Each blueprint includes a 'Settings' tab. This is where it's defined how the test take will be administered. These settings cover aspects such as the caesura, retake options, visibility settings for candidates, and delivery settings. The available settings vary depending on the type of test.
General settings
| Option | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Name | The name of the blueprint is displayed here and can be changed if necessary. |
| Coding | It is possible to assign a coding to blueprint, for example for recognition purposes. |
| Kind | This field shows whether the blueprint is based on rules or a matrix. |
| Type | One of the three available test types is shown here (Practice, Graded practice, Exam). You can still switch between 'Practice' or 'Graded Practice', but never to 'Exam'. Neither can a 'Exam' be changed to an 'Practice' or 'Graded Practice'. |
Warning!
Once the type of blueprint has been selected, it can no longer be changed. You can only switch between 'practice' and 'graded practise' (both formative), but not from a formative test to a summative 'exam'. Please keep this in mind when creating a blueprint. Should this occur, however, it can easily be resolved by creating a variant of the blueprint with the correct setting. This variant must then be unlinked (archive the original), after which you can continue working with the blueprint.
Exercise settings (practice)
| Option | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Repeat Questions | Set whether and how often questions should be answered until they are answered correctly. |
| Repetition period | A period can be set in which redoing the exercise is blocked after all questions have been answered. |
Test settings (graded practice, exam)
| Option | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Ceasura Type | A choice can be made here between a normal caesura or a composite caesura. The normal caesura assesses the entire test according to the set caesura. The composite caesura is based on the set feedback items and calculates whether the test has been passed based on that. |
| Type of score | The result of the test can be a grade, percentage or points. |
| Apply guess correction | When guess correction is applied the result is corrected for the number of points the candidate could guess. |
| Range score | Can be scored between 0 and 10 or between 1 and 10. |
| Round score | Set whether the grade should be rounded to decimal places and to how many decimal places. |
| Rounding method | Under this table are explanations for the different methods. |
| Weighing method | This option is only available for the composite caesura type. It can be chosen here whether the weighting is absolute or relative. With absolute, each feedback has the same weight, with relative the weight is automatically set to the number of points that can be obtained in the feedback. |
| Score distribution | Here the score distribution, as shown in the graph below, is displayed and is adjustable here. |
| Cores | Here the dichotomous point where insufficient becomes sufficient can be indicated. |
| Name of score area A | Enter the name of score area A as it is shown in the graph above. |
| Feedback score area A | Any feedback for score area A can be entered here. |
| Name score area B | Enter the name of score area B as it appears in the graph above it. |
| Feedback score area B | Enter any feedback for score area B. |
| Generate a score table | A sample score table can be generated based on the set cut-off score. Note that this is just a sample table; it won't change the blueprint settings themselves. Specify the maximum number of points candidates can gain for the test. This allows you to see whether the blueprint produces the correct results based on the selected cut-off score and settings. |
Rounding method
There are a number of ways to round off the score:
- Normal rounding rules Regardless of the caesura point, the score is rounded in a normal manner. This means that a candidate who scores a 5.48 at the caesura point at 5.5 will score a 5.5. A candidate who scores an 8.64 will achieve an 8.6 and a candidate who scores an 8.68 will achieve an 8.7.
- Normal rounding rules, round down to the caesura point This option means that in general the normal rounding rules are used except at the caesura point. At the caesura point, the score is rounded down. This means that if you have the caesura point at a 5.5, a candidate who scores a 5.45; 5.46; 5.47; 5.48 and 5.49 will have failed the test and will receive a 5.4. A candidate who scores an 8.64 will achieve an 8.6 and a candidate who scores an 8.68 will achieve an 8.7.
- Round all scores down When set to round all scores down, it means that regardless of the caesura point, the score is calculated. A candidate who scores a 5.49 at the caesura point at a 5.5 will score a 5.4 rounded down. A candidate scoring 8.68 will achieve an 8.6, just as a candidate scoring 8.64 would achieve an 8.6.
- Round all scores up When set to round up all scores, it means that regardless of the caesura point, the score is calculated. A candidate who scores a 5.49 at the caesura point will achieve a 5.5 rounded up. A candidate who scores an 8.68 will achieve an 8.7, just as a candidate who scores an 8.64 will achieve an 8.7.
