Create Tests using the Test Authoring Tool

The Authoring Tool allows you to create tests, with ease and speed using a WYSIWYG interface (what you see is what you get).

Key Features

• 3 Flexible Question Templates:
   
  1. Multiple Choice - Up to 10 alternative answers per question and up to 9 correct answers. With optional shuffle control.
  2. Written Answer - Up to 10 possible answer variations with fuzzy matching facility. With option case sensitivity
  3. Word Sorting - Up to 10 words or phrases that the student has to drag and drop to rank in the correct order. With optional shuffle control.
• Information Pages Pages without questions, useful for instructions or giving information.
• Multimedia Clips Add images, sound clips, animations, video clips and external resources such as Powerpoint Presentations, Word Documents, Excel Spreadsheets or Adobe Acrobat Documents.
• Text formatting A text formatting palette allows you to select text and change the font size, colour, style (underline, bold and italic), subscript and superscript.
• Specialist Symbols and Characters Easily insert scientific, foreign or artistic symbols.
• Hyperlink Add hyperlink's to words or phrases that open web pages on the Internet. Simply select the text and enter a web address.
• Feedback / Explanations Add feedback or explanations to questions that are automatically displayed during test reviews.
• Question Weighting Questions can be assigned marks to reflect difficulty.
• Grades and Comments Add up to seven grades or comments to percentage mark bands.
• Time Limit Set a time limit for the test.
• Font Size Set a default font size for the whole test.
• Colours Change the appearance of the test by changing the background and foreground colours.
• Category and Subject Classification Categorise tests so users can browse and search.
• Keywords Add keywords and meta tags for the integrated test search engine.
• Test Status Options Tests can be set to one of three status modes:
  1. Public The test will be available to all users using the Revision Library where users can browse for tests rather than take set tests.
  2. Shared The test will be available to E-Class Administrators to import into their own E-Classes.
  3. Secure The test is will not be available to anybody other than candidates you set the test for in your own E-Classes.

See the Author Guide for more information about creating tests using the Authoring Tool.