To create a new exercise you must first create some questions from which the exercise test will consist. If you have some questions ready, go to [Tests], and choose (new) Test compilation wizard.

A good exercise would be a test with one test part containing 8-10 questions. Test compilation wizard starts with test properties: title, directions, class, number of test parts and difficulty level.

Test title will be shown both to teachers and students. Directions should contain some comments on the contents of the test and also will be shown to the student. Test usage class determines whether you are creating an exercise or an exam test. You cannot change the test usage class once it is created.

 

For exercise set number of test parts to 1 and select usage “Exercise”. Leave the “Multilevel test” checkbox unchecked.

 

You can navigate the wizard forward by saving the data on the screen (click (save) Save and Next) and back (click (back)).

 

On the test part details page, enter test part title. You must enter test part title even if test has only one part!

Set the time limit for the exercise. Please note that this time limit will not be strictly observed by the test engine – this just information to the student on how well could he be doing on the exam test.

 

Leave the directions field empty. Test engine discards the directions for the first test part. Move to the next page by clicking (save) Save and Next.

 

The next page is test part contents page. Use the search form to display questions from selected folder(s) and optional search criteria. Select folder from the list and click (search). Select one or more questions from the list and add them to the test part by clicking (new) Add questions. Repeat this search-select-add procedure for as many times as you need to add all the questions you wanted to the test. Finish this part of the wizard by clicking (save) Save and next.

 

The next page is for placing the exercise in fast folders. If you do not use fast folder functionality, skip this part of the wizard by clicking (save) Save and next.

 

To place test in a fast folder, select it from the list and click (new) Add fast folder. Repeat this for all fast folders you want to place your exercise to. Finish this part by clicking (save) Save and next.