes These settings affect the behavior of a quiz after it has been submitted Results 2 Review options Immediately after the attempt Later while the quiz is still open After the quiz is closed V Responses V Responses iv Responses Answers Answers Answers Feedback Feedback Feedback General feedback General feedback General feedback Scores Scores Scores Overall feedback Overall feedback Overall feedback Review options These options control what information users can see when they review a quiz attempt or look at the quiz reports Immediately after the attempt means within two minutes of the attempt being finished by the user clicking Submit all and finish Later while the quiz is still open means after this and before the quiz close date After the quiz is closed means after the quiz close date has passed If the quiz does not have a close date this state is never reached Users with the capability View hidden grades moodle grade viewhidden typically teachers and administrators are not affected by these settings and will always be able to review all information about a student s attempt at any time How To Save New Default Settings In Respondus there are two types of default settings the original settings as displayed in Moodle and a second set of default settings that you can deter
61. ossible to place extra answers in the right column In this situation the extra answers act as decoys and do not match any of the answers in the left column The second approach for creating matching questions allows items in the right column to be placed in any order but requires the correct answer for the match to be indicated in the small column located at the far left This approach is especially suited for questions in which a long list of items e g country names is being matched to a relatively short list of items e g type of government For example the left list might contain 25 countries Afghanistan Albania Algeria a0 Angola Argentina etc while the list on the right might display four types of government Multi Party Democracy One Party Regime Military Monarchical Theocratic Regime Disordered State Instead of entering the type of government for each country you can simply enter the letter of the correct answer in front of the country name See the table below Column Match Column Afghanistan A Multi Party Democracy Albania B One Party Regime Algeria C Military Monarchical Theocratic Regime Angola D Disordered State Civil War Argentina Austria Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh China Cuba wrar rvar In a matching question the left column will be displayed to the student in the order information was entered The right column appears as a list of drop down menus that students can use to select the ap
62. ou must re install MathType Power Edit The Power Edit task available from the Edit menu provides additional features for formatting questions including a table editor bulleted lists the ability to change fonts and justification and so forth In addition the Power Edit window provides a much larger workspace which is especially useful if you are creating tables or editing questions that have large blocks of text 3R To begin click in the field that you want to edit and then click the Power Edit button on the toolbar Several of the tasks on the Power Edit toolbar also appear on the main toolbar so only the unique features will be discussed below Tables Respondus makes it easy to insert and edit tables From the Edit menu in Respondus position the cursor at the location where you want to insert the table Then click the Power Edit button and select the Insert Table icon from the toolbar located at the top right When the next pop up window appears specify the number of columns and rows that should be included in the table all other settings are optional Click the OK button to return to the Power Edit window You can now click within the cells of the table and enter the text The width of the table cells can be adjusted by dragging the column lines To edit other dimensions of the table from the Power Edit menu click within the table and select the desired action from the pull down menu labeled Table
63. ource code for the Product iii redistribute encumber sell rent lease sublicense or otherwise transfer rights to the Product or iv remove or alter any trademark logo copyright or other proprietary notices legends symbols or labels in the Product 2000 2011 by Respondus Inc All Rights reserved The Equation Editor and documentation are copyrighted by Design Science Inc The Sentry Spelling Checker Engine is copyrighted by Wintertree Software Inc Respondus is a registered trademark and Respondus LockDown Browser is a trademark of Respondus Inc All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Copyright 2011 Respondus SR
