Configure the digital test settings

When creating a digital test, you can customise the layout of your test, configure tools, set navigation restrictions and add test instructions. These settings are available in the assignment settings panel.

To open the assignment settings panel, follow the steps below.

Tools

Tools

In the Tools section, you can choose which utilities participants may use during the digital test.

• Digital notes
  If this option is enabled, participants can make digital notes during the digital test. Digital notes can only be seen by the participants during the live test and not by instructors or reviewers during or after the digital test.
   
• Spellchecker
  If spellchecker is enabled, participants will be able to see red lines underneath spelling errors for both open questions and fill-in questions. This option uses the built-in spellchecker of the browser and is not provided by Ans. We recommend only enabling spellchecker if spelling is not a criterion for the test.
   
• Calculator
  Allow participants to use the built-in calculator. You can select the basic or scientific calculator.
   
• Run live code
  Allow participants to run and test code directly within the digital test.
   
• Show whether closed questions were answered correctly
  If you enable this option, participants will be able to see if the answer they provided is correct, partially correct or incorrect. This option can be set for closed questions only.

Navigation

Navigation

In the Navigation section, you can enforce a specific type of navigation during the digital test. Only one navigation restriction can be active at a time.

• View once:
  • All sections
    Participants cannot reopen a section after closing. The participant will receive a warning when moving to a different section.
  • All exercises
    Participants may only view exercises once; they may not return to an exercise that they closed. The participant will receive a warning when moving to a different exercise.
  • None
    No navigation restrictions are applied.
     
• Require answer to unlock next exercise (beta)
  Participants must answer each exercise before they can proceed to the next one.

Layout

Layout

In the Layout section, you can choose from various layout options. This includes the layout of exercises, the option to shuffle the order of answer options and sections, select which enumeration you would like to use and the option to use a theme for your digital test.

• Display question points
  The number of maximum points for each question is displayed.
   
• Shuffle answer alternatives
  The answer options of multiple choice questions, multiple response, fill-in-the-blank questions with dropdown, and hotspot match questions will be shuffled.
   
• Add "Leave unanswered" option to multiple choice and multiple response questions
  This option allows students to deliberately leave a question unanswered. Selecting this alternative will mark the question as having no given answer, but will not cause the unanswered questions warning to be shown. If the guess correction is set to only count answered questions, responses with the blank alternative selected will be counted as unanswered, the same as if the student had selected no alternative at all.
   
• Display exercise names
  The titles of the exercises will be displayed.
   
• Display section names and descriptions
  The names and descriptions of sections will be displayed to participants.
   
• Shuffle sections
  • All sections
    All sections are presented in a random order.
  • Specific sections
    Only the sections you select are shuffled.
  • No shuffling
    Sections are presented in the original order.
     
• Enumeration
  Choose how questions are numbered when displayed to participants. For example: '1a 1b 2a 2b 2c 3', '1 2 3 4 5' or no enumeration.
   
• Theme
  Themes can be used to give a digital test its own style, such as your school's identity. If a theme has been created for your school, you can use it in your digital test.

Instructions

Instructions

In the Instructions section, you can add instructions that will be shown to participants before, during and after the digital test. You can also require participants to agree to an integrity statement before starting the test.

• Require integrity consent
  Participants must agree to a declaration of integrity before they can start the digital test.
   
• Instructions before the test
  These instructions will be shown on the taking page before participants start their digital test. Participants can see these instructions as soon as the digital test has a timeslot scheduled.
   
• Instructions during the test
  These instructions will be displayed at the top of the screen for the participant during the entire taking session.
   
• Instructions after the test
  These instructions will be shown once the participant submits their digital test.
   
• Allow comments after the test
  Participants can leave a comment after they have submitted their digital test. To view the comments left by participants, navigate to analytics Insights and click Comments in the menu on the left. Click on a comment to be directed to the result overview of that participant.