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1. The word filename jpg should be replaced with the actual file name Example 3 The interferometer shown here img interferometer jpg was used by which of the following scientists a Albert Einstein b Albert Michelson c Thomas Edison d Vladimir Zworykin To include alternative text for ADA compliant screen readers place the desired text in a second set of quotes immediately following the quotes that contain the file name img interferometer jpg Picture of an interferometer All images that are being imported must be placed in a single folder During the import process the location of the image folder must be specified in the first step After the import is complete the images will appear inline with the question text Importing HTML with Questions It is possible to import blocks of HTML so that they are treated by Respondus as HTML rather than standard text This is accomplished by placing the tag HTML immediately before the block of HTML and another tag HTML immediately after the block of HTML So for example if you imported the following line of text HTML lt a href http Awww respondus com gt CLICK HERE lt a gt HTML to download Respondus 16 it would appear as follows when viewed in Desire2Learn CLICK HERE to download Respondus Of course keep in mind that HTML will have variable results if you print the exam from Respondus rather than using it exclusively for onli
2. Short Answer Ordering Fill in the Blanks Arithmetic Alfred Nobel W Enable Feedback Jonas Salk Copy from Another File 4 Select Correct Answer B 5 Point Value 11 00 6 Save Changes Cancel Changes Clear Form 23 Overview of Edit Menu The Edit menu allows questions to be added to the currently open file There are nine types of questions Multiple Choice True or False Long Answer Matching Short Answer Multi Select Ordering Fill in the Blanks and Arithmetic Feedback and point values can also be added to questions as can images multimedia tables HTML and various types of enhanced formatting To create a new question select the desired question type on the left side of the screen The entry template on the right side of the screen will change accordingly Common Features Among All Question Types All question types require you to enter a Title The title can be up to 64 characters If you do not enter a title Respondus will use the first 20 characters from the Question Wording for it All question types have a Question Wording section This is where the main body of the question is entered All question types allow the entry of feedback If feedback is enabled for a particular exam students will see the feedback for the answers they selected after they submit their answers To enter feedback for a question regardless of whether you later decide to use
3. Attempts Submissions The section labeled Attempts Submissions includes the number of attempts allowed the message users receive after they submit their assessment and settings for other types of feedback Attempts Submissions Settings 2 Attempts Attempts Allowed Unlimited X Overall Grade Calculation Highest Attempt v Default Submission View Message Your quiz has been submitted successfully Show Questions C Yes Statistics F Show class average Show score distribution Attempts Allowed If more than one attempt at a quiz is permitted users will be able to continue to take the quiz until all allowed attempts are used Overall Grade Calculation For quizzes with multiple attempts an overall grade is determined based on the Overall Grade Calculation method Message This message will be presented to users after they successfully submit their quiz Show Questions Show Question views are a way of giving feedback to users after they finish their quiz Feedback can be restricted to questions that are answered incorrectly correctly questions without user responses and questions with user responses 42 Selecting Show question answers will display the answers next to each question that appears Answers will not appear for questions that are not displayed Statistics The class average and the score distribution may be displayed to the user upon completion of the quiz At any
4. column must also be present If the Points column is not empty the value can range from 0 100 and will be rounded to two decimal places If no value is provided Respondus will assign the point value of 1 00 The formatting requirements for the Correct Answer column depend on the question type MC Supports numbers 1 10 or letters A J ignoring the case TF Supports numbers 1 2 and letters A B where 1 A true 2 B false The words true and false are also supported Capitalization is ignored for all answer types MR Supports a list of numbers letters within the range of 1 10 or A J The numbers letters must be separated by a comma or space all must be contained within quotes e g a c h j or ac hj A trailing separator e g 1 4 is acceptable ES This column isn t used use the Choice 1 column instead 17 FB This column isn t used use the Choice columns instead The following notes will be helpful in the development of your CSV file At the current time the Topic Difficulty and Meta fields are being ignored and discarded We are specifying these fields now so that they will be compatible with a future version of Respondus that will support them Blank lines between records are ignored Embedded line breaks within quotes are supported Literal column separators within quotes are supported Literal quotes 2 quote characters in sequence are supported The follo
5. Design Science Inc 4028 Broadway Long Beach CA 90803 USA Toll free 800 827 0685 International 562 433 0685 Fax 562 433 6969 Email sales dessci com 35 World Wide Web http www dessci com If you already own MathType you will need to reinstall it in order to have it work directly with Respondus MathType s readme file explains that it sets itself up to replace Equation Editor at the time that it s installed So if you add a new application like Respondus that uses the Equation Editor you must re install MathType Power Edit The Power Edit task available from the Edit menu provides additional features for formatting questions including a table editor bulleted lists the ability to change fonts and justification and so forth In addition the Power Edit window provides a much larger workspace which is especially useful if you are creating tables or editing questions that have large blocks of text To begin click in the field that you want to edit and then click the Power Edit button on the toolbar Several of the tasks on the Power Edit toolbar also appear on the main toolbar so only the unique features will be discussed below Tables Respondus makes it easy to insert and edit tables From the Edit menu in Respondus position the cursor at the location where you want to insert the table Then click the Power Edit button and select the Insert Table icon from the toolbar located at the top rig
6. Make sure your questions are organized in this manner before continuing 43 To create a random section go to the Settings menu and select the Random Sections tab Click the Random Sections button to continue Then select the option Add New Set and enter the first and last numbers that is the range of the questions that will comprise the set For instance if you want questions 5 6 and 7 to be the basis of a question set you would enter 5 as the first question and 7 as the last question in the set If you want all of the questions in the set to be shown randomly during the quiz select the All option If however you want a smaller number of questions from the set presented during the quiz choose the Select Number option and provide the desired number For example if you want only one question from questions 5 7 asked during the quiz you would enter the number 1 You are then asked to provide a point value for the set All questions in a set must have the same point value Finally click the Add New Set button to finish the creation of the set In the list below a letter representing the question set will appear next to each question that is contained in the set This allows you to easily see which questions are grouped together The letters representing each set also provide the basis for editing a question set For instance if the letter C appears next to a set of questions and you want to edit this particular q
7. Who determined the exact speed of light a Albert Einstein No Albert Michelson determined the exact speed of light b Albert Michelson Yes Albert Michelson won the Nobel Prize for Physics for determining the exact speed of light c Thomas Edison No Thomas Edison did not determine the exact speed of light d Guglielmo Marconi 10 No Marconi did not discover the exact speed of light but he did win the Nobel Prize for Physics for his work with radio waves General feedback which provides feedback for an overall question opposed to feedback for individual answers must appear immediately after the question wording and before any of the answer choices The line must also begin with the symbol and there must be at least one space between the symbol and the feedback text Example Title Speed of Light 3 Who determined the exact speed of light Albert Michelson was the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Physics 1907 for his measurements of the speed of light His experiments laid the groundwork for Einstein s Theory of Relativity a Albert Einstein No Albert Michelson determined the exact speed of light b Albert Michelson Yes Albert Michelson won the Nobel Prize for Physics for determining the exact speed of light etc As shown in the previous example both types of feedback can be used within a single question although this is not typically done Importing True or False Quest
8. width and height dimensions accordingly Once a media object or file attachment has been selected and you return to the Edit menu a short string of characters representing the object will appear in green text An image placed in the question wording will look something like lt PIC_1 gt with the next image being displayed as lt PIC_2 gt and so on An lt AV_I gt tag will represent other file types When a media object has been placed in an answer choice or feedback it will appear as a small green box except when that field is being edited To delete a media object position the cursor in the same field where the item is located Then click the Insert Picture or File icon on the toolbar the camera icon and select the option to delete an existing image or file You can preview questions containing media objects by selecting the Preview button We recommend that you preview all questions containing media objects before saving the files to Desire2Learn format Web Links The Web Link tool available from the toolbar of the Edit menu makes it easy to add a link to a web page or a media file located on a different web server This is useful when a media file is large or only available from a different web server such as a web site run by a museum or a content management system Upon clicking the Web Link icon on the toolbar a pop up window will offer two areas for entering a URL The top section should be used if the link will
9. Preview and Publish menu let s you determine what to do with the file Most users will first want to examine the contents of the file using the Preview task When the questions are ready to be uploaded the Publish to Desire2Learn task connects Respondus to the Desire2Learn server and transfers the exam to it Finally the Print task lets you format and print the exam directly from Respondus or you can bring a file into a word processor for further enhancement and printing Preview The Preview task located on the Preview amp Publish menu is similar to the preview option that appears in the Edit menu The primary difference is that here you can easily scroll from one question to the next Ei Appearance in Internet Explorer other browsers may vary slightly Prev Next Modif Changes made in Edit will not appear until you Save the document lt lt Sof 17 ie Close A Who are the first two European mariners credited for sailing to the New World M a Leif Ericson M b Christopher Columbus M c Thorfinn Karlsefni M d Amerigo Vespucci M e Wheris Waldo General Feedback Leif Ericson also known as Leiv Eiriksson and Eirik the Red became the first European to set foot on the shores of North America modern day New Foundland Several years later in 1006 fellow Norwegian Thorfinn K arlsefiu lead a colonizing expedition to New Foundland Feedback 50 0 a The preview window shows how the question wording and answer c
10. connection to the Internet is working properly e Double check the instructor level Password and User ID information In fact open a browser go to the Desire2Learn server and enter the identical login information This will confirm that the Desire2Learn server is running and that the User ID and Password are correct e Make sure you are running the latest version of Respondus go to Help gt Check for Update to see if a more current version is available On the next page of the wizard you are prompted to select a course from the pull down list Now decide whether to create or replace a quiz self assessment or question library section that already exists in the Desire2Learn course To create a new quiz select that option and enter a name for the quiz To replace an existing quiz self assessment or question library section click the replace existing quiz option and select the quiz from the pull down list Note that a quiz can only be replaced if it has not yet been administered to students Additional options can be selected at this point Settings can be applied as can random sections Click Next and Respondus will begin publishing the quiz and settings to the Desire2Learn course A status report appears during the publishing process For a typical quiz the publishing process takes 20 40 seconds This can increase to several minutes or more if a large number of media files are being uploaded or if the server connection is particula
