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This article covers options available for HuskyCT tests.

Accessing the Test Options Menu

To access the Test Options menu,

1. Hover over the link with the Test title,

2. Click on the gray down arrow,

3. Select Edit Test Options. If Edit Test Options is not in the menu, it may be a Course Link instead of a direct link to the Test.
   

Managing Test Options

Make Link Available

• Default: No

• Must be Yes for students to take the test. The availability period can be date restricted elsewhere.
  

Number of Attempts

• Default: 1 Attempt

• To allow more than one attempt, check the Multiple Attempts box and indicate Unlimited, or enter a specific number of attempts.
  

  Note
  For multiple attempts, instructors need to specify which attempt score appears in the Grade Center column. Instructors can choose to have the First, Last, Average, Lowest, or Highest score display. Default is set to Last. To modify this setting, Click on the gray down arrow next to the column title and Select Edit Column Information.  Adjust this setting as needed.

  
  

Force Completion

• Default: No
• Recommended: NO FORCE COMPLETION
  

• If Checked: Students cannot re-enter a test if it closes, either on purpose or due to a technical problem.

• If Un-checked: Students can re-enter a test if it closes, but only if the test is still available, i.e. the display period has not ended and the allotted time from the start of the test has not expired.

  Note
  To enforce a time limit,  Set the timer. Enable Auto-Submit. For more information regarding time limits, review the below section, Set Timer.

  
  

Set Timer

• Default: No
• Recommended: Time limit with Auto-Submit ON

• Check the box to be able to enter a time limit.

• Change Auto-Submit to ON to enforce the time limit.
  

  Note
  Setting a time limit without Auto-Submit allows students to keep working and submissions past the time limit will not be graded automatically. The instructor will need to view attempts and re-submit for the grade to be recorded.

  
  

Display Dates

• Default: None

• Display dates control the visibility of the link to the test as well as the appearance of the test column in My Grades. Check appropriate boxes to enter start and/or end dates.
  

  Note
  Display Until date ends visibility of test link and if that test is not taken by a student, the test will not appear in My Grades after the Display Until date.

  
  

Due Date

• Default: None

  Note
  To end student access to a test but maintain the listing of untaken tests in My Grades, use the Due Date option, described below.

  
  

• Due Dates will appear to students in the Course Calendar, My Grades, and the Class Work Due Dates module on the My Courses page in HuskyCT.

• Check Due Date and enter date.

• Check Do not allow to prevent students from being able to take the test after the Due Date.
  

  Note
  This combination of settings will end the test availability period but keep the test link visible on the site and the test column visible in My Grades if test not taken. This could be used to make students aware of when tests were due and any missed tests.

  
  

Test Availability Exceptions

• Default: None
  

• This setting is most commonly used to provide an accommodation for extra time for one or more students.

• Click on Add User or Group and browse for the student. Additional students must be added separately unless they are placed in a group.

• Current test settings will display. Adjust as needed. The most frequently applied change is extending the allotted time. 

  

  Note

  This combination of settings will allow students in the exceptions space to take the exam as such, unless the option to not allow students to take the test after the due has passed is checked. In order to allow availability exceptions past the due date, turn off the setting to prevent students from taking the test after the due date. If that setting is off but there is still a due date, turn off the due date setting altogether. Students who take the the test after the due date will have Late marked as a notation to their attempt. For this reason, you may decide to remove the due date entirely. Additionally, test availability can be modified to deny access to the exam to any students not included in the availability exceptions.

  
  

Self-assessment Options 

• Include… must be checked, and will be checked, by default.

• Hide Results… must be unchecked.
  

Show Test Results and Feedback to Students

• Default: After Submission and Score per Question

• The default settings shown below will result in students seeing each test question and the score obtained for that question as soon as they submit their test, and then afterwards using My Grades.
  

  Note
  Unchecking the Score per Question box will limit score results to total test score, but to prevent students from seeing the total test score, you will need to also set the test column in the Grade Center to Hide from Users.

  
  

• Options:

  • When

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    You must make a selection. Set when appropriate test results and feedback are shown to students: After Submission: This option is the default. One-time View: After students submit their tests or surveys, the selected results and feedback options are in effect for students to view ONCE. However, students can always view the scores they earned unless you hide the Grade Center column from students. Immediately after a student navigates away from the test or survey, any other results and feedback are restricted. You can change the setting or add another rule for a second viewing. A second rule is not combined with the one-time view rule but is applied separately. On Specific Date: View results and feedback after the selected date and time. After Due Date After Availability and End Date After Attempts are graded: After all students submit the test or survey, and all attempts are graded, results and feedback are made available to students. If one or more students don't submit an attempt, you must assign a grade of 0 so that all students can view the chosen results and feedback.

