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Respondus 1.5 - User Guide

1. Release the score once the quiz has been submitted Release once submitted AND all the questions have been graded Release the score once the availability period has ended Release once availability ended AND all questions graded C Do not release the score Release column Release Quiz column so students can see their grade in MyGrades Results displayed to Student V a Show the question text for each question IV b Show the student s response for each question requires a 7 c Show evaluation of student s response only a b not d IV d Show the full evaluation of each question a b not c 7 e Show the correct answer for each question a b I F Show the feedback for each question T g Show the student s score for each question 7 h Show all the grader comments for the quiz T i Show the student s total score for the quiz this setting can only be used for WebCT 3 8 and higher Student Score If you allow your students to attempt the quiz multiple times then this setting will determine how WebCT calculates the quiz score The selection box can be set to use the First Latest Highest or Average score to calculate your students score for a quiz Note Only fully graded quizzes are used in the score calculation Quizzes that are not graded or are partially graded are not included in the calculation Note For question statistics only the first attempt is recorded Student Score Re
2. checkbox The next step is to choose whether you want the course list retrieved automatically or whether you want to select the courses manually We recommend that you use the automatic retrieval option unless Respondus is unable to automatically retrieve the course list Automatic retrieval sometimes fails when the MyWebCT page is customized in such a way that Respondus cannot 44 properly find the course list If this occurs select the option Add courses manually and use the Add course option described below in Step 2 Now you must select what is known as the server port Most servers use 80 as the server port which is the default setting provided by Respondus However if a different server port is being used this can easily be determined by using a web browser to look at the URL for your WebCT course If for example the URL contains a number at the end like http www webct school edu 8900 then you would enter 8900 as your server port in Respondus If you have difficulty identifying your server port number ask the WebCT administrator at your school for assistance Finally if WebCT is installed on a secure server https select the appropriate checkbox You should only need to check this box if the URL address for your MyWebCT course page begins with https instead of the normal http note the s Before clicking the OK button to activate the settings be sure your In
3. gt 1of1 ltem Which of the following perching birds have feet that are best designed for bark climbing C 1 Titmouse C 2 Nuthatch C 3 Skylark C 4 Swallow Finish Feedback 0 0 1 No The Titmouse feet are better developed for perching and clambering 100 0 2 Yes The Nuthatch feet are well developed for bark climbing x The preview window shows the first question in the file The display is similar to how the question wording and answer choices will appear to students when they take the exam or survey With exam files the feedback and correct answer for the question is additionally displayed at the bottom of the window 42 There are two ways to scroll back and forth through the question list First you can click on the lt lt Prev and Next gt gt buttons that appear above the display window Second you can click the Back and Continue buttons that appear within the window itself If you want to edit the question being displayed in the Preview window click the Modify Item button You will immediately jump to the Edit menu and the properties for the current question will be displayed in the form Make whatever modifications you like and click Save Changes A pop up window will then indicate that the file has been saved and that you are being returned to the Preview window Publish to WebCT The Publish to WebCT task is where questions settings and point values are transferred to the WebCT server
4. Chimes way You can have the file placed in the question as either a link or as an embedded object The embedded option is mainly used for objects that use a browser plugin such as MOL molecular model files Linked object HTML is lt A href gt linktext lt A gt Enter below the text you want shown to the user for the link the blue underlined text a user clicks on Chimes Embedded object HTML is lt Embed src gt Optional enter the size for the player window on the web page Width Height There are two primary choices to be made on this screen each of which offers a secondary option The first choice is to determine whether you want the item inserted as a link or as an embedded object For most situations you will want to use the Linked Object option which is the default setting In HTML terms this is referred to as an a href tag The alternative choice is to use the Embedded Object option which is sometimes required if your object requires a browser plug in If you select the Linked Object option and click OK the actual file name of the audio video file will display in the link that appears to the student As an alternative you can enter a more friendly description for the link such as Click Here to Listen for an audio file or Click Here to Open the Spreadsheet Similarly if you select the Embedded Object option and click OK the size of the playe
5. In order to change the size of the equation for printing purposes you must select a different font size in the equation editor itself It should also be noted that the image scaling only applies to equations that are uploaded to WebCT as images If the Preference settings in Respondus are set so that equations are uploaded to WebCT 29 as MathML or a WebEQ compatible format then the image scaling information is ignored during the upload Lower on the screen is an option that is only applicable to equations being uploaded to WebCT in a MathML or WebEQ compatible format With some MathML equations it is necessary to adjust the width of the blank space that appears to the right of the equation In some situations you need to add more spacing so the equation itself doesn t get clipped In other situations you may want to reduce the amount of space that appears after the equation so that a gap doesn t appear between the end of the equation and the text that follows Respondus allows you to adjust the pixel width that appears after MathML WebEQ equations by adding a positive number to increase the space or a negative number to decrease the space For example if you enter the number 25 the space after the equation will be reduced by 25 pixels 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 m
6. Short Answer Multiple Response A Note About Calculated Questions Adding Bold Italics Underline and Super Subscript Adding Images Media and Attachments to Questions Web Links HTML Editor Equation Editor Power Editor Tables Fonts Formatting and Lists Spell Check Keyword Searches Modifying Rearranging and Deleting Questions Using a Question as the Basis for a New Question Copying Questions from Another Respondus File Overview of Edit Menu The Edit menu allows questions to be added to the currently open file Edit Questions Multiple Choice _ 1 Title of Question Perching Birds Multiple Choice 2 Question Wording Which of the following perching birds have feet that are best designed for bark climbing True and False Paragraph Matching 3 Answers PageDown moves to next answer 7 Randomize 3 81 Short Answer Multiple Response W Enable Feedback Copy from Another File a 4 Select Correct Answer e aa 5 Point Yalue 1 00 6 Save Changes Cancel Changes Clear Form Preview 19 There are six types of questions Multiple Choice True and False Paragraph Matching Short Answer and Multiple Response 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 or a survey file This is because fewer options are available for survey fil
7. 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 Respondus software suggests that the WebCT 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 WebCT 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 WebCT you are NOT affecting the size of the equation that will print from Respondus
8. You must already have a WebCT account and password in order to use this task In addition it is helpful if you understand the basic approach used by WebCT to create a question database and a quiz survey file Note The appearance of the Publish to WebCT screen is slightly different with survey files but the same steps are used to publish the files Publish to WebCT Use this option to publish the currently open file to a WebCT server You can send the document as either new questions for a question bank or as a complete quiz or survey 1 WebCT Server 2 Course 3 Category to assign to Questions Create a new category world History Use an existing category 4 Choose Actions to perform IV Add questions to the question database 7 Create or update Quiz Create new quiz world History C Use existing quiz 7 I Apply Question Sets to quiz T Add point values to quiz T Apply Settings to quiz 5 Publish Status Step 1 Select WebCT Server 43 The first time you use Respondus to publish files to WebCT you must enter information about the location of the WebCT server and provide information about your user account From the pull down list labeled WebCT Server select the Add New Server option WebCT Server Information Ea WebCT Server URL e g webct purdue edu webct statecollege edu Cancel What would you like to call the server WebCT Version Delete My WebCT
9. enter a name for the new file you are creating Once all selections have been made 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 the 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 WebCT 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 in questions that point to these objects This makes the media elements work properly when the file is published again to WebCT If you created and uploaded image based equations to WebCT using Respondus when these questions are retrieved from WebCT the equations will be handled as images not equations This means that if you want to use Respondus to modify an equation that was retrieved from WebCT you will first need to delete the equation graphic using the Insert Picture or File option see related discussion and then use the Equation Editor to create the new equation Hence it is usually better to start with you