64. owsers may vary slightly Changes made in Edit will not appear until you Save the document Close This German composer is known for the following works Magnificat Christmas Oratorio and the Brandenburg Concertos Choose one C A Handel answer C B Beethoven C C Mozart D Bach E Brahms General Feedback The German composure is Bach He is probably best known for the Brandenburg Concertos Feedback 0 0 A 0 0 B 0 0 C 100 0 D 0 0 E The preview window shows how the question wording and answer choices will appear to students when they take the exam The feedback and correct answer for the question is additionally displayed at the bottom of the window 4R To edit the question being displayed in the Preview window click the Modify Item button The screen will change to the Edit menu and the question will be displayed in the editor Make the required changes and click Save Changes Publish to Moodle The Publish to Moodle wizard is available from the Preview amp Publish menu and it guides a user through the steps of publishing a quiz to Moodle You must already have a Moodle account and password in order to use this task In addition it is helpful to understand the basic approach used by Moodle to create an online quiz Publish Wizard 1 Type of Publish Publish to single course C Batch Publish to multiple courses 2 Choose an existing server or add new server to add settings informati
65. peed of light b Albert Michelson Yes Albert Michelson won the Nobel Prize for Physics for determining the exact speed of light etc As shown in the previous example both types of feedback can be used within a single question Point values can be set for each question or for a group of questions Points are set by adding Points followed by a space and the point value The points value is used for the next question and all following questions until a new point value is set Example Points 2 5 3 Who determined the exact speed of light 4 Who determined the exact speed of sound Both questions 3 and 4 will be given a value of 2 5 points Importing True and False Questions The process of importing a true and false question is similar to that used for importing multiple choice questions see above Both of the following examples are valid ways to format a true and false question for importing purposes Example 3 Albert Michelson determined the exact speed of light a True b False Example 3 Albert Michelson determined the exact speed of light xa T b F It s important to note that the True or T answer choice must be listed above the False or F answer choice in order for Respondus to recognize it as a true and false question type If False appears first in the list the question will be imported as a multiple choice question To include a title
66. propriate match Answers in the drop down menus are randomized Tip The easiest way to navigate through the answer choices is to use the PageUp and PageDown keys Press the PageDown key twice to move through the correct match field All answer choices are equally weighted with matching questions So if a question has 10 matches each match is worth 10 There are three choices for grading e Proportional to the Number Correct All answers are equally weighted without any penalty for incorrect answers So if a student matches 8 of 10 items correctly the score would be 80 on that question e All Points or None The student must answer all items correctly in order to receive 100 credit If any items are missed no credit is given for the question e Right Less Wrong This option sums the number of correct answers and then subtracts the number of wrong answers Hence if the student answers 8 items correctly and two items incorrectly the score is 6 8 correct 2 incorrect Short Answer Short Answer questions also known as fill in the blank questions require students to enter a word short phrase or string of characters Since the computer automatically grades the answer students must give an answer that exactly matches one of the answers provided by the teacher The standard edit window in Respondus only allows one fill in the blank answer per question However it is possible to create questions that have multiple answers
67. ready know how to use this one The key thing to learn about the Equation Editor is that the top row of menu options consist of symbols while the bottom row of menu options consist of palettes If you select a symbol from the top row it s no different than if you selected the or sign on your keyboard except that the symbols from the Equation Editor eventually get displayed as graphics since they are not HTML compatible When you select a palette from the bottom row you are given the opportunity to enter text at various insertion points shown on the screen You can also select a palette from the bottom row click in an insertion point and then select a symbol from the top row For more information about the Equation Editor refer to the online help that is available from within the editor Once you finish editing the equation exit the Equation Editor by either clicking the X that appears at the top right corner of the window or by selecting File from the pull down menu and clicking Exit A second window that addresses other properties of the equation will now appear The font selection and size used within the Equation Editor determines how large the equation will be when it is printed from Respondus But it is generally desirable to show equations in a larger format when displaying them on the web In general we recommend that a web based equation be displayed at 150 of the size used for printing So by default the R