11. is added You are now returned to the Edit menu and the image is now copied to your Respondus Projects folder If the object you are adding to a question is an audio video clip a media object that requires a browser plug in or an attachment such as a spreadsheet a different prompt will appear once the file is selected There are two primary choices to be made on this screen each of which offers a secondary option The first choice is to determine whether you want the item inserted as a link or as an 32 embedded object For most situations you will want to use the Linked Object option which is the default setting In HTML terms this is referred to as an a href tag The alternative choice is to use the Embedded Object option which is sometimes required if your object requires a browser plug in If you select the Linked Object option and click OK the actual file name of the audio video file will display in the link that appears to the student As an alternative you can enter a more friendly description for the link such as Click Here to Listen for an audio file or Click Here to Open the Spreadsheet Similarly if you select the Embedded Object option and click OK the size of the player window for the object will be determined automatically by the user s browser If however you want to determine the exact size in pixels of the media player you can do so by entering the
12. option on the list All Files allows you to select other types of media files and documents such as spreadsheet or word processor document Most graphical images on the web are stored in jpeg gif or png format Consequently if you select a graphic that is in another format such as bitmap or pcx Respondus will allow you to convert it to a jpeg file with the click of a button Similarly if the graphic you select is over 600 x 450 pixels in size Respondus will allow you to convert it to more suitable dimensions The program automatically detects if a graphic is larger than 600 x 450 pixels or if it is not stored in jpeg gif or png format In such cases the following screen will appear 31 Convert and or Scale Image By default Respondus will convert Bmp format images to Jpeg and will reduce the size of images too large for web browsers Press OK to accept the recommend changes or adjust the settings below then press OK Don t adjust the image note Pex and Bmp files won t work with many browsers Adjust the image as described below 1 Convert to Jpeg image format This will reduce the disk space used by the image to as little as 1 20 of the space of a Bmp file which speeds up transfers to the server and loading of pages from the server Image Quality jeo range 50 95 recommeded range 75 90 2 Re scale the image to reduce its size We recommend a size no larger than 600 by 450 unless this question will only be us
13. or numbered lists by selecting the corresponding option from the Power Edit toolbar To see how the formatting will appear in Desire2Learn click the preview button that is located at the top left of the Power Edit toolbar To exit the Power Edit window simply click the X at the top right corner of the window or go to File and click Save amp Exit 36 Spell Check The Spell Check feature located on the toolbar when the Edit menu is selected will search the currently open file for spelling errors and allow corrections to be made Once the Spell Check feature is started it will search for words that do not match items contained in the dictionary If the word is not found in the dictionary you are given the option to Change the word to one that is suggested to Ignore the identified word to Change All such words in the file to one you select or to Add the word to the dictionary If you want to make more detailed changes to the question click the Edit This Question button which will close the spell checker and make the question available for editing Three dictionaries are included with a standard installation of Respondus American English Canadian English and British English However a free bundle of supplemental dictionaries can be downloaded from the Respondus website including French German Spanish Dutch Finnish and a comprehensive medical dictionary Keyword Searches There are several pl
14. point to an image such as a jpeg gif or png file The bottom section should be used if the link will point to a web page or an audio video file located on another server Links to image files can have a border placed around the image Links to a web page or audio video file can have text specified for the link displayed to students such as Click here to watch the video This text would then appear instead of the file name or URL itself Once a web link has been pasted into the appropriate Address URL field click OK to return to the Edit menu A short string of characters representing the web link will appear in green text If the HTML web link is placed in the question wording it will look something like lt H_1 gt with 33 the next link being displayed as lt H_2 gt and so on When a web link has been placed in an answer choice or feedback field it will appear as a small green box except when that field is being edited A web link can be previewed if the computer is connected to the Internet by clicking the Preview button To delete a web link position the cursor in the field where the web link is located Then click the Web Link icon on the toolbar select the delete option highlight the link in the list and click OK HTML Editor Even instructors who are comfortable writing HTML often have difficulty sorting out the HTML they ve written from the question wording itself Respondus solves this
15. problem by encapsulating blocks of HTML so that the question wording stays the focus of the screen The only time an instructor has to view HTML is while the Respondus HTML Editor is being used From the Edit menu in Respondus position the cursor at the location in the question where you want to begin a block of HTML Then click the HTML Editor icon on the toolbar represented by the symbol lt H gt to open the editor Enter the desired HTML by typing or pasting it into the editor it is also possible to retrieve the HTML from a file located elsewhere on your hard drive by using the Read File option Click OK to close the HTML Editor A set of characters representing the HTML block will appear at the insertion point lt H_1 gt for the first block lt H_2 gt for the second block and so on To see how the HTML will appear in Desire2Learn click the preview button To delete an HTML block position the cursor in the same field where the HTML block is located and select the HTML Editor icon from the toolbar Choose the option to delete the HTML block and highlight the block you want to delete Click OK to close the HTML Editor Equation Editor The process of adding equations is similar to how media objects are added see the earlier discussion Equations can be added to question wordings answer choices and feedback all without writing HTML From the Edit menu position the cursor at the place in the question where yo
16. sqrt abs x In this case the absolute value of x is evaluated first followed by the square root of the result Functions can be nested as deeply as necessary to properly calculate the answer When entering numerical values scientific notation is expressed in the format xEy where x is the coefficient and y is the exponent To convert numbers from scientific notation to standard notation use x times 10 to the power of y For example e 3 2E4 equals 32000 e 2E0 equals 2 e 3 14E 2 equals 0 0314 The Operators list provides the following standard mathematical operators Subtraction Modulus or remainder For example 5 2 1 O Parentheses used to group elements for precedence x Multiplication A Power or exponent For example 2 3 8 Division Addition The Constants list provides the following commonly used numerical constants e Base e or Euler s constant 2 71828 _pi Pi the circle ratio 3 14159 Some example questions and associated formulas might be Question How long does it take to travel x miles at a speed of y mph Formula x y Question What is the positive square root of x Formula sqrt x Question Compute sin x where x x degrees Formula sin x 180 _pi 29 Arithmetic Variable Properties Clicking the Variable Properties button in the Formula section displays the Variable Properties dialog Here each variable in the question wo
17. text for the question wording and the multiple choice answers You can configure the text size threshold where questions are dropped Questions are dropped when the question wording is greater than the configured number of characters 200 characters is recommended and where multiple choice answers are longer than the configured number of characters 60 characters is recommended iPod Quiz can only display up to 4 multiple choice answers You have the option to drop questions with more than 4 answers or choose to let StudyMate drop some incorrect answers Students have only 20 seconds to answer each question in iPod Quiz not configurable so we recommend that Calculated Arithmetic questions are dropped Otherwise students may become frustrated with the game The questions in iPod Quiz can be displayed in the original file order or as a random selection of questions from the full list The number of wrong answers allowed can be configured from 1 7 or an unlimited number of wrong answers Once the location for the zip package has been specified and the OK button selected Respondus will publish an iPod Quiz zip file and an associated help text file The iPod Quiz zip file then needs to be transferred to the device using iTunes Full install instructions can be found at http www respondus com respondus ipodquiz shtml 53 Preferences A preferences option is located on the File menu bar contains three tabs General Edit amp P
18. text of the question just as you would for any other question type However instead of using specific numerical values to define the details of the question instead use variables by specifying a name enclosed in curly brackets for each one For example How long does it take to travel x miles at a speed of y mph Variable names can only contain letters and digits the characters 0 9 a z and A Z and the _ underscore character In addition the first character of a variable name cannot be a number You can use as many different variables as you need to define the question and you can use the same variable name multiple times if necessary Note that adding images complex HTML etc to the question wording will significantly increase the file size of the Flash object generated for the question thereby limiting the number of different value answer sets that will be available for random selection Arithmetic Formula In the Formula section enter the mathematical formula associated with the question This is the same formula that the student will be expected to use and the same one that will be used to automatically calculate the correct answer for grading purposes The same variables specified in the question wording will be used to indicate where each value should go in the formula The formula can be typed into the edit field directly or entered by selecting options from the pull down lists provided for Variables Functi
19. the Insert Picture or File option see above discussion and then use the Equation Editor to create the new equation Hence it is usually better to edit your original Respondus file since it permits you to edit the equation directly Note if the equation was created in Desire2Learn itself it will be downloaded to Respondus as an HTML block and will not be editable using the Respondus equation editor Other Tools amp Features Overview Save As Copy Save As iPod Quiz Preferences Question Title Tool Check for Update 52 Overview There are several additional tools in Respondus that offer a range of functions Each is discussed below Save As Copy The Save As Copy tool is located on the File pull down menu Use this task to create a copy of the currently open file Save As iPod Quiz iPod Quiz is a game that comes bundled with most iPod models for the iPod Video 5th generation you must purchase the iQuiz game separately from the iTunes store for 99 cents Respondus can create questions for use with iPod Quiz from the Multiple Choice True False and Calculated templates The zip package exported here can be synchronized with the iPod with iTunes The Save As iPod Quiz export option is located on the File pull down menu Once selected the Save as iPod Quiz dialog appears with various settings that allow various iPod Quiz configuration values to be set iPod Quiz can only display a small amount of
20. the program is registered you will be presented with a screen that provides the Product ID The Product ID is used to obtain the Activation Password see below which is needed to complete the installation Activation Password Once the Respondus installation program is finished you will need to obtain a password from www respondus com to activate the installation Be sure to have the Product ID see previous paragraph readily available After you have directed your browser to www respondus com go to the Registration section You have the choice of purchasing a permanent activation password or obtaining a 30 day trial password In both cases you will be required to enter a valid e mail address and the Product ID that displays on the opening screen of Respondus Once the information is submitted the activation password is immediately sent to the e mail address you specified When the password is received by e mail it must be entered into the Respondus program If you haven t done so already start Respondus and then enter the password when prompted you may want to copy and paste the password from the e mail message in order to prevent typing mistakes Click OK to continue The Respondus software is now activated either permanently or for a 30 day trial period Choose a Course Management System CMS Personality Immediately after the Respondus software is activated you are prompted to select a Course Manage
21. the questions that are available in the highlighted project To preview a particular question click the Title of the question To open a highlighted project click the Open button at the bottom of the window Double clicking a file name will also open it Respondus allows projects to be organized within folders For example you can place the exams for a particular course within a folder rather than having exams for all courses listed together To create a new folder click the Create New Folder button located second from left To navigate down a level within a folder double click on the folder itself To navigate up a level click the Up One Level leftmost button on the row The Browse button located on the lower left side of the window allows you to locate a Respondus file rsp located elsewhere on your hard drive and copy the file to the Respondus Projects folder It does not move the file or open it directly rather it creates a new Projects folder based on a copy of that file The Browse button can also be used to locate a Respondus archive file rsa or rpa and to restore it to the Projects directory see Restoring an Archive File The Search button allows a file to be searched prior to opening it it can only be used if the Item List view is selected Searching is particularly useful if you are trying to locate a particular question or set of questions in a file The Downloa