10. go to the Preview amp Publish menu and select Add WebCT Self Test The first couple of steps in publishing a self test are identical to those used for publishing a quiz to WebCT see the previous section for a detailed summary First select the WebCT Server then select the Course After the course information is retrieved from the server select the specific page to be used for 47 adding the self test WebCT permits you to add a self test to an organizer page but you will generally want to add it to a page from a content module You are not permitted to add a self test to a content module itself and Respondus will prevent you from trying to do so If the content module to which you want to add a self test does not yet have a sub page a necessity for adding a self test you will need to go to your WebCT course with a browser to add a page The procedure for doing so differs for each version of WebCT so consult the appropriate WebCT documentation to accomplish this Once you have selected the server course and the destination page for the self test click the Publish button The publishing process will take from 15 seconds to several minutes depending on several factors the speed of your connection the load on the server the size of the media elements that are being uploaded and so forth You will know that the creation of the self test was successful by the statement Completed successfully that appears in the statu
11. Answers and must be positioned at the end of the file Note Any text after the answer list will be ignored 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 Paragraph Questions The logic for importing paragraph questions also known as essay or open ended questions is similar to what is described 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 11 Example Type P Title Michelson Morely experiment 4 How is the Michelson Morely experiment related to Albert Einstein s theory of relativity If you are importing a paragraph 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 66 09 which the answer begins with a or a without the quotes Example Type P Title Michelson Morely experiment 4 How is the Michelson Morel
12. As long as the questions in the exam file remain unchanged the Exam Variations will retain the same question order However if you add or insert new questions the Exam Variation will differ the next time you print an exam or answer key It is also possible to specify a range of questions to be included in the exam If both fields are left blank all questions will be included At the bottom of the screen there are three options Preview Save to File and Send to Printer The 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 survey 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 underlining 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 49 Retrieval and Reports Overview Retrieving Reports for Quizzes Surveys Downloading Data from Quizzes Surveys Retrieving a Quiz or Category from WebCT Overview Once a quiz or survey is administered in
13. 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 allow 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 There are several places in Respondus where the Keyword Search button appears such as at the bottom of the Edit menu This option allows you to search the currently open file or the file that is being previewed 32 Keyword Search x Enter the words or phrases to search f
14. Importing Questions Respondus allows you to import multiple choice true false paragraph short answer matching and multiple response questions from a file The questions must be organized in a format that is acceptable to Respondus and the file must be stored in text txt or rich text rtf format All word processors have the capability of saving files to txt or rtf format so does the WordPad application in Windows 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 1 Select the file to Import Type of file Ea ER eee a Ee E 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 Survey J Use stem 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 r Preview results Title Question Wording a Step 1 The first step is to select the t
15. WebCT Respondus allows you to retrieve reports that contain such things as student scores the grading status summary statistics and answer distributions You can also download the database that contains the answers provided by students The final option on the Retrieval and Reports menu allows the retrieval of the quiz survey instrument from WebCT so that it can be modified in Respondus published to another course or archived Retrieving Reports for Quizzes Surveys WebCT can generate a variety of reports for quizzes and surveys Respondus enhances these capabilities by retrieving reports from multiple locations in WebCT and consolidating them into a single page Since these reports are automatically saved to the hard drive it is possible to view results offline or to archive the reports at the conclusion of a course To retrieve a report using Respondus go to the Retrieval and Reports menu and select the Retrieve Reports tab The first several steps are similar to those used for publishing a quiz to WebCT see the earlier discussion for a detailed explanation First select the WebCT Server and the Course Then select the quiz or survey for which you want the report Three different elements can be included in a report The first checkbox will retrieve the student scores grading status and related information for a survey it will simply list those who have and haven t taken the survey The following information will be displayed Spra
16. certain countries Available Until 38 To set the end point of the quiz survey availability period fill in the text boxes for day month and year and choose a time from the selection boxes for hour and minute If any of the values for day month and year are zero the quiz availability will be Unlimited To make a quiz survey immediately unavailable you will need to go to the Quiz Settings section in WebCT and select the Deny Access Now button Selective Release Respondus does not allow you to determine the Selective Release Settings offline If you want to use these settings you must make the changes on the WebCT server using your browser Security Settings The Security Settings are optional They may be used to restrict access to the quiz survey for security purposes The settings do not change the Availability of the quiz survey they only change how it is accessed Security Leave the Password and IP address boxes blank to disable those features Proctor password Students must enter the password to gain access IP address mask Only allow machines that match 128 64 Proctor Password If nothing is entered in the text box your students may access the quiz normally Otherwise your students will be asked for a password before entering the quiz To successfully enter the quiz the password the student enters must exactly match the text in the text box This method is often used with proctored exa
17. option Allow access as soon as the Quiz Survey is Published the quiz survey will be activated once Step 5 is complete If you publish a quiz survey to WebCT without the Settings remember to later go to the Quiz Settings section in WebCT to activate the quiz or survey Step 5 Publish When Steps 1 4 are complete the file is ready to be published to the WebCT server Click the Publish button The Windows hourglass will appear The time required to transfer the information to the WebCT server depends on several factors the speed of your Internet connection the speed of the server running WebCT and its current load the size of the quiz or survey you are publishing the quantity and size of the media files being uploaded to WebCT In a typical situation Respondus will complete the transfer of information to WebCT in 15 30 seconds However this can increase to 5 or more minutes if a large number of media files are being uploaded You will know that the transfer is complete when the Windows hourglass disappears and when the phrase Completed successfully appears in the status box If a transfer was not entirely successful these words will not be displayed Once a file has been published to WebCT we recommend that you go to your course and confirm that everything was transferred as you expected Add WebCT Self Test Respondus makes it possible to use an exam file to create a WebCT self test With an exam file open
18. sae aean Exam History Cancel Search Highlight an exam or survey 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 project list 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 Respondus 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 that file The Browse button can also be used to locate a Respondus archive file rsa or rpa and to restore it to th
19. 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 In order for question sets to be included with the quiz when it is published to WebCT you must select the checkbox Add Question Sets to Quiz on the Publish to WebCT menu Conversely if 36 you do not want question sets included with the quiz when it is published to WebCT leave this box unchecked Basic Settings The section labeled Basic Settings includes settings that must be considered for most quizzes and surveys Basic Settings Question Titles V Show question titles short names when students view the quiz Question delivery Deliver all the questions at once Deliver questions one at a time where questions can
20. the answer grid this feature is explained later in this section 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 22 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 In addition this option is case sensitive 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 the correct answers can be specified e g In the first blank enter the name of the first man to w
21. the moon Al 1 Amnstrong y B 1 Aldrin A 2 Colins a 23 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 amp 40 0 Amnstrong y B 60 0 Aldrin c 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 WebCT they are placed in WebCT 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 WebCT exam by selecting the randomize answers checkbox located just above the answers list This fea
22. 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 A Note About Calculated Questions Respondus does not allow the creating or editing of calculated questions However if a calculated question is created in WebCT Respondus will download these questions along with the other question types see the Retrieval and Reports menu Once downloaded calculated questions can be moved copied deleted or resubmitted to the WebCT server 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 Z or U button on the tool bar The text will immediately change to the selected formatting The superscript X and subscript X2 tools function 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 WebCT Server when the file is uploade