Other settings
Retake settings
| Option | Explanation. |
|---|---|
| Maximum number of retakes | Here can be set whether and how many times the candidate may retake this test |
| The candidate can start a resit himself/herself | Here you can set whether a candidate may start a resit himself/herself or whether a teacher must activate it. This option is only available for formative tests. |
Test settings
| Option | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Duration (in minutes) (practice test, test) | Here the duration of the test is set, i.e. how long a candidate can take to answer the questions in this test. It is also possible to choose an unlimited duration. |
| Instruction text | Here the optional instruction text, which is displayed before the test (matrix) is started, can be defined. The text is also available to the candidate during the test by means of a button. Attachments can also be added to the instruction text. |
| Add test conditions? | Indicate here whether the test should be taken under the set conditions. A candidate can only take the test after he/she has agreed to the conditions. |
| Closing text | Here you can define the optional text that is displayed before the test is closed. |
| Calculator available | Set whether and which calculator is available during the test here. These settings override the setting when (creating) the questions. |
| If you want to use this option, you have to select the option "Text marker available". Select whether this option should be available. | |
| Show feedback during test | Only available for practice tests. After answering a question, the feedback is immediately shown to the candidate. |
| This option is only available for practice tests. There is also an option to keep the settings of the test environment. | |
| Participants cannot return to previous questions | Available only for practice test and test. Participants cannot return to a question once it has been closed. |
Tip!
If an attachment (like a PDF file) should be available for candidates during the whole test moment (instead of available for only one question), attach this file to the instruction text.
Evaluation settings
This is an evaluation that the candidate can fill out about the test.
| Option | Explanation. |
|---|---|
| Add evaluation field? | Choosing 'Yes' will allow the candidate to enter a text at the end of the test. |
| Evaluation URL | An evaluation can also be done using a link to an external page. The link can be placed behind a button or the external page can be embedded in the Remindo page. For the last option it is important that the external page allows embedding. |
Visibility of results to candidates
| Option | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Show feedback report | Here you can set whether the feedback report will be shown or not. To make this visible at all, the blueprint has to have feedback categories. More information about feedback categories can be found in the article Feedback. |
| Show answered questions | Choose whether the candidate can see the answered questions, only the incorrectly answered questions or no questions. When this setting is set to 'all question' or 'only incorrectly answered questions', the candidate will get acces to (part of) the page 'Result details'. The candidate will see the questions it concerns, his answers and the feedback (in case this is added to the question). |
| Of those questions, show the correct answer | If questions are shown according to the chosen setting above, one can select whether or not to show the correct answer of these questions. |
| Show the number of correct/incorrect questions | Select whether you want to show the number of correct/incorrect answers. |
| Show the score | Select whether you want to show candidates the score. |
| Show the result | Select whether you want to show candidates the result. |
| Show score area name | Select whether you want to show the score area name. These are the names filled out for “Score area name A”, “Score area name B” etc. |
Tip!
- In the Test Player environment, you can choose to publish the results later in the subscription settings of the test moment. The components of the result that are allowed to be shown to candidates will be displayed to them starting at a chosen date and time. This allows you to view the results first before the candidates see them and adjust answer models if needed before the results are announced to candidates.
- Under Delivery settings one can set that the visibility settings can be edited in the test player.
- These chosen visibility settings are separate from the visibility settings of a review moment. Review moments have their own visibility settings.
Delivery Settings
| Option | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Delivery of this blueprint to test environments | Set here that the blueprint can be delivered to collection environments or indicate that this blueprint may never be delivered. |
| In the test environment it is possible to: | For a practice test and test, you can indicate here whether the pass mark may be adjusted in the test environment, whether extra time may be given for a test with a duration (see first warning below the table) and whether candidates are allowed to compare their result with teh average result. For an exercise, you can set here whether the repetition period may be adjusted and whether the visibility of the results may be adjusted. If it should be possible for candidates to compare results for this test matrix, select the option that allows this. |
| Change visibility of results in test player | Set which visibility options can be changed in the test player. |
| Protect questions by: | During the administration of a test, the questions can be protected, so that a candidate cannot select the question text and/or that the right-click menu is not available. |
| Turn on full screen protection (practice test, test) | With full screen protection on, a test can only be taken when the browser is in full screen mode. Switching to other programs closes the full screen mode and will (temporarily) stop the key. This feature is supported by Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari (see second warning under table) |
Warning!
Only when it's allowed to give extra time during the test, accessibility profiles that are related to time in the test environment are activated for the candidates whom it concerns.
Warning!
Full-screen protection does not work if the user has multiple screens. Also, full-screen protection is not supported in all cases on mobile platforms like Android and iOS.
Request Detail Settings
| Option | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Hide author's name? | The author's name will be hidden in the question details in the collection environment. |
Disclaimer: This text was automatically translated from the Dutch version.