68. reated in Respondus Multiple Choice True False Essay Matching Short Answer Multiple Response and Description Feedback and point values can be added to questions as can images multimedia tables HTML and various types of enhanced formatting The appearance of the Edit menu is dependent on whether you open an exam file 27 Multiple Choice 1 Title of Question Perching Birds 2 Question Wording Randomize answers Which of the following perching birds have feet that are best designed for bark climbing 3 Answers PageDown moves to next answer General Feedback Feedback Titmouse a amp Nuthatch B Skylark c y Swallow D g 4 Select Corect Answer p 7 5 PointYalue 11 00 B Add to End of List Insert into List Clear Form Preview To create a new question select the desired question type on the left side of the screen The template on the right side of the screen will change accordingly Common Features Across All Question Types All question types require you to enter a Title The title can be up to 64 characters If you do not enter a title Respondus will use the first 20 characters from the Question Wording for it All question types have a Question Wording section This is where the main body of the question is entered Some question types allow the entry of feedback If feedback is enabled for a particular quiz determined later using the Settings m
69. results look in Preview click Finish to complete the import The Respondus file has now been created or appended Switch to the Edit menu to modify the file or go to the Preview menu to view the file using a browser like window The Standard Format for Importing Respondus will import multiple choice true false essay short answer matching and multiple response questions The plain text rich text or MS Word file must be organized in the Standard Format before it can be imported into Respondus The Standard Format for multiple choice questions has required elements and optional elements each of which is described below This is followed by an explanation of the formatting required for true false essay short answer matching and multiple response questions Required Elements Multiple Choice Each question must begin with a question number followed by either a period or a parentheses Example 3 Example 3 The question wording must follow the question number Note at least one space should be between the question number and the question wording Example 3 Who determined the exact speed of light Example 3 Who determined the exact speed of light Each answer choice distractor must begin with a letter A Z followed by a period ora parentheses Example 3 Who determined the exact speed of light a Albert Einstein b Albert Michelson c Thomas Edison d Guglielmo Marconi
70. s The Respondus Test Bank Network contains the official test banks for thousands of publisher textbooks Instructors who adopt a participating textbook can access the accompanying test bank directly within Respondus Res po nd us following a registration process Test Bank fe P N etw O rk Register a test bank using a file code and password C The first selection Search for a publisher test bank will open a browser window and enable instructors to search for textbooks adopted for their classes Once a textbook is located a request form is filled out and submitted This information is sent directly to the publisher for verification The textbook publisher will send an email to the instructor containing a file code and password for registering the test bank using the Respondus software The instructor should then return to the Test Bank Network wizard in Respondus to register the test bank which is the second option listed Register a test bank using a file code and password Respondus Test Bank Network RESPONDUS 3 Test Bank Network ady to use publisher test banks The Respondus Test Bank Network contains the official test banks for thousands of publisher textbooks Instructors who adopt a participating textbook can access the accompanying test bank directly within Respondus Responduse folowing a registration process Test Bank s ee ae Network Register a test bank usi
71. s allows projects to be organized within folders For example you can place the exams for a particular course within a folder rather than having exams for all courses listed together To create a new folder click the Create New Folder button located second from left To navigate down a level within a folder double click on the folder itself To navigate up a level click the Up One Level button located leftmost on the row of buttons The Browse button located on the lower left side of the window allows you to locate a Respondus file rsp located elsewhere on your hard drive and copy the file to the Respondus Projects folder It does not move the file or open it directly rather it creates a new Projects folder based on a copy of that file The Browse button can also be used to locate a Respondus archive file rsa or rpa and to restore it to the Projects directory see Restoring an Archive File The Search button allows a file to be searched prior to opening it it can only be used if the Item List view is selected Searching is particularly useful if you are trying to locate a particular question or set of questions in a file The Test Bank Network button is used to start the Respondus Test Bank Network wizard The Respondus Test Bank Network contains the official test banks for thousands of publisher textbooks Instructors who adopt a participating textbook can access the accompanying test bank d