23. upload the question database and or quiz The hourglass will again appear as Respondus retrieves additional information from the WebCT server Step 3 Category to Assign Questions To WebCT uses the term category to refer to what is essentially a question database Users must first create and store their questions in a category before creating an actual quiz or survey In Step 3 Respondus is asking you whether you want to create a new WebCT category or whether you want to use an existing category Select the first option if you want to create a new category The name of the current Respondus file is entered as the default name for the category However you can change this to whatever name you like To use an existing category select the second option and choose the desired category from the pull down list All questions will be appended to the category Step 4 Choose Actions to Perform The next step is to choose the actual actions you want performed WebCT requires that questions first be placed in a question database that is a category so the first option must remain selected If all you want to do is create or append a WebCT question database this is the only option you need to select The second option allows you to create or modify a WebCT quiz select the checkbox in front of Create or Update Quiz if that s what you want to do You have the choice of creating a new quiz or using an existing quiz To cr
24. 4 100 5O FAtttttttttttttt t All reports are formatted in HTML Your web browser will automatically open and display the report once it is generated The report is also saved to your hard drive and can generally be found in the following folder c Respondus Projects Reports Downloading Data from Quizzes Surveys Respondus will download answer databases for quizzes or surveys The results are saved as comma separated values files csv which are easily opened by Excel Access and many Statistical analysis programs The download feature in Respondus is especially useful with surveys since additional analyses e g crosstabs are usually desired To download an answer database go to the Retrieval and Reports menu in Respondus and select the Download Data tab The first several steps are similar to those used for publishing a quiz to WebCT see the earlier discussion for a detailed explanation First select the WebCT Server and the Course Then select the quiz or survey for which you want to download the answer database You are now prompted to provide a name for the database that will be downloaded the file extension csv will automatically be added to the file name If you want to download the file to a folder other than c My Documents use the Browse button to identify the folder and to enter the name of the file Click the Retrieve button to begin the download process Be forewarned 51 that the download process ca
25. A 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 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 The discussion below primarily relates to Exam files Fewer features are available if the file being created or appended is a Survey file To begin select 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 15 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 R
26. Respondus 2 0 User Guide for WebCT Personality rev January 23 2003 Getting Started Computer Requirements Installation amp Setup Activation Password Choose a Course Management System CMS Personality On line Help Start Menu Overview Opening a File Creating a File Importing Questions to Respondus Exam Wizard Archive Wizard Changing the CMS Personality and Converting Files Editing a File Overview Common Features Across all Question Types Multiple Choice True and False Paragraph Matching Short Answer Multiple Response A Note About Calculated Questions Adding Bold Italics Underline and Super Subscript Adding Images Media and Attachments to Questions Web Links HTML Editor Equation Editor Power Editor Tables Fonts Formatting and Lists Spell Check Keyword Searches Modifying Rearranging and Deleting Questions Using a Question as the Basis for a New Question Copying Questions from Another Respondus File Settings Overview Question Sets Basic Settings Availability Settings Security Settings Submissions Settings Results Settings How to Save New Default Settings Preview amp Publish Overview Preview Publish to WebCT Add WebCT Self Test Printing an Exam Retrieval and Reports Overview Retrieving Reports for Quizzes Surveys Downloading Data from Quizzes Surveys Retrieving a Quiz or Category from WebCT Other Tools amp Features Overview Save As Copy Preferences Questi
27. Server auto detect User Name Password JaneD oe aoa If this is a shared computer do not check this box I Remember my User Name and Password save them on this computer Course List Retrieval Automatic retrieval Add courses manually Server Port Secure Server feo I Yes use HTTPS Server Port is often 80 or 443 if a Secure Server If not port is usually 8900 for version 2 x 9000 for 3 x The first line asks you to enter the URL for your WebCT server The format for this entry should be similar to webct Purdue edu Do NOT include a starting page or additional information such as http or www in the URL If additional information is entered Respondus will ask you to remove it For the next field provide a name for the server you selected You can call the server anything you want such as WebCT account If you use more than one WebCT server you will want to select a name appropriate for that server Science amp Technology College The version of WebCT being used can usually be detected automatically we recommend using the auto detect setting However it is possible to select this manually in case auto detection fails Now enter your User Name and Password Enter this information exactly as you would if using a web browser to access your WebCT account If you want Respondus to remember your User Name and Password for future sessions select the Remember my User Name
28. TML 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 all without writing HTML In addition the equations can be previewed offline and they are 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 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 already 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
29. 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 or survey 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 all 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 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 gen
30. alk 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 A Armstrong 5 B Aldrin c zi 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 A 1 Amostrong a i gt z 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 Apollo 11 mission In the second blank provide the name of the astronaut who orbited around the moon in the mother ship but never walked on
31. an XML based language that requires a MathML plug in to be installed to a web browser to display the symbols By default Respondus will store equations created by the built in Equation Editor or MathType as image files However if an instructor uses MathType 5 or higher in conjunction with Respondus it is possible to have equations uploaded to WebCT as MathML instead of images This setting can be determined in Respondus by going to the File menu selecting Preferences and then selecting the option MathML applet for all equations MathType 5 users can additionally use Respondus to create equations that are compatible with the built in equation editor in WebCT 3 7 and higher Since WebCT s built in equation editor WebEQ cannot be used in all areas of assessments Respondus offers a hybrid approach that is one that uses images or MathML applets in areas where WebEQ equations cannot be used To select a WebEQ setting in Respondus go to the File menu select Preferences and then select either the WebEQ Image setting or the WebEQ MathML option Again the WebEQ settings in Respondus should only be selected if the questions are being published to WebCT 3 7 or higher It s important to note that it is unnecessary to specify the format of the equation i e image MathML WebEQ hybrid prior to creating the equation in Respondus Rather the preference settings in Respondus only affect how the equation will be uploaded to WebCT in th
32. andomly selected during the exam C All Select Number Enter the point value that should be used for questions in this set Add New Set Help Set Short Name Format Question Wording z Ee Sculptor Mult Choice Who was the sculptor of Bacchus Sleeping Cupid Mado 2 Composer Mult Choice This German composer is known for the following works 3 Summa theologica Mult Choice Who authored Summa theologica 4 Machiavelli Tru False Machiavelli is the author of N Principe which descnbes tl ia Laws of Motion Mult Response Newton s three famous laws of motion inchide these conce 6 Smallpox Mult 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 question in the set If you want all of the questions in the set to be shown during the exam select the Al 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
33. 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 Angola Argentina etc while the list on the right might display four types of government Multi 21 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 Column1 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 DWrarrrudery 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 appropriate match Answers in the drop down menus are randomized Tip The easiest way to navigate through the answer
34. arconi For imports into 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 must be positioned at the end of the file Note Any text after the answer list will be ignored Example Answers 1A 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 not have an answer selected for it prior to completing the import Note that survey files should not have correct answers selected If you are importing questions into a survey file any correct answer designations will be ignored 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
35. at 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 10 a True b False Example 3 Albert Michelson determined the exact speed of light a T b F It s important to note that the True or T answer choice must be listed prior to 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 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