    
    

  • Score per Question

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    Show the score earned for each test question. This option is a default for tests only. Clear the check box if you don't want to show scores for individual questions.

    
    

  • Answers

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    You can allow students to see information about their answers: All Answers: Show all answer options. Correct: Show the correct answers-tests only. Submitted: Show all of a student's submitted answers. Example 1: Show more feedback When students access their tests, they see their overall scores, each question's score, and all answer options. They see their submitted answers marked as correct or incorrect, and any feedback provided. Example 2: Show less feedback to discourage cheating If students take a test at different times, you can make a limited amount of feedback available until all students submit the test. For the first rule, select After Submission in the first menu and clear the check box for Score per Question. Make no other selections. After they submit their tests, students can only see their overall test scores. For the second rule, select After Due Date and select options to show more results and feedback. You can create an announcement to notify students that additional feedback is available to view.

    
    

  • Feedback

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    Show instructor-generated feedback for each question. This option appears for tests only.

    
    

  • Show Incorrect Questions

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    Show the questions a student answered incorrectly or partially incorrectly. This option appears for tests only. You might show incorrect questions and allow multiple attempts so that students can focus their studying on those areas.

    
    

Test Presentation

• Default: All at Once
• Recommended: Weigh the pros and cons of each option to determine which setting is most appropriate for your needs. 
  
  

  • All at Once: Easier navigation and faster, but using scroll wheel has potential to change answers. Usually less complications overall.

  • One at a Time: Moving to next question saves answer and makes question copy/print less likely, but is slower and students may not be familiar with navigation between questions. This results in behaviors (multiple clicks on next or use of browser back button) which can cause test freezing and other problems.

  • Randomize Questions: Easy way to randomize order for questions added individually to test, but should not be used with tests where the order of question presentation is important.

  • Prohibit Backtracking: Potential for additional problems when using “one at a time”. Generally not recommended.

Summary of Recommended Settings for Test Options

Force Completion and Timer

• Force Completion: OFF

• Timer ON with a time entered

• Auto-Submit: ON

  Note
  Common Misconception: That a student will be able to enter a test with a 60 minute time limit, spend 15 minutes, then leave for an hour or two, then come back and use the remaining 45 minutes. THIS IS NOT THE CASE. Once the student starts the test, the timer counts down and at the end of the 60 minutes the test will submit. Any time the student spends away from the test is lost.

  
  

Display Dates and Due Date

• Enter a Display After date for the start of the availability period.

• Do not enter a Display Until date.

• Enter a Due Date which marks the end of the availability period.

• Check the box for Do not allow students to start Test if due date passed.

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  Rationale: This combination of settings will determine a start date for the test and enforce an end date. In addition, it will make it clear to students if they did not take a test during the time that it was available. Once the Due Date has passed, students will still see the link for the test, but when they attempt to begin the test a message will display to tell them they are no longer allowed to take it. If a date is entered for Display Until, then the link to the test will completely disappear from the students’ view and if a student did not take the test, My Grades will no longer display that item either, making it nearly impossible for a student to determine if they took a test or not.

  
  

Test Results and Feedback

• Do not use the After Attempts are Graded option.

• If you do not want students to see any score information, uncheck the box for Score per Question and set the Grade Center column for the test to Hide to Users.

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  Rationale: If any student does not take the test, the setting “After Attempts are Graded” will prevent the release of results to anyone, even if the test is self-graded. Unless Grade Center column for test is “Hidden to Users”, students will have access to score information in “My Grades”.

  
  

Test Presentation

• All at Once presentation results in fewer issues while taking a test.

• If questions delivered One at a Time, do not Prohibit Backtracking.

• If there are no Question Sets or Random Blocks, then you can check Randomize Questions. If test questions were added in Question Sets or Random Blocks, do not select Randomize Questions.
  

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  Rationale: One at a time is slower than All at Once and the proper means for navigating between questions is hard to find, so students end up clicking multiple times or using browser back button which can cause test to freeze or submit prematurely. Backtracking prohibited can create additional issues with One at a Time. Question sets and random blocks already randomize so the additional Randomize setting can create issues with how the questions load.

  
  

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