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.