Test Creation Settings

Overview

The Test Creation Settings page allows Instructors to adjust settings for a Test. These settings control options, such as question feedback, categorization of questions, and default point value.

Note: The Pool Creation Settings page and Survey Creation Settings page function in the same way as the Test Creation Settings. The differences are the Specify default point values for questions option is not available on the Pool Creation Settings page or the Survey Creation Page. Also, the Add Categories to questions option is not available on the Survey Creation Settings page.

Find this page

Follow the steps below to open the Test Creation Settings page.

Select Test Manager in the Assessment area of the Control Panel.
Click Add Test.
Complete the Add Test page and select Submit.
Select Creation Settings.

Fields

The table below details the fields on this page.

Field	Description
Creation Settings
Provide feedback for individual answers	Select this check box to include the option to enter feedback for individual answers rather then just one set of feedback for correct or incorrect answers. Individual feedback cannot be provided for answers in True/False questions, Multiple Answer questions, Ordering and Matching questions.
Add images, files, and URLs to questions	Select this check box to include the option to attach images, files, and URLs to questions.
Add images and files to answers	Select this check box to include the option to attach images and files to answers.
Add categories and keywords to questions	Select this check box to include the option to create categories for questions. This option also enables Instructors to add keywords to questions. When searching for questions from a Question Pool or other Tests, Instructors may search for questions by category and keyword.
Specify default point value for questions	Select this option and all questions will automatically have the same point value. Enter the point value in the Default point value: field. This only sets a default.
Specify partial credit options for answers	Select this option to make partial credit available for questions included in this Assessment. If selected, an option to give partial credit appears when questions are created.
Specify extra credit option for questions	Select this option to make extra credit available for questions included in this Assessment. If selected, an extra credit option appears when each question is created. This option allows the Instructor to make the questions an extra credit questions as opposed to a regular question. If this options is selected points are added to the score if the question is answered correctly; no points are taken away if the questions is answered incorrectly.

Default Point Value

Instructors must set the Default Point Value before creating questions for it to be effective. If the default point value is changed, only questions created after it is modified will have the new point value. Questions created before the modification will have the old point value. For example, set the Default Point Value to ten then create questions in the Assessment. These questions will have a point value of ten. Next, change the Default Point Value to 15, and create additional questions in the Assessment. These new questions will have a point value of 15, but the questions created initially will still have a point value of ten.