What is a blueprint

A blueprint is a composition of questions that are used in an assignment. Blueprints are used to automatically generate a written assignment or a digital test. The composition of the assignment is done based on learning objectives. A blueprint selects questions as follows: all questions within an exercise can be linked to an objective. In a blueprint, you can set the number of questions you want from a particular objective. Before you can start working with a blueprint, you will need the following prerequisites:

• You need to have access to at least one question bank.
• Your questions need to be connected to objectives.

The use of a blueprint is optional but highly recommended. The advantages of using blueprints and objectives to automatically generate assignments are: 

• to create an exam with a balanced complexity.
• to create an exam in line with the study goals of a course.
• to compose an exam faster and more efficient.
• to compose assignments that correspond better to assignments from previous years if the same blueprint is used.
• to prevent fraud, as you can randomise the selected questions for each student.
• to gain better insights into the learning results per objective.