This article contains this release's feature updates, user interface changes and bug fixes.

Release date	Environment
24th of November 2023	Stage (stage.ans.app)
10th of December 2023	Production (ans.app)  Education (edu.ans.app)

 

Changes to the platform

QTI question importing now has support for feedback per alternative in multiple choice questions

When importing multiple choice questions in the QTI format, the modalFeedback will now be interpreted as feedback for each answer alternative in the question.

 

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The positionObjectInteraction can now be used to import hotspot match questions within the QTI import.

 

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Released 'Monitoring participants' out of beta

We have released the 'Monitoring participants' feature out of beta. This feature shows a monitoring panel when clicking on a student in the taking screen. This includes information about: - When a student started a test and last answered a question - What location the test is being taken from (based on IP address) - Incidents during the digital test

Incidents can be created manually by invigilators during the test or created automatically when Ans detects a participant leaving the web browser tab of an exam or pasting content into their answer. This can be activated in the 'proctoring' tab of the assignment settings. More information about this feature can be found here.

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Released 'Extra time' out of beta

The extra time feature has been moved out of beta. This feature allows organisations to allocate students with extra time. The right to extra time can be set for all assignments in a school or for all assignments in a course.

The extra time options in the timeslot form will only be shown to a user if:

• There are users in your school with the right to extra time, OR:
• There are users in the course with the right to extra time

More information about this feature can be found here.

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Released 'Media play limit' out of beta

We have released the 'Media play limit' out of beta. This feature allows authors of exercises to control the number of times a participant can play a media file. This includes both video and audio files added to an exercise as a description.

If a limit is set, a participant may not rewind or scroll through the media file. It will also be possible to disable the pausing of media by participants. More information about this feature can be found here.

Note: limiting media plays will not be available for embedded media such as YouTube videos.

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Released 'Exclude exercises from the publication' out of beta

When publishing an assignment, you can now choose to exclude specific exercises from your publication. This way, you can pick what parts of the assignment you allow your students to see.

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The corrected total points are now included for assignments that apply the guess correction

The result overview for assignments that apply guess correction now shows both the points before the guess correction was applied and the corrected total points after the guess correction.

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We now ignore negative points on alternatives when the guess correction is enabled

Previously, enabling guess correction on questions with negative points for incorrect answer alternatives effectively caused the guess score to be deducted twice (once due to the automatic guess correction and once due to the manually assigned negative points).

From now on, we will ignore the negative points for alternatives if guess correction is enabled, preventing any unintentional double deductions of negative points in such scenarios.

Please note, previously created assignments will not be impacted by this change.

 

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We now include the highest mark for assignments that have been graded with a table

 

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Added user logs

We have added logging to users which track any changes made to that user and who performed those changes. These logs can be found under the "Log" tab when viewing a user profile. These logs are only visible to school admins.

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The rich text editor now has support for text alignment

We have added support for text alignment in the rich text editor. This allows instructors and participants to align text to the left, right, and center of the screen. This feature can also be used to align right-to-left text on the right side of the screen.

This feature is now also supported for written assignments.

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The rich text editor now has support for inserting special characters

We have added support for a special characters menu in the rich text editor. A selection of commonly used special characters can now be selected with your mouse. This will help instructors and participants who are less familiar with the shortcuts for special characters in the operating system that they are using.

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Open beta changes

Released 'Exercise attachments' to open beta

We have released 'Exercise attachments' to open beta. This feature allows authors of exercises to add attachments to a single exercise, instead of to a complete exam. This feature supports the same file types as the regular attachments.

For more information please refer to our documentation

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Notifications are now deleted when the assigned comment or action has been reversed

Previously, when receiving a notification for being mentioned, tagged, assigned, or added, and the related comment was deleted or the action was reversed, the notification would still show but with a "Removed" status. Notifications will now be removed when the associated comment is deleted or the action is reversed.

