Sections in an Inspera Question Set
Once questions are added to a Question Set, they will be displayed under Section 1 by default.
A Question Set can be divided into sections, each of which contains questions related to a content, for example Module 1.
It is best to plan the assessment structure and enter the required Sections with relevant names before adding questions. This is helpful if there are multiple authors contributing to the assessment.
Manage a section
Edit Section name
- Select the pen icon
Note: Select this icon to rename sections as required.
- Enter the Section name
Add a new Section
- Click on the + New section button
- Follow the steps to Edit Section name
Delete a Section
- Click the bin icon to delete a section
Move a Section
- Click on the four arrow icon
- Drag and drop the section to the relevant location in the set
Tip: Reducing the text size in your browser before moving Sections will allow you to see more of your Question Set on screen, making it easier to move things around. See the instructions.
Randomise questions within a section
Questions can be randomised in a section. This allows better management of the assessment, i.e., one Section might display questions in random order while another section might display questions sequentially.
Note: The maximum marks on each question in this Section have to be the same; otherwise, this option is disabled.
There are two options in randomising questions in a section:
- All questions are randomised
- A number of questions are randomly selected from a section
Randomising all questions in a Section
- Click on the crossover-arrows icon
- Select the option Randomise order of questions
- Click on Done button.
- A message will be displayed, indicating the randomise option selected for the section.
Randomly selecting a number of question from a Section
- Repeat step 1 above
- Select the option Pull [ ] of # questions from this section
- Enter the number of questions to be pulled out from the section in the Pull textbox. # is the total number of questions in the section.
- Click on Done button.
- A message will be displayed, indicating the randomise option selected for the section.
Section layout options
There are five layout options in a section:
- Basic Layout: This is the default setting with one question per page.
- Vertical Layout: All questions within this section will be vertically stacked on one page.
- Basic Layout with left Stimulus: Displays one question per page with a stimulus panel shown at the left of the question
- Vertical Layout with left Stimulus: Displays all questions in this section, vertically stacked, with the Stimulus Panel to the left.
- Vertical Layout with top Stimulus: Displays all questions in this section, vertically stacked, with the Stimulus Panel at the top.
Selec a layout for a section
- Select the book icon
- Select the relevant layout option (e.g. Vertical layout with left stimulus)
Note: The setting Allow students to resize stimulus is checked by default and it is a recommended design.
- Click on the Done button.
Create a Stimulus Panel
Each section can only contain one Stimulus Panel. There are two main steps to create a stimulus for a section:
- Select a layout option
- Add a stimulus
Select a layout option
- Select the book icon
- Select the relevant layout option (e.g. Vertical layout with left stimulus)
Note: The setting Allow students to resize stimulus is selected by default and it is a recommended design to allow students to resize each of the columns, e.g. to view details in the stimulus.
- Click on the Done button.
Add a stimulus
There are 3 stimulus options:
- Enter the text (instruction) in the textbox
- Select Image from the Main illustration drop-down menu
- Select Embed code from the Main illustration drop-down menu
Add a text stimulus
- Click on the plus icon
- Select Document (Document is not marked in Inspera)
- Enter the stimulus name (e.g. Digital Story - Task description)
- Enter the text into the textbox
- Click on the Save button
- Click on the eye icon to view the stimulus
Note: Questions are then created or added into the section
A Section with Vertical Layout with left TEXT Stimulus
Add an image stimulus
Refer to the Images in Inspera Assessment guide
Add a video stimulus
Refer to the Video and Audio in Inspera Assessment guide
Considerations when using Sections
- You cannot import an entire Section into a Question Set. You need to create the Section, then add questions into it.
- Inspera currently does not allow stimulus panels to be added from the Question Bank. If you wish to re-use a stimulus panel, it will need to be recreated.
- You can choose to hide Section titles from students in the Question Set’s Design settings.
- Academic Integrity & Assessment Security in Inspera
- Access Inspera
- Add graders to the test/exam
- Adding Resources (pdf files, links) to a Question Set
- Adding staff (contributors) to an Inspera assessment
- Adding the Academic Integrity Statement to your assessment
- Additional pages required for Inspera exams
- Alternative method for downloading Final Marks from Inspera
- Apply Alternative Exam Arrangements (AEAs) and Time Zone Adjustments in Inspera
- Assign questions to graders in Inspera
- Confirm grades
- Copying a question set from Staff Training to Production
- Create an Inspera assessment submission link in Learn.UQ
- Create bands and criteria
- Create marking committees in Inspera
- Creating Questions
- Downloading responses to Assumptions and Queries
- Enable After test settings
- Enrolling students in an Inspera assessment using CSV file
- Explanations in Inspera
- Export/Import questions from Blackboard to Inspera
- Exporting a Question Set to PDF
- False Start
- Images in Inspera Assessment
- Incident Adjustments for students who experience technical delays
- Inspera Assessment Design Settings
- Inspera Assessment Environments and their Purposes
- Inspera Assessment User Roles
- Inspera Assessment access methods for students
- Inspera Central Exams
- Inspera Exam Requests
- Inspera Examination Information Sheets
- Inspera Observed User Testing
- Inspera Question Set Version Control
- Inspera Recommended Assessment - Standard (non-exam) assessment - webpage
- Inspera Rubrics
- Inspera School-based Exams
- Inspera analytics
- Inspera assessment settings: Off-campus exam
- Invigilated on-campus exam settings
- Inviting students to an assessment via Test Code
- Late submissions and extensions in Inspera Assessment
- Mark and feedback in Inspera
- Monitor Assessment
- Name and label questions in Inspera Assessment
- Navigate Inspera workspaces
- Question sets in Inspera Assessment
- Release results
- Sections in Question Sets
- Sharing a question set in Inspera Assessment
- Student Arrives Late
- Supporting students to use Inspera Assessment
- Things to look for in review
- Transfer results from Inspera to your Learn.UQ course
- Video and audio in Inspera Assessment