72. s made 0 vironment Sa epee EN TE E ETTE EE OTTONE FERRO NETER E RNONN 2S When Automatic selection is used the number of available questions of each question type is shown Enter the number of questions to be selected for each question type and the point value to be assigned to it a Respondus Test Bank Network ame e h h B x Close Respondus Test Bank Network Select items to be added to the current Respondus project Physical Fitness and Wellness 3e 2004 Greenberg Human Kinetics v Greenberg01 Imported from Greenberg01 rt_y I l Question Selection Manual Automatic explain WM Exclude Flagged Items Type Available to Select Number to Select Points per Question Multiple Choice 14 0 0 True False 3 0 0 Essay Short Answer 0 Matching 0 Fill in Blank 0 Multiple Answer 0 Calculated o r Questions copied from the test bank using either Manual or Automatic selection will be copied to the currently open Respondus file 10 Exam Wizard The Exam Wizard helps familiarize new users with the basic functions of Respondus In addition the Exam Wizard is the best way to create an exam using questions contained in one or more Respondus files such as a publisher test bank The Exam Wizard allows questions to be randomly selected from the files that are chosen and to assign point values across an entire question type To begin sele
73. scribed above for multiple choice questions The primary difference is that the first line of formatting must begin with Type P This is followed by the Title which is optional the question number and the question wording Example Type E Title Michelson Morely experiment 4 How is the Michelson Morely experiment related to Albert Einstein s theory of relativity If you are importing an essay question into an Exam file you can supply an answer two different ways First you may provide an answer immediately after the question wording in which the 66 99 answer begins with a or a without the quotes Example Type E Title Michelson Morely experiment 4 How is the Michelson Morely experiment related to Albert Einstein s theory of relativity a In 1887 Albert Michelson and Edward Morely carried out experiments to detect the change in speed of light due to ether wind when the Earth moved around the sun The result was negative They found the speed of light is always the same regardless of Earth s motion around the sun Scientists were puzzled with this negative result and they didn t know how to explain it Albert Einstein came up with the answer in his famous second postulate in theory of relativity that the speed of light in vacuum is always constant and absolute regardless of its source s motion and observer s movement The second way to supply an answer for an essay question is to
74. t In the column that precedes the answer choices the letter X should be entered for all correct answers Moodle will assign equal value to all answers indicated as correct Thus if two of four answers are marked as correct each correct answer will be worth 50 of the point value If the designer selects three of four answers as being correct each correct answer will be worth 33 3 Entering Percentage Values for Each Answer With Multiple Response questions it is also possible to assign exact values for each correct and incorrect answer Instead of placing an X in front of the correct answers values totaling 100 for the correct answers can be entered Conversely negative values totaling 100 can be entered for the incorrect answers The logic for this can be confusing at first but the best approach is to simply remember that the correct answers should total 100 and the wrong answers should total 100 For example if answers A and C are correct and answers B and D are incorrect you might assign values as follows 50 A Answer A correct 50 B Answer B wrong 50 C Answer C correct 50 D Answer D wrong 33 In fact this matches what Respondus does automatically when you enter X for the correct answers However it is also possible to place unequal weights on right and wrong answers although one should do so carefully 60 A Answer A correct 70 B Answer B wrong 40 C Answer C correct
75. t sensitive help To view the on line help choose Help Topics from the pull down Help menu and select a topic You can also press the F1 key from within Respondus to obtain context sensitive help Throughout the program you will additionally see small buttons with a symbol When the button is clicked information on that particular option or task is provided If you encounter a question that is not answered in the on line help or in this manual you are encouraged to visit the Support section of our web site www respondus com There you will find Frequently Asked Questions FAQ and other resources The remainder of this user manual is organized according to the five menus used in the Moodle personality of Respondus Start Edit Settings Preview amp Publish and Retrieval Start Menu Overview Opening a File Creating a File Test Bank Network Exam Wizard Importing Questions to Respondus Archive Wizard Changing the LMS Personality and Converting Files Overview of Start Menu The Start menu provides the ability to Open a Respondus file Create a new file access publisher test banks from the Respondus Test Bank Network and Import questions from a MS Word or text file The Exam Wizard provides an easy way to create an exam from an existing set of questions The Archive Wizard allows you to archive an exam or survey including all media components and equations with a single click Opening a File