36. ating a File Importing Questions to Respondus Exam Wizard Archive Wizard Changing the CMS Personality and Converting Files Overview of Start Menu The Start menu provides the ability to Open a Respondus file Create a new file and Import questions from a text file The Exam Wizard provides the easiest 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 A Respondus file must be open before you can go to another menu in Respondus Opening a File From the Start menu click the Open button The following window will appear Open Respondus File ES Name Cte EH DI calle SA Bl 2 C Schmalleger 7e folder Selected File Wade 7e folder Chapter01 056 Discuss the political evo Chapter02 004 Which was the first of tl x Respondus Introduction 1 i b Download Test Bank Question Wording N 106PEChs8and9 4 14 02 07 mc i Projects j wa hapter01 015 The written script of Me Brief Survey 1129 00 OF i i Scr hapter01 014 The gods of Mesopotam Define the Situation 2 21 02 07 3 Chapter0l 017 The first great heroic po Archive AER 10 28 02 OANE Chapte 01 018 The founder of the first F ee B heza p Chapter01 050 What ruler of the eighth uiz z al ag 6 Chapter 1 053 What political structure Browse 29 Quiz Introduction 120902 O BiR poa
37. bCT Server if an actual quiz is uploaded opposed to just a question bank 20 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 WebCT exam by selecting the randomize answers checkbox located just above the answers list This feature is only supported in WebCT 3 8 and higher With survey files correct answers and point values cannot be included with multiple choice questions The task does however include a Favorite Answer List feature that allows you to store frequently used answer sets or scales e g Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree To create a Favorite Answer List enter your answers in the Edit form and click the Favorite Answer List button Then select the option to Create a new answer list and give it a name that allows you to quickly identify it at a later time From the Edit menu to use a previously defined answer list click the Favorite Answer List button select the option Use the Answer List selected below select the answer list you want to use and click OK With Survey files the Multiple Choice task also includes a Multiple Response checkbox that enables the respondent to select more than one answer True and False With exam files Respondus provides a separate question type for use with True and False items T
38. be revisited C One at atime where students cannot revisit answered or skipped items Quiz Duration unlimited I Disallow submission if time has expired Attempts Allowed fi Separation a minimum of x Question Titles Select this check box to allow students to see the titles used when the questions were first created Question Delivery There are three options available for question delivery They are explained in the same order as displayed in the graphic above e The first option corresponds to the standard option which is to display all of the questions simultaneously on the screen This method follows the delivery method of a paper exam where a student may view and answer questions in any order e The second option provides the same flexibility to the student as option one but displays only one question on the screen at a time e The third option is very different from the first two options Like the second option this option displays one question at a time however students must answer or skip each question before proceeding to the next question Once a question has been answered or skipped the student cannot revisit the question Quiz Duration Quizzes only The duration is the length of time the student has to complete the quiz The clock starts when a student first accesses the quiz To set the duration for the quiz select the units day s hour s or minute s from the drop down menu and then type th
39. 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 the multiple response question follow the same formatting rules 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 collaborated 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 14 A second way to designate corr
40. 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 e g Name the first 5 elements of the periodic table by clicking the Advanced button that appears above
41. d Adding Images Media and Attachments to Questions One of the more powerful features in Respondus is the ease in which media e g images audio clips video clips and attachments e g spreadsheets 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 25 From the Edit menu position the cursor at the place in the question where you want the media item added Then click the Insert Picture or File icon on the toolbar which is represented by a camera icon A pop up window will let you navigate to and select the media element The default file type setting will display only the bitmap jpeg gif and pcx files To display wav avi and other audio video files select the Audio Video option from the pull down menu labeled Files of Type The third option on the list All Files allows you to select other types of media files as well as attachments such as a spreadsheet or word processor document Most graphical images on the web are stored in jpeg or gif format Consequently if you select a graphic that is in another format such as bitmap or pcx Respondus will allow you to convert it to a jpeg file with the click of a button Similarly if the graphic you select is over 600 x 450 pixels in si
42. d 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 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 to text simply 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 WebCT click the preview button that is located at the top left of the Power Edit toolbar To exit the Power
43. d if the media object is especially large or if it is only available from a different web server such as a web site run by a museum or government agency From the Edit menu in Respondus position the cursor at the location in the question where you want to add the web link and then click the Web Link icon on the toolbar When the pop up window appears determine whether you are adding a link to an image such as a gif jpeg bitmap or PCX file or to an audio or video clip If you are creating a link to an image file follow the browser specific instructions in the top section If you want to place a border around the image select the desired width To add a link to an audio or video clip follow the browser specific instructions at the bottom of the screen The Text Displayed option allows you to display the link to students using more friendly text For example you might use Click here to watch the video instead of displaying the file name itself Once a web link has been pasted into the appropriate Address URL field click OK to return to the Edit menu A short string of characters representing the web link will appear in green text If the HTML web link is placed in the question wording it will look something like lt H_1 gt with the next link being displayed as lt H_2 gt and so on When a web link has been placed in an answer choice or feedback field it will appear as a small green box except when that fie
44. d 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 preview or print the exam you would select the appropriate option and so on Click Finish to complete the wizard Note Respondus does not permit you to copy questions from a Survey file to an Exam file Also some features in this task are disabled when the file being created is a Survey Archive Wizard The Archive Wizard in Respondus allows you to archive an exam or survey including all media components and equations that may be associated with it An entire tree of folders can also be archived The A
45. d 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 Again answers will be ignored if they are imported into survey files 12 Importing Short Answer Questions Short Answer questions also known as fill in the blank may also be imported The first line of formatting for each question 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 but 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 a Zworykin b Vladimir Zworykin c Vladimir Kosma Zworykin 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 1 A worykin ladimir Zworykin ladimir Kosma Zworykin RAE Bw ty RP lt H lt tNOQBQ Importing Matching Questions The process of importing a matching qu
46. e 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 Download Test Bank button is used to download test banks that are distributed by textbook publishers This feature allows a publisher to securely distribute a test bank in Respondus format via the Internet To download a test bank enter the File Code that has been supplied to you by the publisher If applicable also enter the password and any additional information that has been provided to you Respondus will automatically locate download and decrypt the test bank file and restore it to the Respondus Projects folder 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 or a Survey An exam file can be used to create a WebCT quiz or a self test 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
47. e changes to be implemented select the Cancel Changes button Using a Question as the Basis for a New Question To use an existing question as the starting point for a new question locate the desired question in the Question List at the bottom of the Edit menu Select the question by clicking on the title When the properties window appears select the button Use as Basis for New Item You will be returned to the edit screen and the properties for the original question will be displayed in the form The original title for the question will be modified slightly for example the number 2 will be added to the end of the name At this point you can rename the title and make any other changes you like When finished add or insert the question into the Question List Copying Questions from Another Respondus File From the Edit menu it is possible to copy questions from another Respondus file Click the button Copy from another file which is located on the left side of the screen This will open a window containing the files stored in the default directory KRespondus Projects Select a source file by double clicking the file name or by clicking it once and selecting Open 33 Tip Before selecting a file you can search the contents of the file by clicking on it once and then clicking the Search button You can also preview the questions for a file prior to opening it by highlighting the file name and clicking the It
