I need some help and direction in figuring out how to design a particular scenario or quiz. I have a course I am designing where part of the assessment is a 'Spot the Hazard' test.
My idea was to use the 'hotspots' on Quiz Maker...no problem there. The problem comes in where part of the assessment will need to have the candidates 'explain' or write what they are circling and why it is a hazard. This data will need to be passed back to the LMS (Moodle).
I think I just had one of those 'uh-oh' moments though. I am basically trying to have two quizzes in one and I don't think it is going to be possible to do what I want to do.
I need to have 21 questions from a pool of 100 on the first part, then the 9 spot the hazard questions with their associated questions drawn from a separate pool (total of 36 questions).
The kicker is having an aggregate type score where the first part of the quiz needs a minimum score and the spot the hazard part needs a minimum score.
It looks like I will have to break this down into two separate quizzes and do the math manually.
I have 5 question groups. Each group has a different number of questions.
In Group One, I have added two 'blank slides' that contain instructions. How do I ensure that the student will ALWAYS see these at the beginning of the exam when I go about having the system randomly pick questions from each group?
The kicker is having an aggregate type score where the first part of the quiz needs a minimum score and the spot the hazard part needs a minimum score. It looks like I will have to break this down into two separate quizzes and do the math manually. Any thoughts on this?
Yeah, I'm sorry Dave, Quizmaker doesn't really contain the logic that would allow you to impose a scoring requirement on an individual question group. (This would be more easily done in Storyline.) About the only thing I can think of would be to have unlimited retries on each of your questions in the first pool, essentially forcing the learner to stay on each question till they answer correctly. Obviously this might not be an ideal workaround, depending on the types of questions you're building and what would be considered reasonable as far as learner performance. It also might not be a good way to prove mastery.
You also mentioned splitting your content into 2 separate quizzes - that's certainly a viable solution, but remember that if you plan to report the results to an LMS, you will only be able to choose one quiz in your course for reporting purposes (unless you go with one of these unsupported methods).
Regarding your other question about having some intro slides at the beginning: from the question list, you can right-click on the first slide and choose Lock Question > To Top of Group. Then right-click the question again and choose Lock Question > To Question Below. This should ensure that those two slides always come first. If you do this, remember to also adjust the "Include" number in your randomization options to account for those 2 slides which will always display. Like, if you have the 2 intro slides and then 100 questions (of which you want to show 21), your "Include" number would actually be 23.
I just wanted to clarify one of these steps before I make a major mistake with randomising 70+ questions.
I have two intro screens that I have locked together and locked to the top. That part is clear. The concern I have is that the 'spot the hazard' hot spot questions have three supporting questions that go with it. I have locked the spot the hazard question to the question below it and then locked supporting questions 2 and 3 below as well (see image).
The plan is to do this for each spot the hazard question and supporting question set. My questions is this, when Quizmaker randomly selects a question, what if it picks to serve one of the supporting questions? Will it automatically serve the hot spot question first?
Do I need to use grouping as part of this? I have 18 hot spot questions and each has 3 supporting questions (total of 72 questions plus 2 intro slides.)
Hiya Dave! Yah, that looks like you are on the right track, if you've locked your two intro questions to the top of the group, AND you've locked each series (consisting of a hotspot + 3 follow-up questions) together. I believe you can do what you have in mind with just a single question group.
And yes, because of the locks you've applied, it should automatically show a hotspot question, then the related word bank question, then the related multiple choice, then the other related word bank.
But here's an important part: I think you said earlier that you wanted to show 9 hotspot questions (plus their associated follow-up questions) out of the 18 total, right? So in your randomization options, you'd need to use the "Include" dropdown to choose 38. (9 series of locked questions = 36, plus the 2 intro slides = 38.)
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Hello Jeanette,
That example helps a lot. Thanks
I think I just had one of those 'uh-oh' moments though. I am basically trying to have two quizzes in one and I don't think it is going to be possible to do what I want to do.
I need to have 21 questions from a pool of 100 on the first part, then the 9 spot the hazard questions with their associated questions drawn from a separate pool (total of 36 questions).
The kicker is having an aggregate type score where the first part of the quiz needs a minimum score and the spot the hazard part needs a minimum score.
It looks like I will have to break this down into two separate quizzes and do the math manually.
Any thoughts on this?
Many thanks,
Dave
OK...moving on to JUST my pool of 100+ questions.
I have 5 question groups. Each group has a different number of questions.
In Group One, I have added two 'blank slides' that contain instructions. How do I ensure that the student will ALWAYS see these at the beginning of the exam when I go about having the system randomly pick questions from each group?
Thanks for any input on this!
Cheers,
Dave
Yeah, I'm sorry Dave, Quizmaker doesn't really contain the logic that would allow you to impose a scoring requirement on an individual question group. (This would be more easily done in Storyline.) About the only thing I can think of would be to have unlimited retries on each of your questions in the first pool, essentially forcing the learner to stay on each question till they answer correctly. Obviously this might not be an ideal workaround, depending on the types of questions you're building and what would be considered reasonable as far as learner performance. It also might not be a good way to prove mastery.
You also mentioned splitting your content into 2 separate quizzes - that's certainly a viable solution, but remember that if you plan to report the results to an LMS, you will only be able to choose one quiz in your course for reporting purposes (unless you go with one of these unsupported methods).
Regarding your other question about having some intro slides at the beginning: from the question list, you can right-click on the first slide and choose Lock Question > To Top of Group. Then right-click the question again and choose Lock Question > To Question Below. This should ensure that those two slides always come first. If you do this, remember to also adjust the "Include" number in your randomization options to account for those 2 slides which will always display. Like, if you have the 2 intro slides and then 100 questions (of which you want to show 21), your "Include" number would actually be 23.
Thanks Jeanette.....your input has been awesome! You are the brightest amongst all the stars at Articulate!
Cheers!
Dave
Hello Jeanette,
I just wanted to clarify one of these steps before I make a major mistake with randomising 70+ questions.
I have two intro screens that I have locked together and locked to the top. That part is clear. The concern I have is that the 'spot the hazard' hot spot questions have three supporting questions that go with it. I have locked the spot the hazard question to the question below it and then locked supporting questions 2 and 3 below as well (see image).
The plan is to do this for each spot the hazard question and supporting question set. My questions is this, when Quizmaker randomly selects a question, what if it picks to serve one of the supporting questions? Will it automatically serve the hot spot question first?
Do I need to use grouping as part of this? I have 18 hot spot questions and each has 3 supporting questions (total of 72 questions plus 2 intro slides.)
Any help or direction would be great!
Cheers,
Dave
Hiya Dave! Yah, that looks like you are on the right track, if you've locked your two intro questions to the top of the group, AND you've locked each series (consisting of a hotspot + 3 follow-up questions) together. I believe you can do what you have in mind with just a single question group.
And yes, because of the locks you've applied, it should automatically show a hotspot question, then the related word bank question, then the related multiple choice, then the other related word bank.
But here's an important part: I think you said earlier that you wanted to show 9 hotspot questions (plus their associated follow-up questions) out of the 18 total, right? So in your randomization options, you'd need to use the "Include" dropdown to choose 38. (9 series of locked questions = 36, plus the 2 intro slides = 38.)
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