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RapidExam™ v3.0 Deluxe Features and Benefits (At a Glance ...)

• Interactive Done Buttons - For each of the twelve available question types, there is an associated Done Button object that the developer places on the screen as a validation button, which the end user will click during playback to submit his/her answer(s) to the question. On each question screen, the developer adds the Done Button object that corresponds to the type of question created. (For example, if the developer were creating a True or False question, he/she would draw a True or False Done Button on the frame.) It is through the Done Button that the developer provides answer validation for the question by specifying which of the answers on the frame are correct or incorrect.

  The Done Button can be configured to validate the question immediately, providing pop-up text/images or sound/video that include hint messages, correct or incorrect messages, and general feedback information. The end user will have a set number of allowed attempts to answer the question. This style of Done Button is used to create questions with Immediate Feedback . It is ideal for short quizzes and skill-building exercises.

  Alternatively, the Done Button can be configured so that all immediate feedback settings are disabled, and the end user has an unlimited number of allowed attempts to answer the question. This style of Done Button is used to create a certification-style exam similar to the industry standard. During a certification exam, the end user is given 40-90 questions with a fixed amount of time (usually 90 minutes). The end user is allowed to click Next and Previous to view his/her questions. The end user can make any number of attempts during the time allotted for the exam. To answer a question, the end user will click on an answer and then click the Next button to move to the next question.

• Part Marks Functionality - In RapidExam, the developer may implement part marks functionality on a question-by-question basis. For each question created, the developer may enable or disable the " Allow Part Marks " option. If the " Allow Part Marks " option is enabled, it means that the user is able to achieve a partial score for the question by getting it partially correct. In a question that requires multiple answers (i.e., multiple check box or combo box selections, multiple text entries, multiple click actions, multiple matches, multiple drag-and-drop actions, etc.), the user may receive part marks by providing only some of the required answers.

  For any question with the " Allow Part Marks " option enabled, the developer may also enable or disable the " Navigate After Partially Correct " option. If this option is enabled, the user will be immediately navigated to the next question if he/she gets the current question partially correct. During playback of the question, if the user selects/identifies one or more-but not all-of the correct answers and then clicks the Done Button, the user will be automatically taken to the next question in the exam.

• Prefabricated Exam Reports - RapidExam features several ready-made reports, which automatically generate exam scores and other information for the end user at runtime. The developer may include the following reports in an exam:

  • Question Overview - This report provides the end user with information about the exam in progress. The developer may choose to display this report at the end of the exam (to be viewed once all the questions have been answered). Alternatively, a button can be provided on each question screen to allow the end user to display the report at any time during the exam. This report displays information such as the name of the exam, the number of questions answered and the number of questions attempted, the time elapsed and the time remaining in the exam, the status of each question in the exam (Incomplete, Answered, or Flagged for Later Review), a link to each question in the exam, a "Return" button that enables the user to return to the question he/she came from, and a "Submit" button to submit the exam and display the Summary/Detailed report (which shows the final score and other pieces of information).
  • Summary or Detailed - This report is displayed after the exam has been submitted. It contains information about the exam that the user has just completed. Information includes the name of the exam, the user's login name, the total number of questions in the exam, the total amount of time taken to complete the exam, the date when the exam was taken, the user's final score, the passing score, an indicator specifying whether the user has passed or failed, a Bar Graph visually comparing the required score with the end user's score, a "Question Feedback Chart" that displays information for each question (including the answer given by the user, the correct answer, and any feedback provided for the question by the developer), and an "Attempt History Chart" that provides a detailed history of each of the user's attempts at the exam. The report also includes a "Print" button for printing the report, an "E-mail" button for e-mailing the report, a "Retake" button for retaking the exam, and an "Exit" button for moving on to the Ending Frames (if any) or exiting the exam session. Note that various elements and buttons that appear in the report may be optionally shown or hidden by the developer (to further customize the appearance and functionality of the report).

  In addition to RapidExam's user-level exam reports, system administrators using XStream RapidShare LMS (XStream's web-based Learning Management System) may generate a large variety of administrator-level exam reports.

• E-mailing the Summary/Detailed Report - RapidExam provides developers with the capability of including an E-mail button in the Summary or Detailed report (which is displayed to the end user upon submitting the exam). During playback, end users can use the E-mail button to e-mail the contents of the report (i.e., the exam scores/results and other data) to themselves or any other user they choose. The report will be e-mailed (to any recipient chosen by the user) as an attached HTML file.

• Results Viewer -This application (included with RapidExam) allows a user to independently access any RSL result file (containing a student’s scoring, analysis, and session data for a given exam) and generate it as an HTML-based report. Each report can be viewed in a browser and saved/archived to disk. Thus RSL files can be independently mined and viewed offline, providing teachers and managers with on-demand capability for instantly accessing and managing student results.

• Importing Exam Frames - Developers may import multiple frames from external RapidExam (.EXM) files. This allows developers to easily reuse portions of existing exam files.

• Bookmarking Capability - RapidExam provides bookmarking capability. This enables the end user to save his/her current location within the exam (thus saving all of the questions answered thus far during the exam session). During the process of taking an exam, if the end user needs to exit the exam (for whatever reason), the end user may later resume the exam on the very same question he/she was working on before the exam was exited.

  The developer may specify that the exam file will contain No Bookmarking, Automatic Bookmarking (meaning the system will automatically save bookmarking information periodically during the exam), Manual Bookmarking (meaning the user will be prompted to save the exam when exiting), or a combination of Automatic and Manual Bookmarking (where the data is saved periodically and the user is also asked to save upon exiting).

• Global Options - In RapidExam, a large variety of global options can be set to define certain characteristics and functionality for the entire exam. These options include the following:

  • Controlling the size and border style of the exam playback window.
  • Specifying whether the exam playback window will contain a title bar. If the developer chooses to include a title bar on the exam playback window, the developer may specify a variety of customization settings for the title bar, including specifying the title bar style, specifying the title bar color, specifying the title bar heading text, choosing a user-defined system menu icon (if any) for the title bar, and specifying which control buttons (if any) will be present on the title bar (Minimize, Maximize, and/or Close).
  • Applying security options (to avoid cheating) - The Print Screen key may be disabled during exam playback, which prevents end users from taking unauthorized snapshots of exam content. The exam may be configured to fill the entire screen area during playback, which prevents any distractions from other screen areas. Task switching may be disabled during exam playback, which prevents the end user from using the mouse or keys to switch to another task or program window.

  • Enabling end users to change the font size at runtime (which makes it easier for users who have trouble viewing smaller font sizes).

  • Defining the number of questions (from the pool of available questions) displayed for a single exam session.

  • Specifying whether the questions will be displayed sequentially or randomly at runtime.

    If the questions are displayed sequentially, the developer may further define if each exam session will always consist of the same set of sequential questions beginning with the first question in the pool of questions (e.g., if 10 questions from a question pool of 50 are set to be displayed for a single session, questions #1 to #10 will always be displayed in each session) or if each exam session will consist of a different set of sequential questions from the pool of questions (e.g., if 10 questions from a question pool of 50 are set to be displayed for a single session, questions #1 to #10 will be displayed in the first session, questions #11 to #20 will be displayed in the second session, questions #21 to #30 will be displayed in the third session, etc.).

    If the questions are displayed randomly, each question within the exam session will be randomly selected from the pool of available questions. A questioning history is maintained between exam sessions so that the end user is guaranteed not to experience any duplicate questions within a single session.

  • Specifying the passing score for the exam.

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