48. e number of desired units in the text box To give students unlimited time on a quiz select the unlimited option from the pull down menu and do not specify any units in the text box Normally the student may submit answers after time has expired All of these events are logged so that it is easy to determine which students exceeded the set time limit and by how much You may set the quiz so that students cannot submit answers after their time is up To do this click the check box labeled Disallow submission if time has expired 37 Warning Use this feature with caution This feature will not take into account that a student spent 30 minutes composing an answer and then attempted to submit the answer after the set time limit the submission will not be allowed so all the work will be lost If this function is used warn the students to save their work frequently by clicking Save Answer Attempts Allowed Quizzes only This setting determines the number of times a student may complete a quiz this may be set from one to five or to unlimited Select your choice from the drop down menu Note For the purpose of compiling question statistics only the first attempt is recorded Attempts Separation Quizzes only For quizzes that allow multiple attempts you can set a minimum time that the student must wait before retaking the test To set the duration select the units day s hour s or minute s from the drop down menu and enter
49. e publishing step and how it will be previewed in Respondus For current and detailed information on creating equations in Respondus including topics related to MathType MathML WebEQ MathML plug ins go to the Support section of www respondus com and select the FAQ link 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 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 31 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 an
50. eate a new quiz select the Create a New Quiz option You can use the default name that is provided or enter a new name for the quiz To use an existing quiz select the second option and choose the desired quiz from the pull down list Note If you 46 are publishing a quiz only the quiz files will be displayed in the list if you are publishing a survey file only surveys will be listed If you select an existing quiz survey a popup window will ask whether to erase all questions in the original quiz survey or to append all questions in the current file to the original quiz file Make your selection and click OK Apply Question Sets to Quiz Check this box if you want to apply question sets to the quiz being uploaded A question set is a group of questions from which a random selection is presented to students during the administration of the quiz You can create question sets by selecting the Question Sets task from the Settings menu Add Point Values to Quiz Each question in a quiz file receives a point value when it is defined in the Edit menu If you want these point values to be used for the quiz select this option If you want to manually add point values to questions after the quiz is published to the WebCT server then don t select this option Apply Settings to Quiz Survey This option will transfer all the options selected on the Settings menu to the WebCT server when the file is published If you selected the
51. ect 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 B D 2 B D 3 B D Once the import file is organized to the specifications described above it should be saved to a rich text rtf or a text txt file Itis now ready to be imported Importing Images with Questions It is possible to import images along with question text The images must be in gif jpg or jpeg format and a tag must be placed at each location in the text file where the image should appear The image tag would follow this sequence img filename jpg 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 AD
52. ed 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 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 The Question List displays the title question type and question wording for each question in the file The total number of questions and point values is shown at the top of the list By clicking on the title of a question a window containing the properties for the question is displayed It is here where you can modify delete or move questions as well as use a question as the basis for an entirely new item These features are discussed below under Modifying Rearranging and Deleting Questions Multiple Choice Multiple Choice questions in Respondus allow up to 26 answer choices 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 Keep in mind though that point values can only be transferred to We
53. em List button Specific information for a question can be obtained by clicking its title Once the source file is selected a new window lists the questions in it Individual questions can be selected by clicking the column furthest to the left A checkmark will indicate that the question has been selected When all the desired questions have been selected choose either the Add to End of List button or the Insert into List button to add the questions to the original target file 34 Settings Menu Overview Question Sets Basic Settings Availability Settings Security Settings Submissions Settings Results Settings How to Save New Default Settings Overview Respondus allows the selection of settings for a quiz or survey prior to it being uploading to WebCT Although this step is entirely optional it provides the ability to create question sets and to determine the settings for the quiz offline It s even possible to have a quiz activated as soon as it is published to the WebCT course The Question Sets task has an entirely unique approach and design to it than that used by WebCT However the three other Settings tabs in Respondus are designed almost identically to how they appear in WebCT The main difference is that Respondus distributes these settings across several tabs instead of listing them in one long form Rather than write an entirely new explanation for the Settings options that are almost identical to h
54. equired elements and optional elements each of which is described below This is followed by an explanation of the formatting required for true false paragraph 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 must begin with a letter A Z followed by a period or a parentheses Example 3 Who determined the exact speed of light a Albert Einstein b Albert Michelson c Thomas Edison d Guglielmo Marconi 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 a Albert Einstein b Albert Michelson c Thomas Edison d Guglielmo M
55. erally 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 select the restored file 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 at this point 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 CMS Personality and Converting Files Each course management system e g Blackboard eCollege WebCT 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 course management system For example one user might 17 use the WebCT personality another might select the eCol
56. es correct answers point values and feedback are not used with surveys The discussion below primarily describes the use of the Edit menu as it relates to exam files To create a new question select the desired question type on the left side of the screen The entry form on the right side of the screen will change accordingly Common Features Among 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 menu 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 Enable Feedback option on the left side of the screen 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 Enable Feedback option all feedback remains stored with the question It simply does not display the feedback on the Edit screen until the option is reselect
57. espondus files from which the questions will be copied Highlight a file and click the Select button Repeat this process until all files from which you want to select questions are selected Click Next to continue The next page of the wizard prompts you to select one of the source files that was 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 questions 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 simply 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 Ad
58. estion 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 13 a Michelson Morely Speed of light b Einstein Theory of Relativity c Marconi radio waves Spaces before or after the symbol 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
59. ettings accordingly In this way you won t have to specify your conversion preferences each time you convert a file If you are unsure which CMS 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 CMS personality that was used to create the file will be displayed in the information window below Quarantined Questions after a file is converted Some course management systems have question types that simply cannot be used by other course 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 course management system the quarantine option will preserve the questions for this purpose 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 course management system the question will be filtered out during the publishing step 18 Editing a File Overview Common Features Across all Question Types Multiple Choice True and False Paragraph Matching
60. gue Economics 410 Quiz 4 February 18 2001 16 50 Students who completed the quiz ser ID Aiken Baker Booth Students requiring items to be graded ser ID Name Bray Lisa Brady Open WebCT Submissions page Students registered for course who did NOT attempt the quiz WArgos______ William Argos 50 The second checkbox allows you to retrieve summary statistics for each quiz question this option is dimmed if you are obtaining reports for a survey The table is identical to the one you can obtain in WebCT by selecting the Summary option Summary Statistics Title N Correct Of Discri Ce a A cre merenie Variables fff CTI per Cross case comparability fu ks fioo J f 60 pss 22 e S e C A E E E Antecedent variabes f fo fho fpo po foo po PT vera a The third and final checkbox allows you to retrieve answer distributions for each question Be forewarned that it can take a long time to generate this part of the report anywhere from 20 seconds for a short quiz to 30 minutes for a quiz with over 150 questions However if these Statistics are of interest to you it will be considerably faster to obtain this information using Respondus than to manually generate a comparable report for each question within WebCT The report will contain the following information for each question Question Intervening Variables Answer Value Frequency Distribution 1 0 Se ee 2 0 0 3 0 Bott ttt t
