Summary
You can set passing scores, allow a fixed number of attempts and select a learner's best result from multiple attempts.
Availability: all customers
LearnUpon provides flexible options for exams, to suit your content, and your learner needs.
In LearnUpon, both exams and knowledge checks use exam modules. Both formats use question pools, and the application generates a score for each format. The difference between them is that an exam contributes to the learner's final grade, and a knowledge check does not affect the final grade.
Tip: test any exam module before publishing it in a course, to see how the options apply to learners in practice.
Background about creating exams
See:
- Exams: create an exam to set up an exam module and add a question pool to the module
- Courses: evaluate learners with scored modules for an overview of how scored modules work
- Courses: set a course pass mark to understand how pass marks affect multiple scoring modules
- Manage course due dates and valid periods to learn about Allow relaunch after completion option
Set exam options
Note: In Exam Options, you must enter a Passing Score, to publish your course. You can use the default settings for all other options.
- From main navigation select Courses > your course name.
- From secondary navigation select Content.
- From the list of course modules, select the exam module.
- From the exam module's Content page, select Exam Options.
- Set the exam options as required.
- Save to finish.
The following screenshot shows the Exam Options button.
Exam options in detail
Question Randomization
- Randomize the order of the questions displayed: you can set the order of questions, or let LearnUpon set a random order
- Randomize the order of the answers displayed (Affecting only choice questions): LearnUpon changes the order of the possible answers for choice questions. This option applies to true/false, pick one, and multiple-correct questions
Prevent previously answered questions access
- By enabling this option you will prevent learners from returning to the previously answered question during the exam: this setting keeps users from changing their earlier answers
Timed Exams
- Exam is timed: sets a timer
- Time allocated for exam in ____ minutes: set the exam length, in minutes
- Show warning ____ minutes before the time runs out: give learners a notice of time elapsed
Knowledge Check
Use a knowledge check as a quick quiz to review content without affecting learners' final results.
- Exam is only knowledge check: turning on this option means the exam no longer contributes to the learner passing or failing the course. Learners pass or fail based on other components of the course, like another exam, or an assignment
Passing score
You must set a score to pass or fail a learner, using either a percentage or a point score. LearnUpon calculates the maximum point score based on the questions you selected.
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Passing score is ___ %from possible 100%. This is the required pass score for the exam
OR - Passing score is ___ from possible ___ points. This is the number of points to be scored to pass.
- Show passing score required before starting the exam: tell learners pre-exam
- Show passing score required after submitting the exam: tell learners post-exam
Note: If you have 2+ scoring modules in your course, you can set a course pass mark. The course pass mark lets you set a Pass requirement for the average of the scoring modules.
If you do not set a course pass mark, learners who fail one exam fail the whole course.
See Courses: evaluate learners with scored modules for background and scenarios of multiple-exam courses.
Attempt options
The attempt options settings change depending on how many attempts you set: some options become available only together with other choices.
If you allow unlimited attempts at the exam, the field for Number of attempts allowed disappears.
Options include:
- Unlimited number of attempts: turn on so learners can keep trying the exam until they pass
- Allow user to re-attempt after pass: gives the learner a chance to improve their score
- Take users previous attempt status if better: for pass/fail exams
- Take users previous scoring percentage if better: choose the learner's best score
- Show attempt x of y during exam: tell the learner how many attempts they have available
- Allow learners to leave and return to an exam attempt: offer an option to break up an exam if required
Submit options
Some options in this list turn on or off other choices. Options include:
- Send email to the learner's instructor when they submit this exam
- Choose when the email should be sent (1 of 3 dropdown choices)
- Bypass sequencing on this exam, when failed and its their last attempt
- Show attempt x of y after submit
- Show Passed/Failed status after submit
- Show score achieved after submit
- Show question and answers given after submit
- Allow learners to download a PDF of their exam results after they submit this exam
Note: The option to bypass sequencing on this exam works only with a pass mark set for multiple scored modules.
See Courses: set a course pass mark for how-to instructions.
Feedback options
Choose if the learner can see correct answers and feedback. You can choose to share the correct answer and feedback in specific circumstances Options include:
- Show if an overall answer was correct or incorrect
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Show the correct answer options after submit? Choose one of
- Never
- Always
- Only when passed
- Only when failed
- Only failed and it's their final attempt
- By passing any attempt OR when failed and it's their last attempt
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Show correct/incorrect feedback after submit? Choose one of
- Never
- Always
- Only when passed
- Only when failed
- Only failed and it's their final attempt
- By passing any attempt OR when failed and it's their last attempt
The following screenshot shows the feedback options available in the dropdown menus.
Changing exam options while learners are taking courses
If needed, you can change options for an exam. Changing options does not require a new version of the course.
By default, if you change any exam options, LearnUpon turns on Allow relaunch after completion option in your course Due Dates / Valid Periods. This option makes it easy for learners to restart an exam right away.
When you change any exam options, always check the status of Allow relaunch after completion. Make sure it's set correctly for your course.
For example: if you provide sellable courses in your portal, you may need to turn the setting off after making changes to exam options, so learners can't access your courses indefinitely.
To access the setting, go to Courses > your course name > Info > Due Dates / Valid Periods.
See Manage course due dates and valid periods.
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