Authoring questions and assessments in Questionmark
Writing questions and developing assessments in Questionmark
Authoring questions and assessments in Questionmark is done in the Authoring area of the system.
In Authoring, you will have access to a topic folder and an assessment folder. The topic folder contains all your questions, while the assessment folder contains all your assessments.
Download the Getting started guide for information and instructions
- Log into Questionmark
- Click Authoring and select Topics
- Click on your existing folder or click Topics to create a new one
- Click New and select Multiple Choice
- Add a question wording
- Enter the choices
- Enter the score for each choice
- Click on Show feedback to enter feedback
- Save + Exit
Note: You can use the option on the left to add extra choices, assign metatags, etc or you can click on Advanced to use advanced functionalities
How to create an assessment with Authoring
- Log into Questionmark
- Click Authoring and select Assessments
- Click on your existing folder or click Folder to create a new one
- Click New and select Test or Exam, do not select Quiz or Survey
- Complete the Assessment title, Description and Introduction
- In Question block, replace Question Block - 1 with the name of your block and click Add next to it to select the questions and Settings to select the feedback options for the block
- Change the outcomes if required
- Select Settings at the bottom of the page to set options such as the assessment time, template, security and item-level feedback
- Save and exit
How to make an assessment available for scheduling
- Log into Questionmark
- Go to Authoring > Assessments
- Locate the assessment you wish to schedule
- Select the box to the name and click Publish from the options above
Randomisation and adaptive set-up in assessments
Questionmark offers many options for randomisation in questions and assessment design and adaptive testing, you can:
- Shuffle question choices
- Randomly select a number of questions from a topic
- Randomise questions within a test (with the option to avoid previously delivered questions)
- Split questions into blocks and, depending on a student's responses, repeat a block or move to a particular block
Templates for assessments
The assessment layout is controlled via the UoB templates, which are available in the assessment settings. Unless you have specific requirements we recommend the use of the UoB-QXQ to display one question at a time and the UoB- all Questions to display the questions on one page (recommended for a maximum of ten questions). A list of templates is provided below for reference.
Template name | Description |
_01 UoB – QXQ |
Displays one question per page. This is the recommended template for all exams and assessments unless there are particular requirements. |
_02 UoB - QXQ - Calculator |
Includes a web-based calculator in the browser. |
_08 UoB - All Questions |
Displays all questions on one page. It is recommended to use the "Save As You Go" feature with 'manual and automatic'. |