Sections in an Inspera Question Set

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

1. Click on the crossover-arrows icon

2. Select the option Randomise order of questions
3. Click on Done button.

4. A message will be displayed, indicating the randomise option selected for the section.

Randomly selecting a number of question from a Section

1. Repeat step 1 above
2. Select the option Pull [      ] of  #  questions from this section 
3. 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.

3. Click on Done button.
4. A message will be displayed, indicating the randomise option selected for the section.

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

1. Select the book icon

2. 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.

3. Click on the Done button.

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

Video Guide

Section with Stimulus (YouTube 2m 59s)

Select a layout option

1. Select the book icon

2. 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.

3. 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

1. Click on the plus icon

2. Select Document (Document is not marked in Inspera)

3. Enter the stimulus name (e.g. Digital Story - Task description)
4. Enter the text into the textbox
5. Click on the Save button

3. 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

• 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.