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Specifying whether the exam will be timed. If the developer specifies a timed exam, he/she may specify the maximum number of minutes the end user has to complete the exam as well as the number of minutes the end user may spend on a single question. In addition, the developer may specify whether or not the exam ends when the time has elapsed. A countdown clock (analog or digital) may be displayed on the Status Bar so that the end user is always aware of how much time remains. - Specifying the number of times a single end user can take the exam.
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Specifying difficulty categories - The developer may guarantee a consistent level of difficulty in an exam by assigning an estimated level of difficulty between 1 and 10 to each exam question. The developer may then specify the percentage of questions from each difficulty category that will be included in a single exam session. -
Defining custom exam sets and question sequences - In addition to the options for standard sequential and random question delivery, the developer may customize any number of unique exam sets for an exam, with each exam set containing a selected number of questions in a customized sequence. The developer may also specify the order in which the exam sets will be played. -
Specifying an external file (i.e., RapidBuilder file, RapidExam file, Performance Analyzer file, or another type of external file) or web page that will be automatically launched when the end user exits the exam. -
Specifying whether the system will check for any incomplete questions when the end user submits the exam. If the developer enables this feature, the system will check to see if there are any incomplete questions when the exam is submitted. If there is at least one incomplete question, a confirmation message will be displayed that will enable the user to decide whether or not to submit the exam with one or more questions incomplete. -
Specifying an exit playback warning message, which will be displayed if the end user attempts to exit the exam (by clicking a button or pressing <ALT + F4>) at any point during playback. This warning message gives the end user the opportunity to either confirm that he/she wishes to exit the exam or to cancel the action and resume playback. - And more.
- Global Objects - RapidExam enables developers to quickly reuse objects/elements across multiple frames by making them Global. Objects can be set to be Global across certain frames or all frames (on which the objects are supported) within the RapidExam file. This makes it easy to have similar objects/elements appearing across multiple frames. It also makes it easy to update the object/element (since modifying a global object/element automatically updates it on every frame where it is used). This also helps keep the file size down because only one copy of a global object/element is stored internally.
- Advanced Video Support - RapidExam includes the following types of video support:
- Video Stage and Flash Stage objects enable video files and Flash files to be linked or embedded directly on frames within RapidExam files. The developer may define an in and out point (which enables playing part of the video or Flash file instead of the entire file). The developer can also control whether video/Flash playback is initiated automatically when the frame is displayed on the screen or is initiated manually by the end user clicking a Play button.
- External video files may be played with Hyperlink buttons.
- Advanced Audio Support - RapidExam includes the following types of audio support:
- ASF, AU, MP2, MP3, and WAV sound files supported.
- External sound files may be linked to frames (screens) or played with Hyperlink buttons.
- Built-in sound recorder enables sound to be recorded from any available sound device.
- Background sound (that plays throughout the duration of the exam) may be added as a linked audio file.
- Advanced Image Support - RapidExam includes the following types of image support:
- Imported Images - Image files (BMP, GIF, JPG, and PNG) may be imported to Bitmap objects and as background images on screens.
- Animated GIF Files - The Animated GIF object enables animated GIF files to be imported into RapidExam files (in addition to the regular static .BMP, .JPG, .GIF, and .PNG image files that may be imported using the Image object).
- Mouse Pointer Animations - RapidExam's Mouse Plot object enables the plotting of mouse positions to create mouse pointer animations on frames. The developer may specify whether the mouse animation is initiated automatically when the frame is displayed on the screen or is initiated manually by the end user clicking the mouse.
- Navigational Hyperlinks - Developers may add Hyperlinks to serve as links between exam screens in order to facilitate navigation. Each screen may contain multiple Hyperlink buttons, and each Hyperlink can have either a text label or a graphical image displayed on it. The presence of multiple Hyperlink buttons on a screen enables the user to not only navigate between screens but also perform other functions within an exam. Hyperlinks may serve as exhibit buttons for displaying pop-up text/images and running sound/video. They may also be configured as links to external RapidBuilder and Performance Analyzer files, executable files (.EXE, .BAT, .COM files), and Web pages.
- Flagged Questions - Developers may add Flag Box objects (which are essentially special check boxes) to all question screens or selected question screens so that the end user has a mechanism for "flagging" the questions during playback. At runtime, whenever the end user encounters a difficult question that he/she would rather skip and come back to later, he/she can flag the question by clicking its Flag Box. Flagged questions are listed in the Question Overview report. At any time, the end user can access the Question Overview report (via Hyperlinks added to the question screens) to see which questions have been flagged, and he/she can return to a flagged question at any time (in order to answer it).
Developers may also specify additional trigger events for Flag Boxes. In addition to flagging the current question for later review, the action of clicking a Flag Box may also initiate a designated event, such as navigating to another frame in the exam, launching an external file, displaying a pop-up text message or image, playing a sound or video file, etc. - Status Bars - Developers may add customized Status Bars to the top or bottom of selected screens in the exam. The developer may specify the types of information that will be displayed on the Status Bar at runtime. This information may include the name of the end user currently logged in to the exam, the name of the exam, the current question number and the total number of questions, the end user's current score, and a countdown clock that displays the amount of time remaining in the exam (if the exam has been configured as a timed exam).
- Question Feedback - In RapidExam, several types of feedback may be created:
- Immediate Feedback - For each type of question, feedback messages may be created to provide immediate question-level feedback for correct and/or incorrect answers to questions. The feedback may be in the form of text (displayed in a pop-up window or in a Text Field on the screen), images, or audio.
- Partially Correct Feedback - For each type of question (except the True or False and Multiple Choice question types), the developer may specify partially correct feedback, which will be displayed in the event that the user gets the question partially correct (i.e., the user provides some-but not all-of the required correct answers). Again, the partially correct feedback may be in the form of text (displayed in a pop-up window or in a Text Field on the screen), images, or audio.
- Hints - Hint messages may also be created to provide the end user with hints/tips as he/she is working on a question. The developer may add Hyperlink buttons that link to hint messages/images or sound/video. The developer may also configure hints to be displayed after a certain number of attempts on a question. Once again, these hints can be messages, images, sound files or video files. The hint messages can be displayed either as a pop-up message or in a text field that exists on the screen.
- Report Feedback - For each type of question, the developer may define report feedback text, which will be displayed in the Feedback column of the Summary/Detailed report once the end user has submitted the exam.
When defining the report feedback text for a question, the developer may define the specific conditions under which the question feedback text will be displayed in the Summary/Detailed report (i.e., the question feedback text may always be displayed regardless of the question outcome or only displayed if the end user got the question completely correct, completely incorrect, partially correct, or either incorrect or partially correct). In addition, the developer may create different messages that will be displayed in the report depending on whether the user got the question completely correct, partially correct, or incorrect. Therefore, for each question, the Summary/Detailed report can display custom feedback that is specific to the actual result achieved by the user.
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