61. hanges to the quiz This must be done directly at the WebCT server using a browser Results Displayed to Students These check boxes determine the amount of quiz information that WebCT will display to a student These settings will not be in effect if you have not released the quiz results The basic parts of each question that can be toggled on and off are the text of the question itself the feedback for the question and the student s score for the question If the question text is being displayed your student s response may also be shown If the response is shown an evaluation of the question may also be shown For the entire quiz the total score and any comments entered by a grader may be displayed The default configuration shows the student everything To duplicate the appearance of the quiz as a student took it select only option A To show no information about the quiz other than the final score select only option T How To Save New Default Settings In Respondus there are two types of default settings the original settings as provided by WebCT and a second set of default settings that you can determine yourself To save your own default settings select the options you want across the three setting tabs Basic amp Availability Security amp Submissions 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
62. his simplifies the editing process for the designer When questions are transferred to WebCT the True and False questions are placed in WebCT s broader Multiple Choice category Similarly a Yes and No question type is available with survey files Paragraph Paragraph question types also known as essay 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 WebCT The paragraph question type includes a pre fill Answer box feature that allows an instructor to enter text that will appear in the answer box when the question is displayed during a quiz This feature only supports plain text although you may additionally include an equation if the WebCT Server is version 3 7 or higher 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 possible to place extra answers in the right column In this situation the extra answers act as decoys and do not match
63. 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 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 paragraph short answer matching and multiple response questions The rich text rtf or text txt file must be organized in the Standard Format before it can be imported into Respondus The Standard Format for multiple choice questions has r
64. ld is being edited If you have a live connection to the Internet you can preview a web link by clicking the Preview button To delete a web link position the cursor in the field where the web link is located Then click the Web Link icon on the toolbar highlight the HTML link you want to delete and click OK HTML Editor 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 28 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 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 WebCT click the preview button To delete an HTML block position the cursor in the same field where the H
65. lease This setting is used to set the conditions that will allow a student to view the quiz after it has been submitted Note that when a student views a quiz this causes it to be graded 40 There are three options available for the release of quiz results to your students e The first option releases the quiz results to your students with no restrictions If the quiz includes questions that cannot be marked automatically the graded quiz will only be partially graded when viewed by the student e The second option releases the quiz to your students only if all the questions have been graded Thus if all of the questions in a quiz can be graded automatically the student will be able to view the graded quiz immediately If the quiz includes questions that cannot be graded automatically then your student can view the graded quiz only when all of the questions have been graded e The third option does not release the quiz results to the students Thus the students will not be able to review the quiz after taking it Note These options may be changed at any time in WebCT using a browser For example if a quiz includes questions that cannot be graded automatically it is often useful to select option three Then once all the quizzes have been fully graded one of the first two options can be selected Remember that once a quiz has been submitted to WebCT and accessed by students you can no longer use Respondus to make modifications or c
66. lege 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 course 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 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 WebCT 3 x personality to the Blackboard 5 x personality you may encounter a message asking how feedback for answers should be handled 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 s
67. m the Windows desktop Click Programs Click Respondus Click Respondus 2 0 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 paragraph 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 Once 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
68. ms given in lab settings as the exam proctor will give out the password at the beginning of the exam This ensures that the correct students are accessing the quiz at the proper time IP Address Mask In order to limit quiz access to those coming from a specific group of computers an IP address mask may be used If nothing is entered in the ZP Mask Number text box then all computers can access a quiz if available In the example illustrated above a student trying to access the quiz from a computer with an IP address of 128 192 64 37 will be allowed access but a student accessing from 128 192 32 39 will not be allowed access since the 32 from the student s IP address does not match the 64 in the IP address mask Submission Settings The Submission Settings are optional These settings affect the behavior at the time a quiz or survey is submitted by the student Submission Message Any text entered in the text box will be displayed to the student after the quiz or survey has been submitted E mail Submissions 39 If a valid internet e mail address is entered in the text box a text only copy of each student s submitted quiz will be sent to the e mail address Results Settings Quizzes only The Results Settings in this section are required for quizzes These settings affect the behavior of a quiz after it has been submitted Results Student score If multiple attempts are allowed use this score First Score release
69. n additional option lets you add a border to the graphic Select the settings you prefer and click OK An additional window that prompts you to add text description for the image an Alt field will appear Screen readers use the text that is entered here this text is also used when the mouse pointer is held over the image If you simply click OK to close the window the actual name of the image file will be used such as cat jpg If you want to type in a more helpful textual description such as cat sleeping on pillow in front of a sunny window the complete description will be used by the screen reader Keep in mind though that the text description of 26 the image may tip students to the correct answer for a question In this case you may want to edit the text description to something generic like image 1 Note that you can prevent the window that prompts you to enter a text description from appearing in the future by deselecting the checkbox Show this screen each time an image is added You are now returned to the Edit menu and the image is now copied to your Respondus Projects folder If the object you are adding to a question is an audio video clip a media object that requires a browser plug in or an attachment such as a spreadsheet a different prompt will appear once the file is selected Link Text The audio video or other file will be copied to your Respondus project folder as this file
70. n create some questions directly within Respondus you may end up with a haphazard list of titles The Question Title Tool located under File on the menu bar lets you specify a stem or string of text that all question titles will start with The stem text will then be followed by consecutive numbering that begins with 1 or 01 or 001 etc For example if you enter Chapter1 as the stem text and then select 001 as the format for the numbering scheme the title for the first question will be changed to Chapter1 001 the title for the second question will be changed to Chapter 1 002 and so on If you specify a range of questions for the titles being changed you can provide even more specific titles throughout your 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 located on the Help pull down menu provides an easy way to see if an update is available for Respondus When Respondus is used to publish an exam it will automatically check to see if an update is available for the Respondus software 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 Respondus com and will display a message if an update is available You will
71. n take anywhere from 30 seconds to 30 minutes depending on number of questions in the quiz survey the number of students or respondents and the speed with which the server can communicate with Respondus Once the file is downloaded you should be able to open it directly by selecting the Open CSV File button If this doesn t automatically launch a program capable of opening csv files e g Excel Access start the software you want to use to access this data file and open it from there It is important to note that a database retrieved by Respondus may not match a database that is downloaded using WebCT Server That s because Respondus maintains blank spaces for students or survey respondents who do not provide answers to questions whereas WebCT 2 x and 3 x do not Retrieving a Quiz or Category from WebCT Respondus allows the retrieval of quizzes surveys and categories from a WebCT course To begin go to the Retrieval and Reports menu in Respondus and select Retrieve Questions The first couple of steps of retrieving a quiz survey or category are identical to those used for publishing a quiz to WebCT see the earlier discussion for a detailed explanation First select the WebCT Server then select the Course Once the course information is obtained from the server select the appropriate radio button for retrieving either a quiz survey or a category Then select the desired file you want to retrieve from the pull down list Finally
