Setting Test Options

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Last updated: Jul 31, 2024 by Daniel Facchinetti
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This article covers options available for HuskyCT tests.

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A Test created in HuskyCT must be Deployed, or added to a content location (Content Area, Content Folder, or Learning Module) in your course site, in order to set the test options.  

Accessing 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.

Even if you set “display after/display until” farther down on the Test Options page, this main availability setting must be set to “Yes” in order for the test to become available to students. If this is set to “No” students will not be able to see or access the test regardless of the display after or display until settings you set.

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.

    Multiple attempts box

Force Completion

  • Default: No

  • Recommended: NO FORCE COMPLETION

    Force completion option.

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

  • If Unchecked: 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).

Set Timer

  • Default: No

  • Recommended: Time limit with Auto-Submit ON

    • Check the box to enter a time limit.

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

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.

Due Date

  • Default: None

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

  • 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 a date.

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

Test Availability Exceptions

  • Default: None

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

  • Click 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. 

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 afterward using My Grades.

Options

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 do not submit an attempt, you must assign a grade of 0 so that all students can view the chosen results and feedback.

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

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.

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

Show the questions a student answered incorrectly or partially incorrectly. This option appears for tests only. You might choose to 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 a scroll wheel has the potential to change answers. Usually fewer complications overall.

    • One at a Time: Moving to the next question saves answers 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) that 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

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.

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.

Test Presentation

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

  • If questions are 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.

For more information or assistance with HuskyCT, contact the Educational Technology Office at edtech@uconn.edu or (860) 486-5052.

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