Overview of Randomisation (Ultra)

Instructors can choose to randomize the order of answers in multiple choice and multiple answer questions within a test. This randomisation option is selected in the Test settings.

Warning: This randomisation option should not be used if you have questions that indicate a position in the list. (eg. ‘A and D’ or ‘All of the Above’).

Example

Instructors can choose to randomise the order of pages within a test for each student. This randomisation option is selected in the Test settings and can also allow for the first page to not be randomised.

Example

Instructors can setup a question pool within a Test whereby students will be delivered X number of questions from the total number of questions selected from question banks or other tests. There are a number of ways to utilise question pools in a test.

One pool for a test

Create a Question Bank with all possible questions for the test. Randomly allocate some of the questions from the Question Bank to the test using a Question Pool i.e. 30 of 100 questions. Students will be allocated a random selection of questions from the chosen Question Bank each time the test is attempted. Therefore, every student is likely to receive a different set of questions (depending on the size of the pool).

Note: If you use this option, be sure to create your pools with the same question difficulty to ensure fairness in the examination.

Multiple pools for a test

You can use multiple Question Banks and Question Pools in the one test.

For example:

1. Create a Question Bank per topic and use a Question Pool for each topic.
2. Create a Question Bank per question and use Question Pool for each question.