Create Inspera Questions (Ultra)
Video Guide
Create questions in Inspera (YouTube 5m 40s)
Individual questions can be created in Inspera before they are added to a Question Set.
There are main 3 steps in creating a Question in Inspera:
- Enter the question name
- Enter the question content
- Select the required settings for the question
Question types
Three types of questions are available:
- Automatically marked questions: the correct answer(s) and marks are set for each answer in advance
- Manually marked questions: are marked once the assessment is submitted
- Not marked questions: these settings are used to add information for a question set such as the Academic Integrity Declaration.
Question name and question content
- Log in to Inspera Assessment (https://uqi.inspera.com/admin).
- Select Question from the Author drop-down menu.
- Click on the Create New button
- Select the required question type (e.g. Muitiple Choice)
- Enter the question name.
Tips:
- Each question should have a meaningful name.
- Do not include the full question in the question name
- Do not use numbers (e.g. Q1) in the question name. This will cause problem later if you want to randomise the display of questions
- Enter the question content.
- Click on the Select one alternative button.
- Enter the alternatives. By default the first option is selected (with the green radio button) as the correct answer.
- Click on the radio button for the correct alternative if the first alternative is not the correct one.
- Click on the Close button.
Considerations
When using Text Entry, Math Entry, Numeric Entry and Numerical simulation question types and you wish to place the input field into the cell of a table, use the following settings:
- Expand input field automatically = enabled
- Specify an "Expected length" on the input field
- Do not define a fixed width on the table (clear the "width" value in the Table Properties and leave it blank).
Marks
For automatic marks questions – marks are set for each answer.
By default, the correct answer is given mark 1
There are options to apply:
- negative marks
- marks per wrong answer
- marks for unanswered
- marks for all correct
- minimum marks
Optionally, individual marks can be set for each alternatives.
- Click on the By alternative button.
- Click on the Select one alternative button.
- Enter the individual marks for each alternative.
- Click on the Close button.
Feedback
Feedback can be prepopulated at a question level and will be displayed for students when they complete the assessment.
You can provide a rationale for the question, a model answer, or refer students to further resources.
- Click on the Feeback button.
- Enter the feedback content.
- Click on the Save button
- Click on the preview (eye) button to test the feedback.
The question is displayed.
- Select one alternative.
- Click on the Check answer button.
Note: The feedback is displayed when students complete the assessment regardless of their answer.
Main illustration
In the main illustration tab, you can embed a video, audio or an image at the top of the question.
PDF panel
Refer to the Add PDF panel to question guide for detailed instructions.
Label
You can add multiple labels to questions and filter by these.
Considerations
When using Text Entry, Math Entry, Numeric Entry and Numerical simulation question types and you wish to place the input field into the cell of a table, use the following settings:
- Expand input field automatically = enabled
- Specify an "Expected length" on the input field
- Do not define a fixed width on the table (clear the "width" value in the Table Properties and leave it blank).
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