General
- Arcanics MCQ solution offers a simple setup of en exam based on MC questions
- The solution is seamlessly linked to Digital Exam
- The module incorporates the traditional one-best-answer logic, but also offers the possibility of a more manual setup of a question sheet where points must be decided (not recommended for exam use, however)
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Question types
Both types of questionnaire (automatic and manual) contains:
- Basic question
- Matrix question
- Text question (is not included in scoring)
- Question group
- Parametric questions
The manual questionnaire furthermore offers:
- Allow multiple answers (students can select more than one answer).
Create a questionnaire
As assessor or administrator you can log in to the MCQ designer via Digital Exam
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- Log into DE and click Edit multiple choice
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- Click on Create questionnaire at the bottom of the page
- Choose the automatic (reccommended) or manual
- Decide if you want randomization (se below)
- Give the questionnaire a title
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- The tree dots (menu) gives access to various functions eg. a printerfriendly version of the questionnaire
Randomizing
- It is possible to randomize the order – both regarding the questions and the answer options.
- If you want to use this function, check boxes when creating the questionnaire as shown below:
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Add one-best-answer questions
Default questions are one-best-answer questions – that means one correct answer.
- Click the ‘Add question’ button
- Fill the question text
- Specify the different answer options and mark the correct answer
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Add matrix question
Matrix questions provide the opportunity to work with several questions or statements with the same answer options, eg. corresponding to a Likert scale
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- Click the drop-down and select Add matrix question
- Specify intro text
- Fill in the possible answers and the statements
- Add/remove possible answers and questions using the icons
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Add text question
The text question is way to ask an open question, which the students must answer with text. Note that text question is not a part of the scoring.
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- Click the drop-down and select Add text question
- Add a question text
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Parametric questions
This question type gives the opportunity to create mathematical questions where the text includes one or more variables, e.g. {x} students solved {y} tasks per day for {z} days. How many did they solve together?
Supported operators: Plus, Minus, Number, WhiteSpace, Pi, Variable, Multiply, LeftParen, RightParen, Factorial, Sin, Cos, Tan
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Please note the following regarding manual scoring
- Selecting the manual scoring allows for using both multiple correct answers and negative points.
- This requires a decision about points for each answer.
- The total score for the students is stated as a percentage, calculated by the number of points divided by the highest possible score
- Note that the system does not offer statistic analysis of the questions quality when using manual scoring
Negative points and multiple correct answers
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- Pose a question with negative points for wrong answers
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- Pose a question with more than one right answer
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Copy/import a questionnaire
- Create or choose an existing a questionnaire
- Click on the tree dots
- Click import questions
- Choose the relevant questionnaire from which the questions are copied
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- Choose the relevant questions and click import
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Test the questionnaire
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- To try out the questionnaire go to the bottom of the page
Please note that you can only test the ones that are not already
added to an exam - Editing of questions can occur until the sheet is linked to a sample by an administrator
Adding a questionnaire to an exam
- requires an administrator to be added to the sheet either as an author or with read access
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Adding other examiners or administrators (reading og editing permissions)
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- Adding administrator/examiners to the sheet
is done from the front page in the designer. Find the rekevant administrator/reviewer and specify the appropriate access (edit/author access or just reading permissions).