Introduction to Exams

Create & manage exam question banks, exams, and examination events

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Introduction to Exams
Permissions
Pre-Conditions
Database Settings

Introduction to Exams

The Exams module is one of the three places in Elentra that houses a type of assessment. The Exams module is used to deliver tests or other knowledge-based assessments. To complete performance based assessments, please use forms & distributions in the Assessment & Evaluation module. To collect grades from assessments please use the Gradebook module.

The Exams module allows you to:

Create a bank of exam questions that can be assigned curriculum tags
Create exams by grouping questions together from the question bank (questions can be used on multiple exams) and define points for each question
Configure settings for an exam including randomization of questions and answers, the format of question delivery (e.g., one question per page), and attaching resources to an exam
Deliver an exam to learners by posting it to a learning event
Configure exam posts with things like a time limit for an exam, availability of tools like a calculator and self-timer for learners to access, set learner accommodations, set security options, configure how you'll release scores and feedback to learners, etc.
Add graders to an exam post so they can grade short answer and essay questions
Link an exam to a gradebook assessment so a course gradebook is automatically populated once an exam is complete.

Permissions

Create & edit exam questions; Create exams:
Medtech: Admin
Staff: Admin
Staff: Pcoordinator
Faculty: Admin
Faculty: Director

Create exam posts:

Medtech: Admin
Staff: Admin
Staff: Pcoordinator (for any exam the user has permissions for)
Faculty: Admin (for any exam the user has permissions for)
Faculty: Director (for any exam the user has permissions for)

Pre-Conditions

In order to use all features of the Exams module, the following components must be built within Elentra:

Set up your Organization (all the following steps are required per Organization)
Upload the admin, clinical faculty & student users in the Manage Users module
Create curriculum layouts & period
Create courses
Enroll students in their course/program (course audience)
Identify which courses will require exams & gradebooks to be set up
Create learning events for examination events, connected to the relevant course
(Optional) Create gradebook(s) and gradebook assessments for linking to exams

Database Settings

Database Setting	Description
exam_security_options	Use to control the visibility of exam security options. Defaults to basic,seb,rp_now,examity. You can optionally add respondus.
respondus_launch_prefix	This is a 2 letter organisation-specific code. The Elentra prefix is set as default: na
respondus_secret_1	This is the encryption key required by the browser, for testing purpose.
respondus_secret_2	This is the encryption key required by the browser, for testing purpose.
respondus_download_win	These define the download URLs of the browser for each platform. By default, the download link from Respondus is set, but this should be hosted locally as they may be changed unexpectedly by Respondus.
respondus_download_lab
respondus_download_msi
respondus_download_macos