There are a number of options when it comes to how to display the questions in a Test to students.
Add Pages
It is possible to add page breaks to Tests when you are creating or editing them.
- (a) When page breaks have been used a display will show which page you are on out of x number of pages.
- (b) A dotted line will indicate where the page break has been inserted.
- (c) Add a page break by clicking on the purple plus sign icon where you wish to insert the break.
Adding a page break will change some of the presentation options in the test settings.
Presentation Options
Display one Question at a time
In the Test settings under Presentation Options it is possible to:
- Display one question at a time
- This option will display each question in turn.
- Prohibit backtracking
- This option prevent the student from returning to the previous page/question
- This is only available when either:
- Display one question at a time is selected or
- Additional pages have been added to the test
Randomise Options
Randomise questions
In the Test settings under Presentation Options it is possible to:
- Randomise questions
- this will randomise the order in which the questions display to each student.
- Randomise answers
- this will randomise the order in which the answer options display in a Multiple Choice question.
Randomise pages
In the Test settings under Presentation Options it is possible to:
- Randomise pages
- This option is only available if you have added page breaks to your test.
- Do no randomise first page
- Use this option if there is a reason to keep the first page set, for example if the first page contained instructions.
Randomise using Pools
It is possible to add a Pool to your test. Pools can use questions from a Question Bank or any other test on the course. Once you have created your pool of questions you can stipulate how many from the pool will be show to the student each time the test is started.
The pool will randomly display the selected number of questions from the pool. In this way each student will see different set of questions.
For further information on how to add a pool to a test see ours guide on question pools.
Guide last updated on May 7, 2024