22. Respondus 4 0 User Guide for Desire2Learn Personality rev April 2009 Getting Started Computer Requirements Installation amp Setup Activation Password Choose a Course Management System CMS Personality On line Help Start Menu Overview of Start Menu Opening a File Creating a File Importing Questions Exam Wizard Archive Wizard Changing the CMS Personality and Converting Files Editing a File Overview of Edit Menu Common Features Among all Question Types Multiple Choice True or False Long Answer Matching Short Answer Multi Select Ordering Fill in the Blanks Arithmetic Adding Bold Italics Underline and Super Subscript Adding Images Media and Attachments to Questions Web Links HTML Editor Equation Editor Power Edit Tables Fonts Formatting and Lists Spell Check Keyword Searches Modifying Rearranging and Deleting Questions Using a Question as the Basis for a New Question Copying Questions from Another Respondus File Settings Menu Overview Properties Restrictions Attempts Submissions Layout Random Sections How to Save New Default Settings Preview amp Publish Overview Preview Publish Print Options Retrieval Overview Retrieving a Quiz from Desire2Learn Other Tools amp Features Overview Save As Copy Save As iPod Quiz Preferences Question Title Tool Check for Update Disclaimer of Warranty Copyright Ownership and Use of Software Getting Started Comput
23. Using a Question as the Basis for a New Question To use an existing question as the starting point for a new question locate the question in the Question List at the bottom of the Edit menu Select the question by clicking on the title When 37 the properties window appears select the button Use as Basis for New Item You will be returned to the edit screen and the properties for the original question will be displayed in the form The original title for the question will be modified slightly to give it a unique name At this point you can rename the title and make any other changes you like When finished add or insert the question into the Question List Copying Questions from Another Respondus File From the Edit menu it is possible to copy questions from another Respondus rsp file Click the button Copy from another file which is located on the left side of the screen This will open a window containing the files stored in the default directory Respondus Projects Select a source file by double clicking the file name or by clicking it once and selecting Open Tip Before selecting a file you can search the contents of the file by clicking on it once and then selecting Search You can also preview the questions for a file prior to opening it by highlighting the file name and clicking the Item List button Specific information for a question can be obtained by clicking its title Once the source file is s
24. aces in Respondus where the Keyword Search button appears such as at the bottom of the Edit menu This option allows you to search the currently open file or the file that is being previewed Up to three words can be included in a search When more than one word is used you can choose whether a match is required of all words or any of the words A final option allows you to include answer choices and feedback in the keyword search Modifying Rearranging and Deleting Questions It is easy to modify move or delete a question in Respondus From the Edit menu select a question from the Question List by clicking on its Title A window appears that displays the properties for the question On the right side of the window are several options Click the OK button to close the window click the Delete button to delete the question click Preview to preview the question and click Move to place the question at a different position in the Question List If you select the Modify button you will be returned to the edit screen and the current properties for that question will be displayed in the form modify the question as you like When modifying an existing question notice that the two buttons at the bottom of the form now indicate Save Changes or Cancel Changes To save the changes to the question select the corresponding button If you do not want the changes to be implemented select the Cancel Changes button
25. and txt files see Importing Images below Note that certain types of enhanced formatting cannot be imported If the enhanced formatting causes a problem with an import consider saving the file to rich text or plain text format and then try the import again Next use the Browse button to locate and select the file to be imported Images embedded in MS Word files will import automatically However if images are being imported with csv rich text or txt files see Importing Images below browse to the folder that contains those images Step 2 Specify whether the questions should be appended to the currently open file or whether to create an entirely new file If you select the second option you will need to enter the name of the file to be created Each question being imported will have a title If you don t specify a title for each question in the text file itself discussed below Respondus will automatically use the first 20 characters of the question wording as the question title Alternatively titles can be based on a specific stem or string of text which will then be followed by consecutive numbering starting with 001 For example if you select the Use stem checkbox and enter the text Chapter1 the title for the first question being imported will be Chapter1 001 the title for the second question will be Chapter1 002 and so on You are not required to enter a stem phrase this feature is entirely o
26. ank that you want to appear in the question you most enclose the correct answer in square brackets For the above example the question wording would appear as follows People who live in glass houses shouldn t throw stones The words in brackets will automatically be converted to answer blanks when presented to the student This can also be previewed by clicking the Preview button Since the Desire2Learn server automatically grades the answers students must provide answers that exactly match the answers provided by the instructor Respondus only allows you to specify one answer per blank The point value grading is always proportional to the number of correct answers Arithmetic Arithmetic questions require students to apply a mathematical formula to answer the question Arithmetic questions are designed using variables Random values based on a specified range are automatically generated for each variable in the question Thus Arithmetic questions can be unique for each student as illustrated in this example where values are inserted for x and y Example If a car is traveling x miles per hour for y hours how far does it travel in miles The Respondus editor for Arithmetic questions contains the following sections that need to be completed Question Wording Formula Variable Properties Answer Properties 27 e Value Answer Sets Arithmetic Question Wording In the Question Wording section enter the
27. ask Click Finish to complete the import 18 Exam Wizard The Exam Wizard helps familiarize new users with the basic functions of Respondus In addition the Exam Wizard is the best way to create an exam using questions contained in one or more Respondus files such as a publisher test bank The Exam Wizard allows questions to be randomly selected from other files and point values to be assigned across an entire question type To begin select the Exam Wizard button from the Start menu The first page of the wizard offers three choices Select the top choice that states Create a new exam and then copy questions to it from a question bank or Respondus file and click Next The next page of the wizard requires you to provide a name and description for the exam being created Click Next once this information has been entered The next page of the wizard prompts you to select the Respondus files from which the questions will be copied Highlight a file and click the Select button Repeat this process until all files from which you want to select questions are selected Click Next to continue The next page of the wizard prompts you to select one of the source files chosen in the previous step You then have the choice of using Automatic Selection or Manual Selection When Automatic Selection is chosen the current number of questions for each question type is displayed in the Available to Select column In the next column enter the
28. atch any of the answers in the left column Tip The easiest way to navigate through the answer choices is to use the PageUp and PageDown keys All answer choices are equally weighted with matching questions So if a question has 10 matches each match is worth 10 Short Answer Short Answer questions require students to enter a word short phrase or string of characters Since the computer automatically grades the answer students must give an answer that exactly matches one of the answers provided by the instructor Using the standard editing grid Respondus allows the instructor to provide multiple variants of the correct answer For instance if the answer to a question is New York Yankees the instructor might enter each of the following as an acceptable answer Yankees New York New York Yankees NY Yankees The user must use the exact spelling spaces and punctuation to receive credit capitalization is ignored Multi Select The Multi Select question type is very similar to Multiple Choice except that students can and generally should select more than one correct answer Tip The easiest way to navigate through the answer choices is to use the PageUp and PageDown keys In the column that precedes the answer choice the letter X should be entered for all correct answers It is also necessary to select the type of Credit Given for correct and incorrect answers Respondus offers two choices Righ
29. d Question Library Section Valid assessment options include Apply Settings and Apply Random Sections Step 2 Next click the Save As button and browse to a location for saving the Desire2Learn Export file Upon clicking Save the file will be saved to that location 49 Step 3 When importing the file into Desire2Learn the following steps must be followed Login as an instructor and select a course Select the Edit Course link Click Import Export Copy Components Choose Import Components and from a File and then browse to the zip package saved in Step 2 Click Next click Next again after the preprocessing step e At the Select Course Material screen locate the Import file to field Import Options Import file to content respondus WorldHistory e Enter the EXACT file name shown in Respondus it s case sensitive WorldH istory e Choose Select All Components and click Next twice e The imported quiz will be available from the Quizzes area of the course with the same name selected above Printing Options Respondus allows you to format and print exams surveys directly from the software It is also possible to save an exam to MS Word format for further enhancement and printing To begin go to the Preview and Publish menu in Respondus and select the Print Options tab The screen now displays the printing options available in Respondus There are three formatting templates from which to
30. d Test Bank button is used to download test banks that are distributed by textbook publishers Over one thousand of the leading textbooks for higher education have test banks available in Respondus format These can be downloaded via the Internet with the Respondus software For complete details see the Respondus Test Bank Network at www respondus com To download a test bank enter the File Code and password that is supplied by the publisher Respondus will automatically locate download and restore the test bank file and place it in the Respondus Projects folder Once a file is opened the screen automatically changes to the Edit menu Creating a File From the Start menu select the Create button to create a new file You are first prompted to enter a file name and a description for the file Click OK when you are finished Once a file is created you are automatically switched to the Edit menu This is where you add questions to the file Importing Questions Respondus allows you to import multiple choice true or false essay long answer fill in the blank short answer matching and multiple response multi select questions from a file The questions must be organized in a format that is acceptable to Respondus and the file must be stored in MS Word doc and docx rich text rtf or text txt format or tab comma delimited csv format The formatting required for the file being imported is discussed in the section b
31. e Delete File button it looks like a recycle waste basket located on the toolbar at the right If you accepted the standard settings when Respondus was installed the archived files will be located on your hard drive at c Respondus Projects Archives The files will have the extension rsa specially licensed versions of Respondus will output archive files with the rpa extension The rsa files can then be copied to another location for backup purposes or sent to a fellow user of Respondus Restoring an Archive File There are two ways to restore a Respondus archive file rsa rpa to the Projects area The first approach works only if the archive file was saved to the default Archives folder which can generally be found at c Respondus Projects Archives From the Start menu in Respondus click the Open button Select the large Archive button on the left side of the screen highlight the file you want to restore and click the Open button at the bottom right The archived file or folder will then be restored and copied to the Projects folder To then open the restored file in Respondus click the Projects button and select the restored file 20 If the archive file rsa rpa is not located in the Archive folder make sure the Projects button is selected and click Browse Navigate to the location of the archive file highlight it with your mouse and then click Open The archive file will be restored and copied to t
