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survey
Would be nice to have a survey option in the exams. If selected, there would be no "correct" answers required and individual student responses would not be visible. (only show the statistics on the answers). The instructor only sees who has completed the survey. Ideally, you could give some credit for completion alone.
It would need to be labeled as a survey rather than an exam so that students would recognize the difference.
11 votesThank you for your suggestion to improve Learning Suite! We are reviewing your enhancement request, and will keep you updated upon further implementation.
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Ability for students to upload files in exams
Some exams would be enhanced by the ability of students to attach files of graphs they have created or other similar things.
6 votesThank you for your enhancement request. It has been added to the ticketing system. Enhancement Request #7089 – Upload File Exam
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Create a Discussion/QA spot for each assignment/Exam
There are always a large number of questions for large assignments, projects, and exams. It would be great if instead of needing to go back and forth over email, students could post and group questions associated with a given test or assignment that professors could then answer from one spot. That QA spot would become the authority on updated information for assignments and tests and make it so that faculty would (in theory) only have to answer questions once--something that I think that would add great value for faculty and students alike.
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Allow students to retake only the questions they missed
This used to be a feature, but apparently has been removed. Please add it back.
5 votesThank you for your request to improve Learning Suite! Your suggestions has been added to our ticketing system. Redmine #6675.
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Late option for quizzes
Include the option of allowing students to complete a quiz late. Even better, include the option of deducting points or a percentage for each day late.
5 votesEnhancement Request #1889-Penalty for taking an exam late.
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Equation editing
I need equation editing, but I typically use MathType (an enhanced version of equation editor) instead of LaTex or some other markup language. Some ability to interface with that would be nice. I'm not sure yet on how well it cuts and pastes in from Word.
4 votesThank you for your suggestion to improve Learning Suite! Your enhancement Requests has been added to our ticketing system. Redmine #8560.
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Change name (and vision) of "Exams"
I use "Exams" for assignments that the students submit. They aren't exams, so it is confusing for students for them to be labeled as such. It would be nice if the Exams feature was more open-ended. Yes, it could still be a place for exams. But it could also be a place for assignments (graded and not graded, please).
3 votesThank you for your suggestion to improve Learning Suite! Your enhancement request has been added to our ticketing system. Redmine #7367. You will be notified upon possible implementation.
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Make it easier for me to see the feedback I've programmed into exams
In "Exams," under "Questions," it would be great if the "Expanded" view showed the feedback I'm giving students with each answer. I want to review & edit what I've put in there, and I would like to see it in all one place. Currently, for me to see the feedback that I've entered, I need to "edit" each question individually. Showing all the feedback on the "extended view" would be very helpful.
3 votesI have added your request to the ticketing system. You’ll be informed of updates Enhancement Request #8375 (New): Improve Feedback Accessibility
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Allow students to modify fonts in open responses on exams
When writing an exam question I can use different fonts and modify those fonts (bold, italics, underline, etc) but students cannot do the same in their responses. It would be helpful to me if they could use those fonts in their responses.
3 votesThank you for your request. Enhancement Request #1200 -
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Non-automatic questions in exams (homework)
In many cases, especially when exams are being used as worksheets, there are questions that don't have a predetermined right answer, even multiple choice or true/false. For example, 1. Pick an example... 2. Which category is this example? A B C D. It would be nice if the exam builder did not force us to pick a correct answer and assign points to it.
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Show confirmation dialog before exam submission
When you reach the last question on an exam, the "Finish and Submit" button looks a lot like the "Continue" button, and is in the same location. If you're going quickly, it's easy to click "Finish and Submit" thinking you are just going to the next question. This is a problem if you wanted to go back and review previous questions. A confirmation dialog would allow you to go back if you clicked "Finish and Submit" by mistake.
3 votesThank you for your enhancement request! It has been ticketed. Enhancement Request #7567 -
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Add fast grading buttons to the exam grading interface.
Maybe a quick 'full credit' button that you can press instead of scrolling, stopping, typing points, and saving for each question. Half credit and no credit might be nice too.
3 votesYour request has been added to our ticketing system. Redmine Enhancement Request #8600.
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Limit how frequently students can retake an exam/quiz
I want to require students to get 100% on a quiz, but want them to have to wait at least 24 hours between attempts (drawing from a question pool, so the quiz is not the same every time). That way, they have to actually study for it, instead of using the exam as form of cramming.
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Entering exact times for tests causes confusion.
When I create an exam, I have to post a time for it (especially since the times will appear in "Schedule"). This requires that I find out when the Testing Center administers the exams. This presents problems: does the test end when the Testing Center closes, or when they quit handing out exams? Do I have to keep track of the Testing Center hours, in case they change sometime during the term?
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Summarize human vs computer scoring at the end of the exam
I would like to know how much of my exam was automatically scored electronically, and how much I graded myself.
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Quantitative Exam Questions
Allow questions with numerical answers which are checked for being within a certain tolerance of the correct answer (relative or absolute). The questions show allow scientific notation to handle large and small numbers such as 1.2e23 of 1.9e-7 (or an equivalent format). Include the option to have each student have different numerical parameters in their question so that students get randomized numerical questions.
1 voteThank you for your suggestion to improve Learning Suite! Your enhancement request has been added to our ticketing system. Redmine#7510.
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Grading for Learning Suite exams with both computer and teacher graded responses.
I have only seen this happen this semester. I don't know what has changed.
I have an exam on Learning Suite that has both a computer graded section (76% of the grade) and a teacher graded section (24% of the grade). When the students took the exam they saw their grades for the computer graded section. But after the exam closed (unless I had already graded the free responses) their grades went, for example from 74 to zero. Students were VERY concerned about this and the emails started coming in: why have I got a zero when the computer told…1 voteThank you for your suggestion to improve Learning Suite! Your request is currently under review for possible implementation.
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Give instructors the ability to open an exam for someone to take a second time, either in an exception, or otherwise.
Curently there is no way for instructors to let a student take an exam again if there is a reason to do so. LS could program an exception option, or some other way of re-opening the exam for a student so they can take it again.
1 voteThank you for your request. It has been added to the ticketing system. Enhancement Request #6675 – Reopen exam option.
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Default box size for open response questions
Currently the default open response box size is 1 which is probably the size least likely to be used by anyone. I think a default of 10 would be more appropriate or even better give users the option of selecting their own default size for all their open ended questions.
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expand the answer boxes for fill in the blank questions
In LS exams, allow the fill in the blank answer boxes to be larger (like for open response)
1 voteThank you for your suggestion to improve Learning Suite! Your enhancement request has been added to our ticketing system. Redmine #8398.
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