Set Section Options
Use the various configuration options in the tab "Options" to adapt the section as well as the tasks included in it according to your needs.
Section settings
Time limit
The author can define a processing time for the entire test or individual test sections. The remaining processing time will be displayed to the participant during the testing process accurately to the second.
After the expiration of this time limit, a message will be displayed to the participant indicating that the sections and tasks can no longer be processed. If the processing time for the whole test has expired, the test will be automatically terminated.
Random selection
The random selection allows the participant to display only part of the elements (tasks or subsections) which are contained in the section. In this way, you can store multiple, similar tasks from which one will be randomly selected. Please make sure that the tasks have equal maximum scores. Only then will it be possible to compare the test runs and to achieve the maximum number of possible test points regardless of the task arrangement.
Example "random selection"
In a preliminary mathematics test, the topics "algebra", "analysis", and "stochastics" are supposed to be tested. You want each participant to be allocated an easy, a moderately difficult, and a difficult task. The tasks of the test are supposed to be chosen randomly, i.e. per test call, the tasks to be included in the test will be randomly selected from sets of comparable tasks.
| First of all, an appropriate test structure needs to be defined. Each topic is assigned three subsections: "easy", "moderate", and "difficult". In these sections, a selection of tasks will be stored, and the random selection will be set to the value 1. The subsections and their names are not supposed to be visible for the participant during the test run, which is why the option "hide section" is activated in the visibility settings of these sections. |
| The participant will now be displayed new, randomly compiled task arrangements for every test run. For random task selections, it is recommended to hide the task titles. Further information on hiding task titles can be found in the help section: Configuration of the test implementation. |
Navigation and Representation
Visibility
You can partially or completely hide the section structure from the participant. Just activate the option "Hide section". Only the structural element with the title of the section will be hidden. The contained tasks and potential subsections are still displayed to the participant.
Random arrangement
Activate the random arrangement if the tasks or subsections included in the section are supposed to be randomly ordered.
If you want the tasks to be consecutively numbered despite of the random arrangement, you can hide the task titles in the configuration of the test implementation. The tasks will then be automatically numbered.
Item settings
Comments
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To be able to use the comment function for a section, proceed as follows:
- Switch to the tab Options in the desired area.
- In the section Options, remove the check mark for the option "Apply the configuration of the superior element" under comments and select the setting "Allow on question level" to enable comments for the desired area or "Not allowed" to disable comments explicitly for this area.