32. ect answers at the end of the file The list must begin with the word Answers and must be positioned at the end of the file Note Any text after the answer list will be ignored The correct answer for a true and false question can be designated in three ways 1 the complete word True or False 2 the letter T or F or 3 the alphabetical letter A for true or B for false For example the formatting of each of the following answers is acceptable for true and false questions in which all of the answers are true Example Answers 1 True 2 T 3 A Importing Essay Questions The logic for importing essay questions named Long Answer questions in Desire2Learn is similar to what is described for multiple choice and true or false questions The primary difference is that the first line of formatting must begin with Type E This is followed by the Title which is optional the question number and the question wording Example Type E Title Michelson Morely experiment 4 How is the Michelson Morely experiment related to Albert Einstein s theory of relativity If you are importing an essay question you can supply an answer two different ways First you may provide an answer immediately after the question wording beginning the answer with a or a without the quotes Example Type E Title Michelson Morely experiment 12 4 How is the Michels
33. ed such as b is greater than or equal to c it will be used by the screen reader instead Once an equation has been added and you return to the Edit menu a short string of characters representing the equation object will appear in green text An equation placed in the question wording will look something like lt EQ_1 gt with the next equation being displayed as lt EQ_2 gt and so on When an equation is placed in an answer choice or feedback it will appear as a small red box except when that field is being edited To modify or delete an equation position the cursor in the same field where the equation is located Then click the Equation Editor icon on the toolbar and select the option to modify or delete an existing equation To preview questions containing equations select the Preview button We recommend that you preview all questions containing equations before saving the file to Desire2Learn format Using MathType with Respondus The Equation Editor in Respondus is a special version of MathType by Design Science If you frequently create documents with equations you may find MathType is better suited to your needs MathType is as easy to use as the Equation Editor and has many extra features to help you save time and create a wider range of equations MathType is available in English Japanese German and French For further information about purchasing MathType contact your software dealer or Design Science directly
34. ed in printed tests then larger sizes would include more details Scale To 58 59 1 100 100 keep original size Original Size 1024 w 768 h New Size jeo0 w 450 h 3 Width of border drawn around the image none 0 1piel 2 pixels In most situations you can simply click OK to accept the suggested settings If you prefer to customize the settings or to retain the original format and size that can be done too An additional option lets you add a border to the graphic Select the settings you prefer and click OK An additional window that prompts you to add text description for the image an Alt field will appear Screen readers use the text that is entered here this text is also used when the mouse pointer is held over the image If you simply click OK to close the window the actual name of the image file will be used such as cat jpg If you want to type in a more helpful textual description such as cat sleeping on pillow in front of a sunny window the complete description will be used by the screen reader Keep in mind though that the text description of the image may tip students to the correct answer for a question In this case you may want to edit the text description so that it doesn t give away the correct answer Note that you can prevent the window that prompts you to enter the Alt text description from appearing by deselecting the checkbox Show this screen each time an image
35. edback and answer specific feedback In most cases you would include only one type of feedback A second way to designate correct answers for multiple response questions is to place them in a list of at the end of the file The list must begin with the word Answers and must be positioned at the end of the file If a question has been designated as a Multiple Response type using Type MR then correct answers can be listed three different ways 1 placing a blank space between 15 the letters representing the correct answers 2 placing a comma between the letters representing the correct answers or 3 placing a comma and a blank space between the letters representing the correct answers For example the formatting of each of the following answers is acceptable for multiple response questions Example Answers 1 BD 2 B D 3 B D Important Once the import file is organized to the specifications described above it should be saved to MS Word doc and docx rich text rtf or a text txt file It is then ready to be imported by Respondus Importing Images with Questions Images embedded in MS Word files will import automatically However it is possible to import images with rich text or txt files using an alternate method First be sure that the images in gif jpg or jpeg format and are contained in a separate folder Then place the following tag at each place where an image should appear img filename jpg
36. elected a new window lists the questions in it Individual questions can be selected by clicking the column furthest to the left A checkmark will indicate that the question has been selected When all the desired questions have been selected choose either the Add to End of List button or the Insert into List button to add the questions to the original target file 38 Settings Menu Overview Properties Restrictions Attempts Submissions Layout Random Sections How to Save New Default Settings Overview Respondus allows the selection of settings for a quiz or survey prior to it being uploading to Desire2Learn Although this step is entirely optional it provides the ability to set various properties such as the notification email availability and the number of attempts among many others Properties The section labeled Properties includes general settings for most quizzes Properties Settings 2 Optional Advanced Properties Notification Email Disable Right Click F donot allow usage of right click when using a Mac hold control and click when taking the quiz Disable Pager Access 7 do not allow the sending or reception of pager messages while taking this quiz Messages Introduction Notification Email The email address specified in this field will receive an email message anytime that a student completes a quiz attempt 39 Disable Right Click Disabling right click whe
37. elow entitled The Standard Format for Importing Once the file is in the Standard Format follow these steps to import it into Respondus Starting the Import From the Start menu select the Import Questions task A window will appear Import Questions Select the file to Import Type of fle Ei Help File name click browse to choose Browse Image Folder needed if using IMG for graphics Browse Choose where to add the new Questions C Append the questions to the current document Create a new document named Type of file to create Exam Surve M Use stem plus question number to create title e g chO1 stem becomes ch01 001 chO1 002 Use the Preview button to check for problems Preview 4 Press the Finish button to complete the process Finish m Preview results Title Question Wording Step 1 The first step is to select the type of file that will be imported The Standard Format for organizing questions is the same for Plain Text txt Rich Text rtf files and Microsoft Word doc and docs files Files that are in rich text rtf and MS Word doc and docx format will retain some of the enhanced question formatting such as bold italic underline superscript and subscript Embedded graphics can only be imported if the file is in Microsoft Word doc or docx format although an alternative method is available for rtf
38. er Requirements Installation amp Setup Activation Password On line Help Respondus is a powerful tool for creating and managing exams that can be printed to paper or published directly to Blackboard Desire2Learn eCollege WebCT and other eLearning systems Exams can be created offline using a familiar Windows environment or moved from one eLearning system to another This version of the user guide is specifically intended for people using the Desire2Learn personality in Respondus Computer Requirements Respondus requires Windows 98 or higher 32 MB of RAM 10 MB of free hard disk space and a 800x600 monitor 1024x768 recommended Respondus is generally used in conjunction with a course management system such as ANGEL Blackboard Desire2Learn eCollege WebCT and can also be used with IMS QTI compliant assessment systems Installation and Setup The Respondus installation program can be downloaded from www respondus com To begin the installation process locate the installation file that was downloaded to your hard drive eg Respondus exe double click the file and follow the instructions shown Once Respondus is installed start the program by double clicking the Respondus icon that appears on the Windows desktop Or follow these steps to start the software Click Start from the Windows desktop Click Programs Click Respondus Click Respondus X x The first time you start Respondus and each time thereafter until
39. espondus Product Except as otherwise permitted by written consent you may not i modify or create any derivative works of the Product or documentation including translation or localization ii decompile disassemble reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to derive the source code for the Product iii redistribute encumber sell rent lease sublicense or otherwise transfer rights to the Product or iv remove or alter any trademark logo copyright or other proprietary notices legends symbols or labels in the Product 2000 2009 by Respondus Inc All Rights reserved The Equation Editor and documentation are copyrighted by Design Science Inc The Sentry Spelling Checker Engine is copyrighted by Wintertree Software Inc Respondus and StudyMate are registered trademarks of Respondus Inc ANGEL LMS and ANGEL Learning are trademarks of ANGEL Learning Blackboard Learning System is a registered trademark of Blackboard Inc Desire2Learn is a registered trademark of Desire2Learn Inc WebCT is a registered trademark of WebCT Inc eCollege is a service mark of eCollege Design Science and MathType are registered trademarks of Design Science Inc Microsoft MS Word Excel and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners 56
40. estions or have them quarantined in the newly converted file In most situations 21 it is best to drop the question entirely But if at a later time you plan to use the converted file with the original course management system the quarantine option will preserve the questions for this purpose The title of a quarantined question will appear in red in Respondus instead of the normal color of blue Also if a quarantined question is included in the file when it is published to a course management system the question will be filtered out during the publishing step 22 Editing a File Overview of Edit Menu Common Features Among all Question Types Multiple Choice True or False Long Answer Matching Short Answer Multi Select Ordering Fill in the Blanks Arithmetic Adding Bold Italics Underline and Super Subscript Adding Images Media and Attachments to Questions Web Links HTML Editor Equation Editor Power Edit Tables Fonts Formatting and Lists Spell Check Keyword Searches Modifying Rearranging and Deleting Questions Using a Question as the Basis for a New Question Copying Questions from Another Respondus File Edit Questions Multiple Choice _ 1 Title of Question Smallpox Multiple Choice 2 Question Wording Who discovered the vaccine for smallpox True or False Long Answer Watching 3 Answers PageDown moves to next answer l Randomize Louis Pastuer a A Edward Jenner
41. given time only the most recent statistics will be displayed to users Layout The section labeled Layout includes settings that control how the quiz is displayed and how users can navigate through the quiz Layout Settings 2 Questions per page leave blank for all questions on same page Paging Prevent moving backwards through pages Answer Numbering 1 2 3 4 5 kd Questions per page When used this parameter will control how many questions are placed on a page for presentation purposes otherwise the entire quiz will appear on the same page Paging When this option is enabled users taking the quiz will only be able to move forward through pages They will not be allowed to move to a previous page once they have left it Answer Numbering The Answer Numbering option allows quiz answers to be numbered numerically with lowercase roman numerals upper case roman numerals lowercase alphabetic uppercase alphabetic or simply set to no enumeration Random Sections Desire2Learn supports the creation of Random Sections which are sets of questions that are randomly selected during a quiz Before creating a random section in Respondus it is important that questions intended for these sets be organized and grouped properly For example if the fifth question in the quiz is going to be randomly selected from a set of three questions then those three questions should be grouped together at 5 6 and 7 in the file
42. he Exam Variation will differ the next time you print save an exam or answer key It is also possible to specify a range of questions to be included in the exam If both fields are left blank all questions will be included At the bottom of the screen there are three options Text Preview Save to File and Send to Printer The Text Preview button allows you to preview the contents of the file in a pop up window We recommend that you use this option before printing the exam or saving the contents to a file it is a quick way to identify mistakes The Save to File option allows the creation of a MS Word file doc a rich text file rtf or a standard text file txt The MS Word and rtf formats will retain enhanced formatting such as bold italics and underlining whereas the txt format will strip such information Once a file is saved it can be opened with a word processor for further formatting and modification Finally the Send to Printer option permits you to print directly from Respondus This task works similar to the printing function in other Windows programs 51 Retrieval Overview Retrieving a Quiz from Desire2Learn Overview Respondus allows the retrieval of the exam instrument from Desire2Learn so that it can be modified in Respondus published to another course or archived Retrieving a Quiz from Desire2Learn Respondus allows the retrieval of quizzes from a Desire2Learn course To begin go to the Retrie
