Go to Settings > Forms
Click the 'Add New Form' button or click on the type of the form as shown below.
If you clicked on the 'Add New Form ' select 'Pretest or 'Post Test' From the 'Type' drop-down list
Give a name to the form. Complete the following fields:
- Speaker Ask Once : No
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Passing Weight: Determine the 'Passing Weight'. e.g., If the test has 5 questions and each question is worth 1 point, you will need a 'Passing Weight' of 5 to get 100% correct.
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Required = Yes
- Max Submissions/Test Attempts: Enter the number of attempts allowed to meet the 'Passing Weight'. i.e., how many times can a user fail the test before they are no longer allowed to proceed?
- View Answer Attempts: Used to show the correct answer(View Results link) . Users who failed all the test attempts or passed can click on the 'View Results' link to see the correct answers being displayed.
Note: If the 'View Answer Attempts' is less than the 'Submission Attempts' , a person who has pending test attempts does not see the correct answers until they reach the max submission attempts, but can still see the answer explanation, if available. This serves as a hint for learners to choose the correct answer in their subsequent attempts. If you do not want this, always have the same value set for both the fields.
Enter any other required fields and/or content and click 'Save' at the bottom of the screen to build your new form.
STEP 2: Adding Questions
Click the 'Add Question' link
Enter the required fields. Type= Choose the format of the question.
Note: Refer to the article 'Form Question Types' to know what each type/format means
Note: Refer to the article ' Pre and Post test - Allowed Question Types by Session Type' to know the question types allowed and can be scored.
Flag the question as Required = Yes
Add the 'Answer Explanation, if needed.
When an 'Answer Explanation' is added for Questions, users can view the answer explanation on the results page and is shown regardless of correct/incorrect answer.
Click 'Save' to create your question and repeat the steps to add as many questions as needed.
Note:Pre/Post test only shows either the question or the question narrative.
STEP 3: Adding Answers
Click the 'Add Answer' link next to the appropriate question
Enter the required fields and enter the appropriate 'Weight' for the correct answer. e.g., if the question is worth 1 point, enter a 'Weight' of 1 for the correct answer. All wrong answers will have a weight of -1 (n/a) or 0. Add up the weight of all the correct answers and enter as a Passing Weight on the Edit Form page.
Click 'Save' to add the answer and repeat the steps to add as many answers as needed.
Viewing Answer Key:
To the test taker the View Results functionality shows the correct and incorrect answers for each question based on the answer weights.
- If the weight is negative, we don't know if it is right or wrong, so we show a question mark.
- If the weight is 0, we show an X.
- If the weight is more than 0 we show a check mark.