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Random Sections
MyCourses supports the creation of Random Sections, which are sets of questions that are randomly selected during a quiz. For example, you can create a random set containing 10 questions from which 2 will be selected and presented to students during the quiz.
Before creating a random section in Respondus, it is important that questions intended for these sets be organized and grouped properly. For example, if the fifth question in the quiz is going to be randomly selected from a set of three questions, then those three questions should be grouped together at 5, 6, and 7 in the file. Make sure your questions are organized in this manner before continuing.
Creating a Random Section
- Go to the Settings menu and select the Random Sections tab.
- Click the Random Sections button to continue.
- Select Add New Set and enter the first and last numbers (that is, the range) of the questions that will comprise the set. For instance, if you want questions 5, 6, and 7 to be the basis of a question set, you would enter 5 as the first question and 7 as the last question in the set.
- If you want all of the questions in the set to be shown randomly during the quiz, select the All option. If, however, you want a smaller number of questions from the set presented during the quiz, choose the Select Number option and provide the desired number. For example, if you want only one question from questions 5 to 7 asked during the quiz, you would enter the number 1.
- Enter the point value in the Enter the point value that should be used for questions in this set field.
Info All questions in a set must have the same point value.
- Click the Add New Set button to finish the creation of the set.
- Once you are finished, click the OK button.
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In order for random section settings to be included with the quiz when it is published to myCourses, you must select the checkbox Apply Random Sections from the Publish Wizard. Conversely, if you do not want random section settings uploaded with the quiz when it is published to Desire2Learn, leave this box unchecked. |
Modifying or Deleting Existing Sets
The letters representing each set also provide the basis for editing a question set. For instance, if the letter A appears next to a set of questions, and you want to edit this particular question set, select the option Modify or Delete Existing Set and select A from the pull-down list.
The current settings for that question set will be displayed and several new options will appear in the lower section of the screen: Save Changes, Cancel Changes, and Delete SetFor details, review Randomizing Questions in Respondus 4.