43. he Projects folder You will then need to open the file in the Projects folder in order to view or edit it Please note that an archive file is not deleted from its original location when it is restored to the Projects folder Changing the CMS Personality and Converting Files Each course management system e g Blackboard eCollege WebCT is different in terms of the question types it offers the approach it uses to create and manage exams and even the terminology that is used This is why Respondus allows the user to select an environment or personality that matches a particular course management system For example one user might use the Desire2Learn personality another might select the WebCT personality yet another might choose a Blackboard personality and so forth Each user will feel right at home because the features and terminology will closely parallel their course management system Changing the Personality To switch to a different personality in Respondus go to the Start menu and select the desired personality from the list that appears at the top of the screen If the currently open file was created or imported using a different Respondus personality a message will warn you of this and indicate that the file will be converted to the new personality if you continue Click OK to continue and you will see one or more warnings of what will be modified when the file is converted In some situations
44. hoices will appear to students when they take the exam The feedback and correct answer for the question is additionally displayed at the bottom of the window 45 To edit the question being displayed in the Preview window click the Modify Item button The screen will change to the Edit menu and the question will be displayed in the editor Make the required changes and click Save Changes Publish The Publish to Desire2Learn wizard is available from the Preview amp Publish menu and it guides a user through the steps of publishing a quiz to the Desire2Learn server You must already have a Desire2Learn account and password in order to use this task In addition it is helpful to understand the basic approach used by Desire2Learn to create an online quiz Publish Wizard 1 Type of Publish Publish to single course Batch Publish to multiple courses C Export QTI XML for manual upload to Desire2Leam 2 Choose an existing server or add new server to add settings information for a new server Desire2Leam Server Desire2Leam Server Settings Server desire2leam university edu Port 80 HTTPS No User test 3 Press Next to connect to server The initial decision is to choose whether the quiz is being published to a single course multiple Desire2Learn courses Batch Publish or will be exported as a QTI XML file for manual uploading to Desire2Learn Note The Batch Publish feature is only available in the Campu
45. ht When the next pop up window appears specify the number of columns and rows that should be included in the table all other settings are optional Click the OK button to return to the Power Edit window You can now click within the cells of the table and enter the text The width of the table cells can be adjusted by dragging the column lines To edit other aspects of the table from the Power Edit menu click within the table and select the desired action from the pull down menu labeled Table Use the Insert option to add a row or column to the table Use the Delete option to delete a row or column or to delete the entire table Other formatting such as font changes and the centering of text can also be applied to the cells in a table Finally keep in mind that it is usually possible to paste tables into Respondus directly from Microsoft Word Also Respondus tables are designed to support both web based exams and print exams So you only have to create a table once if you require both online and print exams Fonts Formatting and Lists The other features in the Power Edit task are self evident if you are familiar with the basic functioning of a word processor To apply a different font to text simply highlight the text and select the desired font and size from the pull down lists Text can be left justified the default right justified and centered by selecting the appropriate toolbar button Finally create bulleted
46. ions The process of importing true or false questions is similar to that used for importing multiple choice questions see above Both of the following examples are valid ways to format a true or false question for importing purposes Example 3 Albert Michelson determined the exact speed of light a True b False Example 3 Albert Michelson determined the exact speed of light a T b F It s important to note that the True or T answer choice must be listed prior to the False or F answer choice in order for Respondus to recognize it as a true or false question type If False appears first in the list the question will be imported as a multiple choice question 11 To include a title or feedback with the true or false question follow the same formatting rules described above for multiple choice questions For instance Example Title Light speed 3 Albert Michelson determined the exact speed of light Correct Albert Michelson won the Nobel Prize for Physics for determining the exact speed of light a True Yes Albert Michelson won the Nobel Prize for Physics for determining the exact speed of light b False The correct answer is True Albert Michelson determined the exact speed of light and won the 1907 Nobel Prize for Physics for his efforts A second way to designate a correct answer for a true and false question is to place it in a list of corr
47. ired option Finally notice that a tally of the total number of questions and point values appears at the top right corner of the lower grid The next and final page of the wizard is self explanatory It provides a variety of options as to what can occur next For example to edit questions in the file you would select the option to go to the Edit menu To preview the exam you would select that option and so on Click Finish to complete the wizard 19 Archive Wizard The Archive Wizard in Respondus allows you to archive an exam including all media components and equations that may be associated with it An entire tree of folders can also be archived The Archive Wizard and related tasks are useful for doing routine backups to create a ready to use exam file that can be e mailed to a colleague or for organizing the Projects folder so that only current files are displayed Archive files require considerably less hard drive space because the contents are stored in a compressed format Creating an Archive File To create a Respondus archive file go to the Start menu and select the Archive Wizard tab A directory of the Respondus Projects folder is now displayed Highlight the file or folder that you want to archive and click Next The next screen specifies the name of the file or folder that will be archived plus the location of the archive file once it is created It is possible to choose a different location but
48. is here where you can modify delete or move questions as well as use a question as the basis for an entirely new item These features are discussed in the section Modifying Rearranging and Deleting Questions 24 Multiple Choice Multiple Choice questions can have up to 26 answer choices but only one correct answer can and must be selected You must also provide a point value for each question the default setting is ce 1 Tip The easiest way to navigate between the Answer fields in Multiple Choice questions is to use the PageUp and PageDown keys True or False True and False questions are self explanatory enter the statement in the question wording field and then select either True or False as the correct answer Long Answer Long Answer question types allow students to enter complete sentences or paragraphs for their answer A correct answer can be entered for feedback purposes however most course management systems still require the answer to be graded manually by the instructor Matching Matching questions require students to match items from two columns There are two ways to create matching questions in Respondus First the instructor may specify matching pairs for both the left and right columns specifically the correct match for the left column must be placed in the field immediately to the right If this procedure is followed it is not necessary to indicate the correct answer in the
49. it with an exam select the Enable Feedback option on the left side of the screen The form will then display fields directly below each answer choice where feedback can be entered General Feedback can also be entered by clicking the General Feedback button and entering the desired information Note If you deselect the Enable Feedback checkbox on the side of the screen all feedback remains stored with the question It simply does not display the feedback on the Edit screen until the option is reselected Four buttons appear at the bottom of all edit forms The Add to End of List button adds the current question to the end of the Question List located at the bottom of the screen The Insert Into List button lets you insert the current question into the Question List at a specified location The Clear Form button will erase all data that currently shows in the form Finally the Preview button opens a browser like window that lets you view how the question will appear in the final exam feedback and scoring information is also shown in this window The Preview button can be selected at any stage in the editing process The Question List displays the title question type and question wording for each question in the file The total number of questions and point values is shown at the top of the list By clicking on the title of a question a window containing the properties for the question is displayed It
50. k this box First as instructed on the screen open a web browser and login to your Desire2Learn course Select a course and then copy the complete URL for this page and paste it in the field provided The easiest way to copy a URL displayed by a browser is to highlight it with a mouse click the right mouse button and select copy Then go to the appropriate field in Respondus click the right button again and select paste Upon clicking the Extract button Respondus will fill in the Server Domain and port fields Now provide a short description for the Desire2Learn server The server can be called anything you like such as My Desire2Learn courses Enter an instructor level User Name and Password This information should be the same as what is entered when using a web browser to access the Desire2Learn course If you want Respondus to remember the User Name and Password for future sessions select the Remember my User Name setting Click OK to close the Server Information window Before clicking Next be sure you are connected to the Internet If using a dial up connection go ahead and connect to the Internet now 47 Click Next to continue If the connection is successful the next page of the wizard will appear If the connection is unsuccessful an error message will indicate that Respondus was unable to connect to the server using the provided settings If this occurs troubleshoot it as follows e Make sure your
51. like a standard word processor Simply highlight the text you want to modify and click the appropriate B Z or U button on the tool bar The text will immediately change to the selected formatting The superscript X and subscript X3 tools function in the same manner To remove any of the above mentioned formatting simply highlight the text again and reselect the corresponding button from the toolbar Please note that although the underlying HTML tags are not displayed in Respondus these tags will be transferred to and displayed by Desire2Learn when the file is uploaded Adding Images Media and Attachments to Questions One of the more powerful features in Respondus is the ease in which media e g images audio clips video clips and attachments e g spreadsheets can be added to exams Media content can be included in question wordings answer choices and feedback all without writing or viewing HTML From the Edit menu position the cursor at the place in the question where you want the media item added Then click the Insert Picture or File icon on the toolbar which is represented by a camera icon A pop up window will let you navigate to the media object and select it The default file type setting will display only bitmap jpeg gif png and pcx files To display wav avi and other audio video files select the Audio Video option from the pull down menu labeled Files of Type The third
52. lity to Open a Respondus file Create a new file and Import questions from a text file The Exam Wizard provides the easiest way to create an exam from an existing set of questions The Archive Wizard allows you to archive an exam including all media components and equations with a single click Opening a File From the Start menu click the Open button The following window will appear Open Respondus File Ea Wae ated eH Oo lE a Schmalleger 7e folder r Selected File C Wade 7e folder Title Question Wording Chapter01 056 Discuss the political evo Chapter02 004 Which was the first of tl x A Respondus Introduction 12 09 02 Ow Download Test Bank A Projects RI oe iia noses 1 Chapter01 013 The written script of Me eta ee EN Chapter01 014 The gods of Mesopotam R Define the Situation 2 21 02 OF 31 p Chapter0l 017 The first great heroic po pits Sane jaie i 4 Chapter01 018 The founder of the first ol F Mg a 5 Chapter01 050 What ruler of the eighth uiz a 6 Chapter0 1 053 What political structure Browse 9 Quiz Introduction 12 09 02 0 samien a poea sae Seat Ezami History Cancel Search Highlight an exam project by clicking it once To obtain information on the project select either of the two center buttons located to the top right of the file list Select the Item List button right of center to view a list of