72. new default settings attached to them If you make modifications to the settings and later wish to restore the default settings either your own default settings or WebCT s simply click the Restore Default Settings button You will be asked which settings you want to restore 41 Preview amp Publish Overview Preview Publish to WebCT Add WebCT Self Test Printing an Exam Overview Once an exam or survey 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 WebCT task connects Respondus to a WebCT server and transfers the exam or survey to it An exam file can also be published as a self test using the Add WebCT Self Test submenu Finally the Print task lets you format and print the exam or survey directly from Respondus or you can bring a file into a word processor for further enhancement and printing Preview The Preview task 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 When the Preview the File button is selected the following browser like window appears Appearance in Internet Explorer other browsers may vary slightly Prey Next Modify Changes made in Edit will not appear until you Save the document lt x gt
73. 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 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 WebCT The ability to have the randomize answers checkbox selected when a new question is created on the Edit menu The bottom section of the Edit and Publish tab lets you specify the format that equations will be published to WebCT This is discussed in detail above in the Equation Editor section The third preference tab Conversions allows the settings to be determined for which a file is converted from one CMS 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 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 you copy questions from many 53 different files import additional questions to that file and the
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75. on Title Tool Check for Update Disclaimer of Warranty Copyright Ownership and Use of Software Getting Started Computer Requirements Installation amp Setup Activation Password On line Help Respondus is a powerful tool for creating and managing exams that can be printed to paper or published directly to Blackboard eCollege WebCT and other eLearning systems Exams can be created offline using a familiar Windows environment or moved from one eLearning system to another Computer Requirements Respondus requires Windows 95 or higher 32 MB of RAM 6 MB of free hard disk space and a 800x600 monitor Respondus must be used in conjunction with a course management system such as Blackboard eCollege WebCT or an IMS QTI compliant platform Windows 95 users should note that Internet Explorer 4 0 or higher must be installed in order to use the Preview task in Respondus Internet Explorer does not have to be selected as the default browser Installation and Setup The Respondus installation program can be downloaded from www respondus com To begin the installation process locate the Respondus2 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 Start fro
76. or OK fone word or phrase per box ok ile Aristotle Cancel 2 Piatd Clear zi Matches must include ALL of the above words or phrases Matches must include AT LEAST ONE of the words di T Include Answer Choices and Feedback in search Up to three words can be included in a search When more than one word is used you can choose whether a match is required of all words or any of the words A final option allows you to include answer choices and feedback in the keyword search Modifying Rearranging and Deleting Questions It is easy to modify move or delete a question in Respondus From the Edit menu select a question from the Question List by clicking on its Title A window appears that displays the entire properties for the question On the right side of the window are several options Click the OK button to close the window click the Delete button to delete the question click Preview to preview the question and click Move to place the question at a different position in the Question List If you select the Modify button you will be returned to the edit screen and the current properties for that question will be displayed in the form modify the question as you like When modifying a question notice that the two buttons at the bottom of the form now indicate Save Changes or Cancel Changes If you want to save the changes to the question select the corresponding button If you do not want th
77. our WebCT account it will retrieve information on the WebCT courses that you have available Click the pull down list labeled Course to view the course list that was retrieved Then select the course to which you want to upload the question database and or quiz The Windows hourglass will again appear as Respondus retrieves additional information from the WebCT server 45 However if you selected Add courses manually in Step 1 you will need to add each course using a series of steps First select the Add course option from the pull down menu labeled Course The following dialog will appear WebCT Course Information Ea 1 Use your web browser to log in to your My WebCT home page and select the course that you d like to add Cancel i cce The Address window of your web browser should change to something similar to this line Delete http wecbt school edu SCRIPT Soc200 scripts Right click in the browser Address window select Copy Then right click in the box below and click Paste e o 3 Click the Extract button below to find the Course ID Extract Course ID 4 Type in the Course Description to show in the courses list in Submit Pa Follow the instructions that are displayed to add a course This should be repeated for each course that you want to add After your courses are added click the pull down list labeled Course and select the course to which you want to
78. ouse 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 Keep in mind that the Alt field only applies to equations that are uploaded to WebCT as images If the Preference settings in Respondus are set so that equations are uploaded to WebCT as MathML or a WebEQ compatible format then the alt text is no longer applicable 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 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 If you simply want to adjust the spacing that appears after a MathML equation select the option Adjust spacing following an equation You can preview questions containing equations by selecting the Preview button We recommend that yo
79. ow they work in WebCT we have borrowed with WebCT s permission much of their on line help for this section Finally please note that the discussion below focuses on the settings for quizzes Some of these settings are not relevant to surveys such as the Results Settings If you are using a survey file only the settings available for WebCT surveys will be displayed Question Sets WebCT supports the creation of question sets which are groupings of questions that are randomly selected during an exam Before creating question sets in Respondus it is important that questions intended for question sets be organized and grouped properly For example if the fifth question in the exam is going to be randomly selected from a question set having three questions then those three questions should be grouped together at 5 6 and 7 in the file Make sure your questions are organized in this manner before continuing To create a question set go to the Settings menu and select the Question Sets tab 35 Question Sets x Before using this task you should first place all questions in the desired order See the online help for additional instructions and guidelines Total Items 16 Points 25 Cancel AddNewSet C Modify or Delete Existing Set x 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 r
80. period Choose a Course Management System CMS Personality Immediately after the Respondus software is activated you are prompted to select a Course Management System CMS personality Respondus offers various user environments called personalities that parallel the features and terminology used by specific course management systems such as Blackboard eCollege and WebCT 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 context 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 having 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 WebCT Personality of Respondus Start Edit Settings Preview amp Publish and Retrieval amp Reports Start Menu WebCT Personality Overview of Start Menu Opening a File Cre
81. r window for the object will be determined automatically by the user s browser If however you want to determine the exact size in pixels of the media player you can do so by entering the width and height dimensions accordingly Once a media object or file attachment has been selected and you return to the Edit menu a short string of characters representing the object will appear in green text An image placed in the 27 question wording will look something like lt PIC_1 gt with the next image being displayed as lt PIC_2 gt and so on An lt AV_1 gt tag will represent other file types When a media object has been placed in an answer choice or feedback it will appear as a small green box except when that field is being edited To delete a media object position the cursor in the same field where the item is located Then click the Insert Picture or File icon on the toolbar the camera icon and select the option to delete an existing image or file In actuality you are not deleting the media file Rather you are removing the link to the media object The media file you copied to the project folder will still reside there You can preview questions containing media objects by selecting the Preview button We recommend that you preview all media objects before publishing them to the WebCT server Web Links Respondus makes it easy to create an HTML link to media stored on a different web server This is sometimes neede
82. r original Respondus file since it permits you to edit the equation directly Also if you are providing a colleague a quiz that contains equations it is best to send that file in the original Respondus format so the person can edit the equations more easily Respondus will retrieve calculated questions although these questions cannot be edited in Respondus If a WebCT quiz contains question sets Respondus will maintain these sets during the download 52 Other Tools amp Features Overview Save As Copy Preferences 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 or to save the file to an earlier version of Respondus Preferences A preferences option which is located on the File menu bar contains three tabs General Edit amp Publish and Conversions 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 course management systems If you only want to be informed of updates that relate to specific course management systems unselect those systems for which you are
83. rchive Wizard and related tasks are useful for doing routine backups to create a ready to use exam survey 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 16 To create a Respondus archive file go to the Start menu and select the Archive Wizard tab A directory of the Respondus 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