76. tached i Image jpg bmp gif png pcx emf fre Audio Video file mpg avi wav mov swf S C Other file type docx pdf etc a If images are selected the Media Wizard will enable the entering of alt text for screen reader applications and will allow you to specify a scaling factor so that large images can be scaled to a smaller size When an Audio Video file is attached to a question the appropriate media player is automatically selected and you are given the option to insert it as an embedded object or a linked object If Other file type is selected the file is displayed as a web link during the exam and the file can be viewed using a browser plugin or will launch another application that s associated with that file type If external media is selected the next step of the Media Wizard is to select an Image or Picture Google Picasa Image or an image located at a URL or Audio Video file YouTube video or an audio video file located at a URL 35 Select Type of Media File You lt Doaa re Select the type of media file to be used Image or Picture x Google Picasa Image a iy Image located on a web server Jd Audio Video C YouTube Video You Tube Audio Video or other file located on a web server If Google Picasa images or YouTube videos are selected then the Media Wizard provides a search interface that allows you to search preview and select
77. the correct answers can be specified e g In the first blank enter the name of the first man to walk the moon In the second blank enter the name of the second man to walk on the moon Third it is possible to assign different point values for each answer choice e g Neil Armstrong 40 of the point value Buzz Aldrin 60 of the point value To begin click the Advanced button to change the standard answer grid to the advanced answer grid If the question requires students to fill in two or more answer blanks but the order in which the answers are entered doesn t matter then simply list each correct answer in the wide grid section at the right B E x However if the question requires students to fill in two or more answers and the order in which the answers are entered does matter then the middle column in the grid should be used to specify the position of each correct answer For example if the first answer must be entered as Armstrong and the second answer must be entered as Aldrin then the grid should look like this If you want to allow multiple variants for each correct answer that too can be accomplished if each answer choice has a specified order For example consider the following question In the first blank below enter the name of either astronaut who walked on the moon as part of the A 1 Amnstrong a Apollo 11 mission In the second blank provide the name of the astronaut w
78. then browse to the file A window will open and ask you to describe the type of data being imported plain text or HTML the number of header rows to skip the type of delimiter etc The Preview allows you to look at the data before the import is complete If everything looks good click OK to close the window If the CSV file contains HTML it is possible to include image links such as lt img src filename jpg gt Notice that any single quote in the HTML must be changed to a pair of quotes in the HTML If images are referenced in the CSV file using HTML then select the location of the image folder next Finally select from the remaining options that are available from the Import Questions task Click Finish to complete the import 23 Archive Wizard The Archive Wizard in Respondus allows you to archive an exam including all media components and equations that may be associated with it An entire tree of folders can also be archived The Archive Wizard and related tasks are useful for doing routine backups to create a ready to use exam file that can be e mailed to a colleague or for organizing the Projects folder so that only current files are displayed Archive files require considerably less hard drive space because the contents are stored in a compressed format Creating an Archive File To create a Respondus archive file go to the Start menu and select the Archive Wizard option A directory of the Respo
79. ther to create an entirely new file Each question being imported will have a title If you don t specify a title for each question in the text file itself discussed below Respondus will automatically use the first 20 characters of the question wording as the question title Alternatively titles can be based on a specific stem or string of text which will then be followed by consecutive numbering starting with 001 For example if you select the Use stem checkbox and enter the text Chapter1 the title for the first question being imported will be Chapter1 001 the title for the second question will be Chapter1 002 and so on You do not have to enter a stem phrase this feature is entirely optional Step 3 Click the Preview button to preview the file being imported and to see if there are any warning messages If warning messages are shown at the bottom of the screen you need to determine whether to make changes to the text file or whether to continue with the import Be aware that some warning messages don t actually require you to make a change to the file being imported For instance Respondus will generate a warning message if two questions being imported have the same title Respondus will place the number 2 at the end of the second title to make it distinct from the first But if you don t care about this issue you can ignore the warning message Step 4 If you are satisfied with how the
