Test settings

Use the Test wizard to create, edit, and specify settings for your tests. The wizard has several steps.

  • Source - Select the online testbank used in your program.
  • Test Name - Enter a name for the test. The name must be unique within the program.

Select questions for your test.

Select Change next to the name of your testbank to add questions from related testbanks, if available. In some cases only a subset of questions are available. You cannot add custom questions from a related testbank.

To filter the Available Questions list:

  • Use the Chapter, Section, and Objective lists to filter the questions in the Available Questions list.
  • Use the Availability filter to choose:
    • Questions that are not in the Study Plan - hide questions in students' Study Plans.
    • Questions that are in the Study Plan - show only questions in students' Study Plans.

      Use the Study Plan Manager to select questions.

    • Questions that are screen reader accessible - show only questions that can be read by a screen reader such as JAWS.
  • Use the Question Source filter to choose the types of questions to show in the Available Questions list:
    • Show custom questions (+) for this book Displays questions for the selected chapter, section, and objective that you created and associated with the testbank.
    • Show other custom questions Displays questions you created for other testbanks or that have no testbank association. Select Refine Selection to display only those custom questions that meet criteria you specify.
    • Create my own questions Opens the Custom Question Builder, where you can author your own questions.

The Available Questions list displays the questions you can add to your test, as determined by your filters. You can:

  • Hover over a question ID number to see a thumbnail image or select the ID to preview it.
  • See the difficulty of the question, indicated by a bar icon based on question metrics, if available. Hover over the icon to see a tooltip with difficulty statistics.

    Hover over a difficulty icon to see the difficulty level, median time spent by students on the question, and the percentage of students who answered correctly on the first try.

  • Hover over an icon on the right to get information on the type of question. For example, you see icon for screen reader accessible questions for questions that are screen reader accessible.

To move questions to the My Selections list:

  • Choose questions and select Add to move the questions immediately.
  • Choose questions and select Preview & Add to open all the questions in the player and preview them before deciding whether to add them to the test. See Preview and edit questions for details.
  • Choose similar questions and select Pool to associate the questions with a single question on the test. When a student opens a pooled question, they see only one of the questions contained in the pool. See Use question pools.

The My Selections list displays the questions you chose for the test. You can:

  • See the estimated time for the test in the header, if available.
  • Select View question details to view all the questions in your test and edit some of the question settings.
  • Enter a new value in the text box to change the number of points awarded for a question.
  • Choose questions and select Remove to delete the questions immediately.
  • Choose questions and select Preview & Remove to open all the questions in the player and preview them before deciding whether to delete them from the test. See Preview and edit questions for details.
  • Select View Student Test to see the student view of the test.
  • Select Sort All to order the questions by ID in ascending order.
  • Choose one or more questions and select the up- or down-arrows to move the selected questions one position at a time.
  • Choose questions and select the trash can icon to remove them.

Select Review Individual Student Settings to see any students who have individualized settings for the test.

Available and Due — Choose when the test becomes available and when students can no access it.

Time Zone — Enter your time zone. This setting affects when students can access tests. For example, if you set 5:00 PM as the due time for an test using Eastern Time settings, a student in California cannot access the test after 2:00 PM Pacific Time.

Chapter Associations — Select Change to choose the chapters you want the test to be listed with. If the test has no chapter association, it is associated with Chapter 1 by default. When questions are associated with multiple chapters, only the last chapter is displayed.

If you check Allow students to continue to work and change score after due date, you can select:

  • Require final submission — Choose an ending time for late submissions.
  • Deduct late submission penalty — Automatically reduce the score for a late test. Choose whether to deduct once from the final score or to deduct an amount for each day that the test is overdue. In the Penalty box, enter the amount to deduct and select whether to deduct points or a percentage.

Partial Credit — When this option is unchecked, students get a 0 score on a multipart question when they answer any part incorrectly.

You can adjust scoring for individual questions, such as answer tolerance or credit for unsimplified answers by previewing the question in the player.