84. rofits 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 the Equation Editor 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 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 source 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 2003 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
85. s box Important After uploading a self test with Respondus be sure to go to your WebCT course with a browser and click the update student view option The new materials you uploaded will not appear until you do so Important If your Respondus file contains question types other than multiple choice and true false these questions will be filtered out when the self test is uploaded WebCT s self test tool only supports multiple choice and true false question types Printing Options Respondus allows you to format and print exams surveys directly from the software It is also possible to save an exam to a file and bring it into a word processor for further enhancement and printing To begin go to the Preview 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 an option is selected you can further modify the settings for that template 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 que
86. stion 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 48 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 Cancel Left Margin first page Right Margin right justified Professor Jonathon Smith Name History 101 Spring 2001 Test 2 Section subsequent pages Professor Smith Name Several formatting options such as font selections and line spacing can be determined for the document The formatting options are applied throughout the entire document so if greater flexibility is required you should save the document to a file and modify it further with a word processor The next section allows you to generate exams with randomized question orders Up to 5 different variations of the exam can be generated In addition you have the ability to randomize all questions in the exam or have the 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 you don t want the questions randomized simply retain the Original Order option from the pull down list Note
87. ternet connection is live If you use a dial up service you need to go ahead and connect to the Internet now Once all the server settings have been entered and you have a live connection to the Internet click the OK button Respondus will then attempt to connect to your WebCT server The Windows hour glass will appear momentarily If the connection is successful the pull down list for the WebCT Server will display the name you selected If the connection is unsuccessful you will get an error message indicating that Respondus was unable to connect to the server using the provided settings If this occurs troubleshoot it as follows e Make sure your connection to the Internet is working properly e Check that the URL for the server is correct remember don t add extra information to this URL such as start pages or http e Double check the Password and User ID information In fact open your browser go to the WebCT server that hosts your account and enter the identical information This will confirm that your WebCT Server is up and running and that your User ID and Password are correct e Check the server port number discussed above 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 Step 2 Select the Course If you selected the automatic retrieval option in Step 1 for your course listing when Respondus connects to y
88. 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 speed 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 Note if you are importing questions into a survey file all feedback designations will be ignored Importing True and False Questions The process of importing a true and false question is similar to th
89. the number of units in the text box If you do not enter a value then there is no waiting period before a student can retake a test Availability Settings The Availability Settings must be considered for every quiz and survey These settings describe the time period in which the quiz or survey will be available to the students Availability MM DDAYYY HH MM WebCT servers use UTC date amp time Available After No limits if you leave all boxes blank Available Until I Allow access as soon as the quiz is Submitted Available After To set the start point of the quiz survey availability period fill in the text boxes for day month and year and choose a time from the selection boxes for hour and minute If any of the values for day month and year are zero then the quiz survey will not be released However if you want to activate the quiz survey as soon as it is published to WebCT select the option Allow access as soon as the quiz is submitted It is important to remember that the time on the server may not match your own time For example WebCT Inc uses the Universal Time Code UTC for courses that are hosted on their servers If you are not comfortable calculating the difference between your time zone and the UTC you may want to avoid tight time limitations for administering quizzes Also remember that the UTC doesn t adjust their clocks for Daylight Savings and other time related events used in
90. then have the choice of upgrading to the latest version of software To manually check for a software update select the Check for Update option from the Help pull down menu you will need a live Internet connection 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 If you prefer that Respondus does not automatically check for an update during the publishing step go to the File menu select Preferences and unselect the appropriate checkbox under the General tab 54 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 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 p
91. tiple 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 24 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 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 30 D Answer D wrong For this type of grading be sure to select the Right Less Wrong setting for the Credit Given option Also 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 WebCT Again the best approach is
92. ture is only supported in WebCT 3 8 and higher In the column that precedes the answer choices the letter X should be entered for all correct answers WebCT 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 It is also necessary to select the type of Credit Given for correct and incorrect answers Respondus offers two choices Right Less Wrong and All Points or None The All Points or None setting is straightforward if any portion of the answer is wrong no points will be awarded for the question If the Right Less Wrong option is selected incorrect choices are subtracted from correct choices For example if a student accurately selects the two answers out of four that are correct but additionally selects a third answer that is wrong she would receive 100 for answering the two questions correctly minus 50 for the incorrect answer for a total score of 50 It should be noted that the default setting in Respondus prevents the final point value for a question from being negative thereby preventing a student from losing points for answering the question incorrectly This setting can be overwritten once questions are published to WebCT Entering Percentage Values for Each Answer With Mul
93. u preview all equations before publishing them to the WebCT server 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 30 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 you must re install MathType Using MathType 5 to create MathML and WebEQ compatible Equations Respondus includes special features that are designed to work specifically with MathType 5 and WebCT s implementation of the WebEQ equation editor in WebCT 3 7 and higher MathType 5 allows you to create equations and save them in MathML format MathML is
94. y 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 a paragraph question is to place it in a 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 A paragraph 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 Example Answers 1A 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 puzzle
95. ype of file that will be imported The Standard Format required by Respondus is the same for text txt files and rich text rtf files If the file being imported is saved as a rich text rtf file it has the advantage of retaining some of the original formatting including bold italic underline superscript and subscript other rich text formatting is dropped Next use the Browse button to locate and select the file to be imported If you are importing a file that contains IMG tags that specify the location of images see Importing Images below the next step is to browse to the folder that contains those images Step 2 Specify whether the questions should be added to the currently open file or whether to create an entirely new file If you select the second option you will need to enter the name of the file to be created and indicate whether the file should be an Exam or Survey 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
96. ze Respondus will allow you to convert it to more suitable dimensions The program automatically detects if a graphic you select is larger than 600 x 450 pixels or if it is not stored in jpeg or gif format In such cases the following screen will appear Convert and or Scale Image xi By default Respondus will convert Bmp format images to Jpeg and will reduce the size of images too large for web browsers Press OK to accept the recommend changes or adjust the settings below then press OK Don t adjust the image note Pex and Bmp files won t work with many browsers Adjust the image as described below 1 Convert to Jpeg image format This will reduce the disk space used by the image to as little as 1 20 of the space of a Bmp file which speeds up transfers to the server and loading of pages from the server Image Quality jeo range 50 95 recommeded range 75 90 2 Re scale the image to reduce its size We recommend a size no larger than 600 by 450 unless this question will only be used in printed tests then larger sizes would include more details Scale To 58 59 1 100 100 keep original size Original Size 1024 w 768 h New Size fe00 w 450 h 3 Width of border drawn around the image none 0 1 pixel 2 pixels In most situations you can simply click OK to accept the suggested settings If you prefer to customize the settings or to retain the original format and size that can be done too A

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