80. tion in the set If you want all of the questions in the set to be shown during the exam select the All option If however you want a smaller number of questions from the set asked during the exam choose the Select Number option and provide the desired number For example if you want only one question from questions 5 7 asked during the exam you would enter the number 1 You are then asked to provide a point value for the question set All questions in a question set must have the same point value Finally click the Add New Set button to finish the creation of the question set In the list below a letter representing the question set will appear next to each question that is contained in the question set This allows you to easily see which questions are grouped together The letters representing each question set also provide the basis for editing a question set For instance if the letter C appears next to a set of questions and you want to edit this particular question set select the option Modify or Delete Existing Set and select C from the pull down list The current settings for that question set will be displayed and several new options will appear in the lower section of the screen Save Changes Cancel Changes and Delete Set 49 In order for random blocks to be included with the quiz when it is published to Moodle you must select the checkbox Apply Random Blocks on the Publish to Moo
81. tion in the same manner To remove any of the above mentioned formatting simply highlight the text again and reselect the corresponding button from the toolbar Please note that although the underlying HTML tags are not displayed in Respondus these tags will be transferred to and displayed by Moodle when the file is uploaded Media Wizard One of the more powerful features in Respondus is the ease in which media e g images audio clips video clips attachments e g spreadsheets and links can be added to exams Media content can be added to question wordings answer choices and feedback without writing or viewing HTML In addition the media objects can be previewed offline and everything is automatically uploaded to the WebCT server during the Publish process From the Edit menu position the cursor at the place in the question where you want the media item added Then click the Media icon on the toolbar A pop up wizard will guide you through the selection of the media element The first step is to choose whether the media is being uploaded from a local computer or being linked to on the Internet If the media file is located on your computer the next step is to select the type of media being attached image jpg bmp gif png pcx emf audio video file mpg avi wav mov swf or other file type docx pdf etc 34 Select Type of Media File ad Select the type of media file to be at
82. to connect to the server using the provided settings If this occurs troubleshoot it as follows e Make sure you are running a supported version of Moodle and have the correct personality selected from the Start menu in Respondus e Make sure your connection to the Internet is working properly e Double check the instructor level Password and User ID information In fact open your browser go to the Moodle server and enter the identical login information This will confirm that the Moodle server is running and that the User ID and Password are correct e Make sure you are running the latest version of Respondus go to Help gt Check for Update to see if a more current version is available Respondus uses the login information to look up the Moodle courses that are associated with it Select the course to which the quiz will be published The hourglass will appear momentarily as Respondus retrieves the list of existing question categories and sections Moodle requires that questions be placed in a question category i e a question database before they are used in a quiz So decide whether to create a new category or use an existing one To use an existing category select the second option and choose a category from the pull down list All questions in the Respondus file will be appended to this category during the publishing step The remaining selections are optional including the ability to create a quiz it is possible to
83. ty that was used to create the file will be displayed in the information window below Quarantined Questions after a file is converted Some learning management systems have question types that simply cannot be used by other learning management systems During the conversion process Respondus will provide the option to drop such questions or have them quarantined in the newly converted file In most situations it is best to drop the question entirely But if at a later time you plan to use the converted file with the originating learning management system the quarantine option will preserve the questions for this purpose 24 The title of a quarantined question will appear in red in Respondus instead of the normal color of blue Also if a quarantined question is included in the file when it is published to a learning management system the question will be filtered out during the publishing step 2A Editing a File Overview Common Features Across all Question Types Question List and Expanded View Multiple Choice True False Essay Matching Short Answer Multiple Response Description Adding Bold Italics Underline and Super Subscript Media Wizard HTML Editor Equation Editor Power Edit Tables Fonts Formatting and Lists Spell Check Keyword Searches Overview of Edit Menu The Edit menu allows questions to be added to the currently open file There are seven question types that can be c