53. m Ch1 Unit2 and so forth 54 Check for Update The Check for Update tool located on the Help menu bar provides an easy way to see if an update is available for Respondus When Respondus is used to publish an online exam publishing is only available with certain CMS personalities it will automatically check to see if an update is available for the Respondus software This auto check will occur only once in a 24 hour period No information about your computer hardware and software is collected by Respondus Inc during this process Instead the Respondus software retrieves information from Respondus com and will display a message if an update is available You will then have the choice of upgrading to the latest version of the software To manually check for a software update select the Check for Update option from the Help pull down menu you will need a live Internet connection Respondus will instantly return a message indicating whether an upgrade is available If an upgrade to Respondus is available you can let Respondus download the required file s automatically and update the software for you This is the easiest way to apply a patch or upgrade If you prefer that Respondus does not automatically check for an update during the publishing step go to the File menu select Preferences and unselect the appropriate checkbox under the General tab 55 Disclaimer of Warranty While Respondus Inc has tried to e
54. ment System CMS personality Respondus offers various user environments called personalities that parallel the features and terminology used by specific course management systems such as Blackboard eCollege and Desire2Learn You can change the personality at any time in Respondus from the Start menu On line Help Respondus includes a full featured help system that includes an index and context sensitive help To view the on line help choose Help Topics from the pull down Help menu and select a topic You can also press the F1 key from within Respondus to obtain context sensitive help Throughout the program you will additionally see small buttons having a symbol When the button is clicked information on that particular option or task is provided If you encounter a question that is not answered in the on line help or in this manual you are encouraged to visit the Support section of the Respondus web site www respondus com There you will find a knowledgebase and other resources The remainder of this user manual is organized according to the five menus used in the Desire2Learn personality of Respondus Start Edit Settings Preview amp Publish and Retrieval Start Menu Overview of Start Menu Opening a File Creating a File Importing Questions Exam Wizard Archive Wizard Changing the CMS Personality and Converting Files Overview of Start Menu The Start menu provides the abi
55. milar with other Respondus documentation and products The plain text rich text or MS Word file must be organized in a Standard Format before it can be imported into Respondus The Standard Format for multiple choice questions has required elements and optional elements each of which is described below This section is followed by an explanation of the formatting required for true or false essay fill in blank and multiple response questions Required Elements Multiple Choice Each question must begin with a question number followed by either a period or a parentheses Example 3 Example 3 The question wording must follow the question number Note at least one space should be between the question number and the question wording Example 3 Who determined the exact speed of light Example 3 Who determined the exact speed of light Each answer must begin with a letter A Z followed by a period or a parentheses Example 3 Who determined the exact speed of light a Albert Einstein b Albert Michelson c Thomas Edison d Guglielmo Marconi Optional Elements Multiple Choice A Title can be imported with each question If a title is not provided for a question the first 20 characters from the question wording will be used as the question title Titles must be placed at the beginning of a question and begin with Title followed by the actual text for the title If the
56. must begin with Type MT This is followed by the title which is optional the question number and the question wording Each answer which consists of both parts of a correct match must begin with a letter a z followed by a period or a parentheses The two parts of the match must be separated with an symbol and there should not be any hard returns or blank lines within either parts of the answer Example Type MT Title Scientific discoveries 4 Match the correct name to the discovery or theory a Michelson Morely Speed of light b Einstein Theory of Relativity c Marconi radio waves Spaces before or after the symbol are optional but it is important that an answer only uses the symbol for the purpose of separating the two parts of the match If you plan to list correct answers for other questions at the bottom of the document simply skip the number for all questions that are of the matching variety 14 Importing Multiple Response Questions The logic for importing questions that allow multiple responses named Multi Select questions in Desire2Learn is similar to what is described above for importing multiple choice questions Multiple Response questions are essentially multiple choice questions in which more than one correct response can and generally should be selected by the student The primary difference is that the first line of the formatting mus
57. n using a Mac hold control and click applies when a user is taking a quiz and exists to deter users from printing the quiz s questions Disable Pager Access Disabling pager access restricts sending or reception of pager messages while taking a quiz Introduction The introduction is shown at quiz commencement Restrictions The section labeled Restrictions includes availability quiz password IP address and various timing restrictions Restrictions Settings 2 Availability Status Active v Dates MM DDAYYYY HH MM l Has Start Date l Has End Date Optional Advanced Restrictions Password o leave blank to disable IP Restriction i E leave blank or 0 to allow all addresses Require Respondus LockDown Browser for quiz More Information Require Respondus LockDown Browser for quiz feedback and results Timing Time Limit 120 minutes M enforced show clock Grace Period 5 minutes before flagged as late Late Submissions only applies if time limit is enforced Allow normal submission C Use Late Limit of fi minutes Auto Submit Attempt Status The quiz status can either be Active or Inactive When a quiz is Active student may start the quiz and when Inactive the quiz is not available to students 40 Dates Start and end dates and times may be specified for when the quiz is available for students Password Only users who enter this password will be granted access t
58. ne examinations Importing Tab Comma Delimited Files CSV Questions can be imported from tab comma delimited files csv This type of importing is best done by someone who has experience with databases or CSV structured files The CSV file can have a maximum of 34 columns If all columns are used they should follow this order Type Title ID Points Question Wording Correct Answer Choice 1 Choice 2 Choice 3 Choice 4 Choice 5 Choice 6 Choice 7 Choice 8 Choice 9 Choice 10 General Feedback Correct Feedback Incorrect Feedback Feedback 1 Feedback 2 Feedback 3 Feedback 4 Feedback 5 Feedback 6 Feedback 7 Feedback 8 Feedback 9 Feedback 10 Topic Difficulty Level Meta 1 Meta 2 Meta 3 Meta 4 The first column Type should use the two letter abbreviation shown below MC Multiple Choice TF True or False MR Multiple Response Multi Select FB Fill in the Blank Short Answer ES Essay Long Answer The following columns must always be present in the csv file Type Title ID Points and Question Wording although the Points and Title ID columns can be empty If the Type is ES essay no further columns are required If the Type is MC multiple choice MR Multiple Response FB Fill in the Blank or TF True or False there must also be a Correct Answer column although for FB questions this column is not used and can be blank For MC MR and FB questions Choice 1
59. nsure the dependability of the software and documentation it is provided as is without warranty of any kind Agents of the supplier may have made statements about this software Any such statements do not constitute warranties and shall not be relied on by individuals in deciding to use the program Because of the diversity of conditions and hardware under which this program may be used no warranty of fitness for a particular purpose is offered Test the program thoroughly before relying on it You assume the entire risk of using the program Respondus Inc shall not be liable for any expense claim liability loss or damage including any incidental or consequential damage loss of profits loss of reputation or any loss whatever direct or indirect by you from either the use of or the inability to use the software Copyright Ownership and Use of Software All software with exception of Equation Editor by Design Science and the Sentry Spelling Checker Engine by Wintertree Software remains the property of Respondus Inc The software and written materials are copyrighted This license is not a sale of the original software or any copy You own the physical media on which the software is originally or subsequently encoded but Respondus Inc retains title and ownership of the software on all media You are not permitted to install the executable code version of this product on a network server or virtual server You may not customize the R
60. number of questions you want selected for each question type Then enter the point values to be assigned to each question type this step is optional if you leave the points per question field blank the point values from the original file will be used When all entries are finished click either the Add to End of List button or the Insert Into List button Repeat this process for each source file The Manual Selection option allows the questions for each file to be viewed before making a selection In fact you can preview individual questions by clicking the title of a question or by searching the entire list of questions by clicking the Keyword Search button at the top right To select questions from this list simply click in the column furthest to the left a checkmark will appear next to the question When finished with your selections click either the Add to End of List button or the Insert Into List button Repeat this process for each source file The Automatic Selection and Manual Selection options may be combined You may also reselect a file from the pull down list and choose additional questions from it However Respondus will prevent you from selecting a question more than once Once questions have been added to the list at the bottom of the screen you may edit the point values manually To delete a question from the bottom list or to move it to a different location in the list click the blue title and select the des
61. o require a unit name comparisons with the name entered by the student will be case insensitive and space insensitive Arithmetic Value Answer Sets Clicking the Value Answer Sets button below the Formula section displays the Value Answer Sets dialog Here you can generate sets of variable values and calculate the associated answers using the formula previously entered When the Arithmetic question is presented to the student one of these value sets will be randomly chosen to populate the variables in the question wording and the formula and the associated answer will be used to grade the student s response The grid displays a list of numbered value answer sets The number of sets available can be selected from the Number of Sets pull down list The contents of this list will vary depending upon the complexity of the question wording For each set the generated values for each variable are shown and the individual cells can be clicked to edit those values Note that any manually entered values must be within the range specified by the variable minimum and maximum in the Variable Properties dialog The answers cannot be edited instead the Update Answers button can be clicked to recalculate the answers for all value sets 30 Adding Bold Italic Underline and Super Subscript Respondus makes it easy to add enhanced formatting to question wordings answers and feedback The bold italic and underline tasks work just
62. o the quiz IP Restriction Only users coming from the specified IP address will be granted access to the quiz Respondus LockDown Browser If your institution uses Respondus LockDown Browser it is possible to enable the quiz settings for the browser by selecting one or both of the Respondus LockDown Browser options Time Limit When enforced students will only have the available time in minutes to complete the quiz Optionally a count down clock may be shown Late Submissions When Allow normal submission is selected users can submit their quiz regardless of the time limits If the quiz is submitted after the time limit no points are deducted When Use Late Limit of is selected users can submit their quiz regardless of the set time limit If the quiz is submitted after the Time Limit Late Limit time expires the student will receive a score of 0 on the quiz The score can still be manually graded if it is felt that the student deserves more than 0 Please note that the Late Limit restriction only applies if the enforced box is selected When Auto Submit Attempt is selected the system can only automatically submit an attempt when the user performs an action after the time period has expired If the user takes no action the quiz will show the attempt as attempt in progress in the quiz grading area Please note that the Auto Submit Attempt restriction only applies if the enforced box is selected 41