Show Work Questions — When questions in the test require students to show how they arrived at their answers. you can choose how both parts of the Show Work question are scored. See Require students to show their work for details.

Set options for how students can access the test.

Check Require password and enter the password students must supply to do the test.

For Prerequisites, select Change to add or modify a prerequisite test that students must complete before doing the test. You can require one or more prerequisites or specify alternate prerequisites. Optionally enter a minimum score for the prerequisite.

LockDown Browser and proctoring options — If available, select LockDown Browser and Proctoring options. These applications are available only after they have been enabled in the program settings:

  • Do not use a LockDown Browser or automated proctoring
  • Require a LockDown Browser —The Pearson LockDown Browser prevents students from opening applications or other browser windows while taking online tests or quizzes.

    You can select Allow use of basic calculator or Allow use of scientific calculator to let students access a calculator from the LockDown Browser.

  • Require LockDown Browser with Respondus Monitor Proctoring — Respondus Monitor Proctoring uses students' webcam to remotely monitor and make a video recording of their work in the Pearson LockDown Browser. See Use Respondus Monitor Proctoring for details.

When IP restrictions are enabled in your course settings, optionally uncheck Students must access this assignment from the following IP address range to deactivate the IP restriction. You also can select Allow students to review this assignment from any IP address so they can review outside the IP address range. See Restrict tests to specific IP addresses for details.

Select Attempts per Assignment and enter the maximum number of times students can take this test before the due date. If you do not set a limit, students can take the test an unlimited number of times before the due date.

Incomplete Attempt determines how students can resume an interrupted test. An attempt is incomplete when a student works on a test but does not submit it. Students' answers are saved but not their score.

You can choose either:

  • Students have the Save for Later option — students don't need permission to save the test and return to it later or to resume an interrupted test.

    When students save a test for later, they cannot access questions that they answered in earlier sessions. If they resume an incomplete test, all their answers are reloaded and students can change their answers.

  • Students are expected to complete test in one session. If you choose this option, you can choose what happens if the session is interrupted:
    • If attempt is interrupted, students may re-access and complete on their own — all of a student's answers to date are reloaded into the player when the student re-accesses an incomplete attempt.
    • If attempt is interrupted, instructors must enable access — select either:

      Restricted Access — students can work on other assignments before returning to the test.

      Blocked Access — students cannot do any other assignments until after they have completed the test.

    When a student resumes an incomplete attempt:

    • The number of attempts is not incremented until the student explicitly selects Submit. A single attempt can be interrupted or saved for later multiple times.
    • If the attempt has a time limit, the amount of time remaining is set to the total time limit minus the time spent to date on this attempt.
  • If a test can be taken multiple times, the count does not increment. For example, if the test allows three attempts and a student is interrupted on the second attempt, their resumption counts as the second attempt.

For questions with review-only information, uncheck Show parts of questions tagged for Review-only display to prevent students from accessing the information.

Select Time Limit and enter the number of minutes to limit the time students have to complete the test. Select the Show time remaining during test to display the remaining time in the player.

Select Scramble question order for each student to randomly order the questions each time the test is taken.

Check Graphing to allow students to enter coordinates to plot points on a graph.

For Results Display, select what students see immediately after submitting the test. You can:

  • Display their score and a list of questions showing whether their answers were correct or incorrect.
  • Display only their score.
  • Hide both the score and question results.

    If you hide both, students cannot review the assignment.

  • Select Edit Test Summary Message to enter a message that students see when they complete a test. You can optionally choose to send students from this message to a specified test.

For Reviewing test, choose when to let students review all the questions, with their answers and the correct answers.

If you display only the test score for the Results Display but allow students to review at any time, students can see both their assignment score and their responses to each question when they review.

Uncheck Feedback to hide helpful hints when students review a question they answered incorrectly.

Uncheck Study Plan to prevent results on this test from updating students' Study Plan mastery.

If available, select Print to allow students to print the questions and answers when reviewing.

Check Importing to allow other instructors to import this test.

 

See also: Manage tests | Set scoring options