Building a test

Put items into sections and a test, decide how they are delivered, and try it.

For authors

A test is a structure: one or more test parts, each holding sections, which hold item references (and further sections). The order you build is the order a candidate is given, unless you add rules that select or shuffle.

1. Create the test

1. On Resources, open Create and choose Test.
2. Pick a starter, give it a Title, and press Create.
3. The test page opens in edit mode on its Structure tab.

You can also create a Section the same way. A section made on its own can be reused in several tests.

2. Add sections and items

Use the Add menu on the structure canvas:

• Test part adds another part. A part sets the navigation mode for everything in it.
• Section in this test part / Section inside this section / Section after … add sections where you need them.
• Items from the bank… opens a picker: search, tick the items you want and add them to the selected section.

Drag parts, sections and items to rearrange them. Click anything to see and change its properties, such as a section’s title or whether it is visible to candidates.

3. Decide how it is delivered

Select a section, then:

• Add › Selection rule gives each candidate only some of the section’s children, for example 3 of 10. It starts at the section’s full size; lower it. Tick required on a child to always include it.
• Add › Ordering rule shuffles the section’s children for each candidate. Tick fixed on a child to keep it where it is.

On a test part, set navigation mode:

• nonlinear: candidates can move freely between questions.
• linear: one question at a time, in order, with no going back.

Time limits, branch rules (skipping ahead depending on answers) and preconditions can be added from Insert. The detail page’s figures and banners say how each one changes what a candidate is given.

4. Save and review

Press Save. Then read the page:

• Structure shows the tree, with pills such as “selects 3 of 10” and “shuffled”, and warns about anything delivery cannot follow, such as an item that cannot be found.
• Summary shows how many questions a candidate gets and the maximum score. A range (3–7) means it varies with the draw or the route.

5. Try it

Press Launch to sit the test as a candidate would. If Launch is disabled, its tooltip says why: a rule that no delivery could follow, for example. Your attempt is listed under My Test Sessions.

6. Lock it when it is in use

When candidates start sitting a test, tick Locked in the structure editor. A locked test cannot be edited, and neither can the items it uses, so nobody changes a question after the results start coming in. Only a tenant admin can unlock it. See Locking a test.

7. Watch the results

The Usage tab shows how many attempts there have been and, per question, how many candidates answered and their average score.