 

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Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue where the study objectives does not show up in the filter in the question bank
  The objectives filter in the question bank now includes study objectives
  
  
• Fixed an issue in the QTI import where multiple answer options in a fill-in question were parsed as a single option
  This fix ensures that the answer options are correctly separated from each other.
  
  
• Fixed an issue where administrators could not create an equation in the preview for a question bank exercise
  Previously, administrators received an error message when adding a new equation in the question bank preview of a mathematical equation question. This issue has been resolved and administrators can also preview the mathematical equation question.
  
  
• Fixed an issue where the preliminary result was not shown after the result was automatically submitted due to the participant running out of time
  Previously, if a participant ran out of time during a digital test, they were redirected to a page indicating that their time expired and their test had been automatically submitted. However, this was undesirable for tests with an open publication or tests with the preliminary result enabled, as participants were required to reload the page in order to view their results.
  
  A button has now been added to the banner that indicates that the allotted time has expired. Clicking on this button will direct participants to the preliminary result page.
  
  
• Fixed an issue where the bottom of the exercise navigation bar would move out of the screen when assuming a student's account
  When an administrator assumes a student's account and takes a digital test, the bottom navigation bar moves partly out of the screen. The navigation bar is now fully visible. Please note, that this action is mostly used for "dummy students" during testing of the test environments.
  
  
• Fixed an issue where disabled questions were still shown as ungraded during grading
  Previously, when disabling or awarding full points to questions, these questions would still appear during the grading process. Now, questions with these statuses are no longer considered during grading, resulting in a more streamlined grading process.
  
  
• Fixed an issue where assignments would not appear in the recent activity when being graded
  Previously, when grading answers, the last updated timestamp of the assignment remained unchanged, and failed to register in the recent activity section on the homepage. This fix makes sure that assignment's timestamp updates, ensuring it's visibility in the recent activity section on the homepage.
  
  
• Improved the accuracy of the grading progress at the review overview when an exercise only had a portion of questions graded
  Previously, the grading progress only accounted for fully graded exercises. In cases where only a portion of questions were graded, the progress would inaccurately display as 0% graded. Now, the progress includes all graded questions.
  
  
• Renamed 'Review per question' to 'Review per exercise' in the review overview
  
  
• Renamed "Display model answers" to "Display model answer"
  
  
• Fixed an issue where a reviewer was able to start a self-reviewed and peer-reviewed assignment
  Previously, reviewers were mistakenly directed to the beginning of a peer-reviewed or self-reviewed assignment and could complete it. This fix ensures that reviewers can no longer participate in self-reviewed or peer-reviewed tests; instead, they can assist in reviewing exercises when assigned to do so.
  
  
• Fixed the question contribution button in assignment insights
  Previously, when changing the question contribution in the assignment insights, the question contribution label failed to update visually until the page was refreshed. The label now updates immediately without the need for a page refresh.
  
  
• Fixed an issue where it was possible to add mark calculation variables within other mark calculation variables
  Fixed an issue where it was possible to add mark calculation variables within other mark calculation variables through pasting or typing inside the variables.
  
  
• Fixed issue where the the number of results at the assignment overview included removed results
  Previously, the results counter at the assignments overview mistakenly included removed results. Removed results are no longer included in the counter.
  
  
• Fixed an issue where the schema would not be shown for API endpoints
  Previously, not all API endpoints would have a schema defined. Now, all endpoints have a request and response schema.
  
  
• Fixed an issue where the 'Delete all' button on the solve issues page was not consistent with other buttons across the platform
  The "Delete all" button has been renamed to "Remove" to be consistent with other buttons.
  
  
• Removed access to the notifications page for users with a student role
  As no notifications are currently sent to students, access to the notification page has been removed for them.
  
  

 

Version	Date	Information
v1.1	07-12-2023	Updated description of 'Released 'Extra time' out of beta'
v1.0	24-11-2023	Initial version