63. on Morely experiment related to Albert Einstein s theory of relativity a In 1887 Albert Michelson and Edward Morely carried out experiments to detect the change in speed of light due to ether wind when the Earth moved around the sun The result was negative They found the speed of light is always the same regardless of Earth s motion around the sun Scientists were puzzled with this negative result and they didn t know how to explain it Albert Einstein came up with the answer in his famous second postulate in theory of relativity that the speed of light in vacuum is always constant and absolute regardless of its source s motion and observer s movement The second way to supply an answer for an essay question is to place it in a list of correct answers at the end of the file As described above with multiple choice questions the list must begin with the heading Answers and must be positioned at the end of the file The answer to an essay question should begin with the corresponding question number followed by either a period or a parentheses This is then followed by a space and then the answer Example Answers 1A 2 C 3 B 4 In 1887 Albert Michelson and Edward Morely carried out experiments to detect the change in speed of light due to ether wind when the Earth moved around the sun The result was negative They found the speed of light is always the same regardless of Earth s motion around the sun Scienti
64. ons Operators and Constants Selected options will appear in the edit field at the current cursor location and will overwrite the current selection if any The Variables list provides an easy way to select a common variable name The Functions list provides the following supported mathematical functions abs x Absolute value of x abs 3 3 atan x Arc tangent of x in radians cos x Cosine of x in radians cosec x Cosecant of x in radians cotan x Cotangent of x in radians exp x Base e Euler s constant raised to the power of x factorial x Factorial of x fact 3 6 In x Base e natural logarithm of x log x Same as In x sec x Secant of x in radians sin x Sine of x in radians sqr x Square root sqrt 9 3 tan x Tangent of x in radians 28 Note that the values for trigonometric functions are expressed in radians not degrees For conversion purposes Pi radians 180 degrees Also for all formulas that have two correct answers for example the square root of 9 is 3 and 3 only the positive number will be treated as correct After selecting a function from the list the formula must be edited to replace the argument list with numbers or variables For example round d x might be edited to specify a fixed number of decimal places and a variable to round as in round 3 y which would round the variable y to 3 decimal places Functions can also be nested within a formula as in
65. ording Also note that changes to the default font will not be applied to tables or any text that already has a specific font applied it The third preference tab Conversions allows the settings to be determined for files that are converted from one CMS personality to another If you do not want to be asked each time how certain issues should be handled for the file conversion then select the settings that you prefer Question Title Tool There are many situations when it is desirable to rename all the titles in the Respondus file to provide a consistent look or numbering sequence For example if questions are copied or imported from a variety of sources the resulting titles may look inconsistent and haphazard The Question Title Tool located under File on the menu bar lets a stem or prefix be specified for question titles Consecutive numbering will automatically be generated for the text that appears after the stem beginning with 1 or 01 or 001 etc For example if you enter Chapter 1 as the stem text and then select 001 as the format for the numbering scheme the title for the first question will be changed to Chapter1 001 the title for the second question will be changed to Chapter1 002 and so on If a range is specified for the titles being changed even more specific titles can be provided throughout the file For instance questions 1 20 might use the stem Ch1 Unit1 and questions 21 30 might use the ste
66. ptional Step 3 Click the Preview button to preview the file being imported and to see if there are any warning messages If warning messages are shown at the bottom of the screen you need to determine whether to make changes to the text file or whether to continue with the import Be aware that some warning messages don t actually require you to make a change to the file being imported For instance Respondus will generate a warning message if two questions being imported have the same title Respondus will place the number 2 at the end of the second title to make it distinct from the first But if you don t care about this issue you can ignore the warning message Step 4 If you are satisfied with how the results look in Preview click Finish to complete the import The Respondus file has now been created or appended Switch to the Edit menu to modify the file or go to the Preview tab to view the file using a browser like window The Standard Format for Importing Respondus will import multiple choice true or false essay long answer fill in blank short answer and multiple response multi select questions In this documentation the terms long answer and essay will be used interchangeably the terms short answer and fill in blank will be used interchangeably and multiple response and multi select will be used interchangeably The reason for this is to use terminology that is si
67. rding and formula is listed by name along with Minimum Maximum and Precision values for that variable The Minimum and Maximum define the range of values each variable can be assigned and the Precision specifies the number of decimal places each value should be allowed before the value is rounded off You can click each cell in the grid to edit the specific minimum maximum or precision value you want to change the variable names cannot be edited In general for a given variable the minimum must be less than or equal to the maximum and the precision must be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 5 Arithmetic Answer Properties Clicking the Answer Properties button in the Formula section displays the Answer Properties dialog Here you can specify values for answer precision and acceptable tolerance as well as a unit name if required Answer precision can be specified in Decimal Places or Significant Figures If the precision is specified in decimal places the value must be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 5 just as with the precision values specified in the Variable Properties dialog If the precision is specified in significant figures the minimum value is 1 Answer tolerance is the amount that the student s answer can deviate from the calculated answer and still be considered correct It can be specified as a fixed number of units or as a percentage of the answer value If you choose t
68. rly slow You will know that the publish process is complete when the phrase Completed successfully appears in the status window After a quiz is published to Desire2Learn it is recommended that you go to the course and confirm that everything appears as expected Exporting a Quiz for Manual Upload to Desire2Learn To save a currently opened file to the Desire2Learn export format select the Export QTI XML option from the first step of the Publish Wizard 48 Publish Wizard 1 Select preferences Format Desire2Learn 8 x package file Assessment Type Assessment Options IV Apply Settings C Self Assessment MV Apply Random Sections Question Library Section 2 Save s 3 Desire2Learn Importing Instructions Login as an instructor and select a course Select the Edit Course link Click Import Export Copy Components Choose Import Components and from a File and then browse to the zip package saved in Step 2 Click Next click Next again after the preprocessing step At the Select Course Material screen locate the Import file to field Enter the EXACT file name shown below it s case sensitive _ Choose Select All Components and click Next twice The imported quiz will be available from the Quizzes area of the course ome tte Step 1 Select the Assessment Type and Assessment Options for your Desire2Learn package file Valid assessment types include Quiz Self Assessment an
69. s wide version of Respondus 46 The second step requires that information be entered about the Desire2Learn server and the user account This information can be stored for future use enabling this step to be bypassed after the initial setup From the Desire2Learn Server list select Add New Server A window will open The Campus wide version of Respondus will offer to check whether Preconfigured Server Settings are available for your institution Select Yes to perform this check which may enable you to skip the instructions in the next paragraph If Preconfigured Server Settings aren t available or if you re using the single user version of Respondus follow the instructions shown Desire2Learn Server Information 1 Open your browser and login to the Desire2Learn account you wish to use Navigate to the page that lists the courses available then go to any one of the courses 2 Copy the Address of the page from the browser to the box below Cancel a Delete 3 Press Extract Server Domain desire2leam university edu Extract gt gt Server Port 80 Secure Server Yes HTTPS always 4 The information below must be entered manually then press the OK button Description Desire2Leamn Server text to display in the servers list e g UCSD login Username test Password fmm V Remember my User Name and Password save them on this computer If this is a shared computer un chec
70. select Exam Exam with Answer Key Answer Key Only Once a template is selected you can further modify it by clicking the Settings button to its right If the exam being printed has matching questions be sure to select the checkbox labeled Matching randomize answers if you want the second set of answers to be randomized Also if you have sequential questions that refer to the same image or graphic you will likely want to select the Suppress Repeated Images button so that the image is not repeated with each question Click the Edit Headers button to enter the information you want to appear at the top of each page Different information can be entered for the second and subsequent pages too The header information might look something as follows The next section allows up to 5 variations of the exam to be generated You have the ability to randomize all questions in the exam or to have the questions randomized according to question type 1 e all the multiple choice questions are randomized within a group all the essay questions are randomized within a second group and so forth If you don t want multiple exam variations 50 simply retain the Original Order option from the pull down list Note As long as the questions in the exam file remain unchanged a particular Exam Variation will have the same question order each time it is printed or saved to MS Word format However if you add or insert new questions t
71. small column located at the far left The second approach for creating matching questions allows items in the right column to be placed in any order but requires the correct answer for the match to be indicated in the small column located at the far left This approach is especially suited for questions in which a long list of items e g country names is being matched to a relatively short list of items e g type of government For example the left list might contain 20 countries Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Argentina etc while the list on the right might display four types of government Multi Party Democracy One Party Regime Military Monarchical Theocratic Regime Disordered State Instead of entering the type of government for each country you can simply enter the letter of the correct answer in front of the country name See the table below Column1 Match Column Afghanistan A Multi Party Democracy Albania B One Party Regime Algeria C Military Monarchical Theocratic Regime Angola D Disordered State Civil War Argentina Austria Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh China Cuba DaAPrarrrounrey 25 In a matching question most course management systems display the contents of the left column in the order the information was entered The answers in the right column are generally scrambled Note it is possible to place extra answers in the right column In this situation the extra answers act as decoys and do not m
72. sts were puzzled with this negative result and they didn t know how to explain it Albert Einstein came up with the answer in his famous second postulate in theory of relativity that the speed of light in vacuum is always constant and absolute regardless of its source s motion and observer s movement 5 B Importing Short Answer Questions To import a Short Answer question the first line of formatting must begin with Type S This is followed by the Title which is optional the question number and the question wording Example Type S Title Who invented television 5 Who is known as the father of television You can import only one correct answer per question but it is possible to enter multiple forms of that answer 13 Example Type S Title Who invented television 5 Who is known as the father of television a Zworykin b Vladimir Zworykin c Viadimir Kosma Zworykin Answers can also be placed at the end of the file using a format similar to multiple choice questions The only difference is that you can enter multiple forms of an answer by repeating the question number Example Answers 1A 2 C 3 B 4 C 5 Zworykin 5 Vladimir Zworykin 5 Vladimir Kosma Zworykin 6 B Importing Matching Questions The process of importing a matching question is similar to what is described for importing multiple choice questions but there are some key differences The first line of formatting
73. t Less Wrong and All Points or None The All Points or None setting is straightforward if any portion of the answer is wrong no points will be awarded for the question If the Right Less Wrong option is selected incorrect choices are subtracted from correct choices For example if a student accurately selects the two answers out of four that are correct but additionally selects a third answer that is wrong she would receive 100 for answering the two questions correctly minus 50 for the incorrect answer for a total score of 50 It should be noted that the default setting in Respondus prevents the final point value for a 26 question from being negative thereby preventing a student from losing points for answering the question incorrectly This setting can be overwritten once questions are imported into Desire2Learn Ordering Ordering questions allow students to provide an answer by selecting the correct order the answers are to appear Enter the question wording or statement in the Question Wording field and then enter the answer choices in the correct order Finally enter a number indicating the order in which you want the answer choice displayed in the narrow column to the left of each answer Fill in the Blanks The Fill in the Blanks question type presents students with questions that contain multiple blank spaces that must be filled in For example People who live in houses shouldn t throw For each bl
