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This requires a fundamental rewrite of Testing Center software, so the release date cannot be determined at this time.
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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.
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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 instructors to take an exam and see the scored answers
If I want to take advantage of some advanced scoring options (such as numeric ranges), I would like to ensure that the scoring works properly BEFORE I give the exam to the students.
Unfortunately, when I take the exam, I can't see my answers. So I have to have a TA take the exam, which then lets me see their answers. THis means the TA and I both have to spend time working on the exam, which is a waste of resources.
What is the design reason for not allowing the instructor to see his or her scores on the…
5 votesThank you for your enhancement request. It has been added to the enhancement ticketing system. Enhancement Request #7021 —Fake Student Account. (allowing you to proxy in as a student and see what they see)
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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.
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Take an exam for practice
There should be capabilities to have practice exams. They should be optionally gradable, have no cut-off dates, and be available from the start of the course.
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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.
4 votesEnhancement Request #1889-Penalty for taking an exam late.
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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 individual students multiple attempts on an exam
To my knowledge, in order to enable a student to attempt an exam after a previous submission, we have to allow the whole class to attempt the exam again (Exam options > Submissions > "Allow students to take this exam more than once")
In the event of a student experiencing some special circumstance that I deem worthy of deserving an additional attempt, I would like to be able to enable the affected student, not the entire class, to attempt the exam once more (or some other limited number of times).
A hypothetical example of what I'm asking for:
My student…3 votesEnhancement Request #6675 – Reopen exam option. I have ticketed your request!
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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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Enhancement Request #1297
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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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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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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 voteThis is planned for the rewrite of the new Exams Questions page, slated to be released Fall 2014.
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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)
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