84. uestions for each file to be viewed before making a selection In fact you can preview individual questions by clicking the title of a question or by searching the entire list of questions by clicking the Keyword Search button at the top right To select questions from this list click in the column furthest to the left a checkmark will appear next to the question When you are finished with your selections click either the Add to End of List button or the Insert Into List button Repeat this process for each source file The Automatic Selection and Manual Selection options may be combined You may also reselect a file from the pull down list and choose additional questions from it However Respondus will prevent you from selecting a question more than once Once questions have been added to the list at the bottom of the screen you may edit the point values manually To delete a question from the bottom list or to move it to a different location in the list click the blue title and select the desired option Finally notice that a tally of the total number of questions and point values appears at the top right corner of the lower grid The next and final page of the wizard is self explanatory It provides a variety of options as to what can occur next For example to edit questions in the file you would select the option to go to the Edit menu To print the exam you would select the Printing option and so on Click Finish to complet
85. ut it does permit you to enter multiple forms of that answer Example Type S Title Who invented television 5 Who is known as the father of television Zworykin Vladimir Zworykin c Vladimir Kosma Zworykin on Answers can also be placed at the end of the file using a format similar to multiple choice questions The only difference is that you can enter multiple forms of an answer by repeating the question number Example Answers A C B C Zworykin Vladimir Zworykin Vladimir Kosma Zworykin B OuUuUuU FWY PE Importing Matching Questions The process of importing a matching question is similar to what is described above for importing multiple choice questions but there are some key differences The first line of formatting must begin with Type MT This is followed by the title which is optional the question number and the question wording Each answer which consists of both portions of a correct match must begin with a letter a z followed by a period or a parentheses The two parts of the match must be separated with an symbol and there should not be any hard returns or blank lines within either parts of the answer Example Type MT Title Scientific discoveries 4 Match the correct name to the discovery or theory a Michelson Morely Speed of light b Einstein Theory of Relativity c Marconi radio waves Spaces before or after the symbol
86. velli Troe Fake 1 0 Machinvelii ia the author of A Principa which describes the means by bich a prince may gain an maintain his power 5 P Y LawsofMotion Moult Answer 1 0 Newton s three famous laws of motion include these concepts select three 6 P S Smallpox Molt Choice 1 0 Who discovered the vaccine for smallpox 7 P Y Penicillin Mult Choice 1 0 Who is credited for discovering the antibacterial medicine penicillin 8 P X Psychoanalysis Mult Choice 1O Wiis a anoak tp tr a foak ok piapa 9 P x New World Molt Answer 1 0 Who are the first two European mariners credited for sailing to the New World 10 X South Pole Mult Choice 1 0 Who is credited as being the first person to reach the South Pole 11 PP S Wireless radio Mult Choice 1 0 Who is credited for inventing the wireless radio 12 P X Fist computer Fill in Blank 1 0 In 1946 J Presper Eckert and John Mauchly created the first large general purpose electronic computer It was given the name 13 P S Lovisiana Purchas Mult Choice 1 0 In 1803 the U S negotiated the Louisiana Purchase from for 15 million With this purchase the U S doubles its domain increasing its territory by 14 P YI Independence Mult Choice 1 0 In 1803 ea Ga Gr FS salen fo gat apace Seon a coal cal 15 P Y Inca Fill in Blank Te Ty ae rary 16 P X Timeline Matching 1 0 For each of the following dates match the event or person associated with it Multiple Choice Multiple Choi
87. x for free text entry but on 44 receiving an unsatisfactory answer present a simple choice interaction instead and award fewer marks for subsequently identifying the correct response Adaptivity allows authors to create items for use in formative situations which both help to guide candidates through a given task while also providing an outcome that takes into consideration their path In adaptive mode an additional Submit button is shown for each question If the student presses this button then the response to that particular question is submitted to be scored and the mark achieved is displayed to the student If the question is an adaptive question then it is displayed in its new state that takes the student s answer into account and will in many cases ask the student for another input In the simplest adaptive questions this new state may differ only in the feedback text and prompt the student to try again in more complicated question also the question text and even the interaction elements can change Grading method When multiple attempts are allowed there are different ways you can use the grades to calculate the student s final grade for the quiz Highest grade The final grade is the highest best grade in any attempt Average grade The final grade is the average simple mean grade of all attempts First grade The final grade is the grade gained on the first attempt other attempts are ignored Last grade The final grade is

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