The Pool Manager allows Instructors to store questions for repeated use. Instructors can create new questions to include in Pools and add questions that have been created in other Tests or Pools. Pools are course-specific although pools from other courses can be imported through the Pool Manager.
Note: When creating question Pools for Surveys, Instructors must add correct answers, as if they were creating Test questions. These answers will be ignored once the question is copied into a Survey.
To open the Pool Manager page, click Pool Manager in Assessments on the Course Control Panel.
The Pool Manager functions in the same way as the Test Manager and offers all of the same options for creating and managing Pools. The difference between Pools and Tests is that Tests can be added to Content Areas for users to view and complete. Pools contain questions that can be included in a Test. Pool questions cannot be presented to Students unless they are included in a Test.
Pools also differ from Tests in the following ways:
· Random Blocks cannot be added to Pools.
· Pool questions do not have point values associated with them. When a Pool question is added to a Test the Instructor can assign a point value.
· A file of Pool questions may be imported from the Pool Manager page by selecting Import.
· A file of Pool questions may be exported from the Pool Manager page by selecting Export.
The Pool Creation Settings function in the same way as the Test Creation Settings. The only difference is there is not an option to Specify default point values for questions. Pool questions are not associated with a point value until they are added to a Test.
When questions are selected from a Pool to be included in a Test links are created between the Test and the Pool for those questions. Instructors should not make changes to Pool questions that have been deployed in a Test once Students have begun taking the Test. The following warning will appear if any Students are in the process of taking the Test or have already taken the Test when Modify is selected on the Pool Manager. Certain areas of the questions will not be available for modification if the Test has already been taken by Students.
If the Instructor modifies a Pool question after a Student has submitted a Test it was included on, the Student will view the new, modified question when they view their grade and feedback. They will not view the original question they took on the Test.
