Chapter 5
Creating Online Tests & Surveys
Instructors can choose to create tests or surveys. Surveys do not have "correct" answers and survey questions are not assigned point values, but in other respects, surveys and tests are created and administered in the same way. Though instructors can create tests and surveys directly in the "Test Manager" or "Survey Manager," in this section we will pull the questions created in the Pool Manager into a new assessment.
To Create a Test Using Questions from a Pool:
- From the Control Panel, enter the "Test Manager."
- Click the "Add Test" button in the upper left corner.
- Enter the appropriate information in the "Test Info" screen and then click "Submit."
- In the next screen, click the "Creation Settings"
button and use the check boxes to select desired options, and then click "Submit." - Click "OK from the Pool Canvas screen to finish creating the pool.
- Click "OK if you wish to return to the Control Panel.
To save time, you may want to insert a default point value.
You should now see a list of all of the questions from the pool that you selected. This screen will display the questions, correct answers, and point values for each question.
Notice the "Modify" and "Remove" buttons to the right of each question entry. You may change the point value or modify any question by clicking its "Modify" button. The "Remove" button will delete the question from the test. You may also insert questions by clicking the "Add Question Here" link in the appropriate place; or, use the "Go" button to add to the end of the list. Finally, the questions can be re-ordered by using the pull-down menu to the left of each question entry.
If no further changes need to be made, click the "OK" button at the bottom of the screen to return to the Test Manager and then "OK" again to return to the Control Panel.