74. t begin with Type MR as an alternative you can use Type MA which stands for Multiple Answers This is followed by the Title which is optional the question number and the question wording Each correct answer is designated with an asterisk Example Type MR 3 Which of the following individuals are credited with determining the exact speed of light a Albert Einstein b Albert Michelson c Edward Williams Morley d Thomas Edison To include a title or feedback with the Multiple Response question follow the same formatting rules described elsewhere for multiple choice questions For instance Example Type MR Title Determining Speed of Light 3 Which of the following individuals are credited with determining the exact speed of light Albert Michelson and Edward Williams Morley collaborated on a series of experiments that eventually led to the exact determination of the speed of light a Albert Einstein No Albert Michelson and Edward Williams Morley collaborated on a series of experiments that eventually led to the exact determination of the speed of light b Albert Michelson Yes Albert Michelson is one of the two persons credited with determining the exact speed of light c Edward Williams Morley Yes Edward Williams Morley is one of the two persons credited with determining the exact speed of light Note this example illustrates how to include both General Fe
75. this is not recommended since it will later require additional steps to restore the archived file The final screen of the wizard indicates that the archiving is complete and provides the location of the archived file Additional information is provided in a Notes section There is a faster way create Respondus archive files albeit without the guidance of a wizard From the Start menu select the Open task Two large buttons appear on the left side of the window Projects and Archive The Projects folder is where all active Respondus files and folders are stored When files are archived they are placed in the Archive folder To archive a file click once on a file or folder in the Projects area and then click the small button on the toolbar at the right named Create Archive File the icon looks like a filing cabinet A name for the archive file is suggested by Respondus you may accept this name or provide a different one When the OK button is clicked all files associated with the exam including media objects are compressed into one file and it is placed in the Archive If you are archiving a folder that contains multiple Respondus files all the files contained within the folder will be included in the archive file It is important to note that the original Respondus files are not deleted from the Projects area when they are archived If you want to delete the original Respondus files highlight them again in the Projects area and select th
76. title exceeds 20 characters the remaining characters will be dropped during the import Example Title Speed of Light 3 Who determined the exact speed of light a Albert Einstein b Albert Michelson c Thomas Edison d Guglielmo Marconi For questions being imported to an Exam file correct answers can be indicated in two ways First you may place an asterisk directly in front of the answer choice do not put a space between the asterisk and the answer choice Example Title Speed of Light 3 Who determined the exact speed of light a Albert Einstein b Albert Michelson c Thomas Edison d Guglielmo Marconi The second option is to place a list of correct answers at the end of the file The list must begin with the word Answers and the answers should start on the following line no blank lines are allowed Note that any text after the answer list will be ignored Example Answers 1A 2 C 3 B If neither method is used to select a correct answer Respondus will automatically select the letter A as the correct answer Don t worry you will be warned if a question does not have an answer selected for it prior to completing the import Feedback for individual answer choices can be imported by placing the feedback immediately after the answer choice and by beginning the line with the symbol There must be at least one space between the symbol and the feedback text Example Title Speed of Light 3
77. u want the equation located Then click the Equation Editor button on the toolbar which is represented by a summation symbol The Equation Editor will open and you can begin creating the equation The Equation Editor in Respondus works almost identically to the one that is available with Microsoft Word and WordPerfect So if you ve used those equation editors before you ll already know how to use this one The key thing to learn about the Equation Editor is that the top row of menu options consist of symbols while the bottom row of menu options consist of palettes If you select a symbol from the top row it s no different than if you selected the or sign on your keyboard except that the symbols from the Equation Editor eventually get displayed as graphics since most symbols can not be viewed with a standard web browser When you select a palette from the bottom row you are given the opportunity to enter text at various insertion points shown 34 on the screen You can also select a palette from the bottom row click in an insertion point and then select a symbol from the top row For more information about the Equation Editor refer to the online help that is available from within the editor Once you finish editing the equation exit the Equation Editor by either clicking the X that appears at the top right corner of the window or by selecting File from the pull down menu and clicking Exit do not simpl
78. ublish and Conversions The top section of the General preferences menu deals with how Respondus checks for an update of the software Auto checking occurs whenever an exam is published from Respondus to an online course if the CMS personality being used doesn t have publishing capabilities you must manually select the Check for Update task located on Help menu If you only want to be informed of updates that relate to specific course management systems unselect those systems for which you are not interested The final option on the General tab allows the current description of the Respondus file to be edited The Edit and Publish preferences provide a variety of options e The ability to discard font changes when copying and pasting from another program e The ability to change the default point value for new questions that are created or imported e The ability to prevent the ALT text window for entering text for screen readers from appearing each time an image is added to an exam e The scaling percentage that should be used for equations that are published to the online course e The ability to change the default font for questions that are published to Desire2Learn We highly recommend that you don t change the default font If you change the default font and later need to edit your questions from within Desire2Learn using a browser it will be more difficult because the font HTML will be intermixed with the question w
79. uestion set select the option Modify or Delete Existing Set and select C from the pull down list The current settings for that question set will be displayed and several new options will appear in the lower section of the screen Save Changes Cancel Changes and Delete Set In order for random section settings to be included with the quiz when it is published to Desire2Learn you must select the checkbox Apply Random Sections on the Publish to Desire2Learn wizard Conversely if you do not want random section settings uploaded with the quiz when it is published to Desire2Learn leave this box unchecked How to Save New Default Settings In Respondus there are two types of default settings the original settings as displayed in Desire2Learn and a second set of default settings that you can determine yourself To save your own default settings select the options you want across the setting tabs Then click the Use as New Defaults button on the left side of the screen From this point forward all new files created in Respondus will have the new default settings attached to them If you modify the settings and later wish to restore the default settings either your own default settings or Desire2Learn s simply click the Restore Default Settings button You will be asked which settings you want to restore 44 Preview amp Publish Overview Preview Publish Print Options Overview Once a quiz is created in Respondus the
80. val menu in Respondus The next few steps for retrieving a quiz are identical to those used for publishing quizzes to Desire2Learn see the related discussion for a detailed explanation First select the Desire2Learn server and course Next choose the specific quiz survey self assessment or question library section you want to retrieve and enter a name for the new Respondus file you are creating Once all selections have been made click the Next button The retrieval process will take between 15 seconds and several minutes depending on several factors the speed of your connection the load on the server the size of the media elements that are being retrieved and so forth You will know that the retrieval is successful by the statement Completed sucessfully that appears in the status box When a file is being retrieved Respondus will detect if media objects are associated with it and will automatically download these objects if they are stored with your Desire2Learn course Respondus does NOT attempt to download media elements if they are stored on a different server If you created and uploaded math symbols or equations to Desire2Learn using Respondus when these symbols are retrieved from Desire2Learn they will be treated from that point forwarded as images not equations This means that if you want to use Respondus to modify an equation that was retrieved from Desire2Learn you will first need to delete the equation graphic using
81. wing notes are specific to the feedback fields all feedback columns are optional general feedback is not supported for essay questions correct answer feedback is only supported for the Blackboard Learning System incorrect answer feedback is only supported for the Blackboard Learning System choice specific feedback is only supported for Multiple Choice question types choice specific feedback for more than 2 answer choices is not supported for TF questions choice specific feedback is not supported for answer choices which do not exist To import the tab comma delimited file with Respondus select the Import Questions task from the Start menu in Respondus Change the Type of File to Tab Comma Delimited CSV and then browse to the file A window will open and ask you to describe the type of data being imported plain text or HTML the number of header rows to skip the type of delimiter etc The Preview allows you to look at the data before the import is complete If everything looks good click OK to close the window If the CSV file contains HTML it is possible to include image links such as lt img src filename jpg gt Notice that any single quote in the HTML must be changed to a pair of quotes in the HTML If images are referenced in the CSV file using HTML then select the location of the image folder next Finally select from the remaining options that are available from the Import Questions t
82. y minimize the Equation Editor A second window that addresses the size of the equation will now appear The font selection and size used within the Equation Editor determines how large the equation will be when it is printed from Respondus But it is generally desirable to show equations in a larger format when displaying them on the web In general we recommend that a web based equation be displayed at 150 of the size used for printing So by default the Respondus software suggests that the Web Browser Image Scaling for the equation be increased to 150 To accept this setting simply click the OK button If you want the graphic to appear even larger in the Desire2Learn quiz then you can increase the scale to up to 1000 It s important to note that changing the image scale using this option only affects how it will appear in a Desire2Learn quiz you are not affecting the size of the equation that will print from Respondus In order to change the size of the equation for printing purposes you must select a different font size in the equation editor itself An additional Alt field allows a text description to be added to the equation image so it can be utilized by an ADA compliant screen reading browser This text is also displayed when the mouse pointer is held over the image If you simply click OK to close the window the generic text equation will be used for the alt field If an expanded textual description is enter
83. you will be given a choice of how certain items will be converted For instance if you are converting a file from the Blackboard personality to the Desire2Learn personality you may encounter a message asking how feedback for answers should be handled After the file is converted a screen will detail every modification or change that occurred to the file during the conversion process You must then determine whether to replace the current file with the newly converted file or to save as a new file If you plan to convert a large number of files and you want to use the same conversion settings it is recommended that you go to the File gt Preferences gt Conversion screen and set your conversion settings accordingly In this way you won t have to specify your conversion preferences each time you convert a file If you are unsure which CMS personality was used to create a file go to the Start menu select Open highlight the Respondus file and select the General Information button from the small toolbar at the right represented by a file folder with an overlaying question mark The CMS personality that was used to create the file will be displayed in the information window below Quarantined Questions after a file is converted Some course management systems have question types that simply cannot be used by other course management systems During the conversion process Respondus will provide the option to drop such qu

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