How do my learners take an exam on OpenLearning?
What is it?
Now that you have successfully created your exam by following the guide here What is Exam on OpenLearning, and where can you create them and here, How do I run an exam on OpenLearning, learners can now launch the exam from the block page
Clicking the Start exam now button will launch the new exam environment on OpenLearning
Learners can engage with the exams and the questions that you have prepared
The exam questions use the same quiz widgets that you see inside the course block pages. It will have the same quiz components such as Multiple choice questions, short answers, categorise, match it, and fill in the blanks. Crossword is currently still not optimised for exams.
Note - If you cannot see this feature within your course it is because it is currently only available to pilot users.
Start exam
To start the exam, click the Start exam button. It will open up the exam in a different tab.
Once the exam has been launched, the timer will immediately start (if there is one).
In the exam screen, you can see the following:
You can also show/hide the questions list if needed.
Exam on mobile
The exam page is also responsive and can be accessed through your mobile browser or the mobile app.
Autosaving and Question list states
The questions in the exams are autosave.
The question list has three states:
Tick Icon: Indicates that the question already has an answer saved.
Arrow Icon: Shows that the learner is currently working on that specific question (their current position on the page).
Circle Icon:
Gray: The question has not been visited yet.
Black: The question has been visited but does not have a saved answer or has an incomplete answer.
Exam states
You are allowed to leave an exam and resume it if the time is still available. Please read the following articles about exam states:
Exam: Not started
Exam: In progress
Exam: Submitted
Exam timer
If a timer is applied, a notice will appear when there are 60 mins, 30 mins, 10 mins, and 1 min remaining to the exam. The notice will appear as a pNotify banner and will only disappear if the learners press the “x” icon in the banner.
Exam submission
Learners can submit the exam anytime by clicking the Submit and finish button at the top bar.
Submitting exams with unanswered questions
If there are still unanswered questions, a modal will appear, showing the number of questions that remain unanswered. Please see the gif below for an example.
Submitting exams with complete answers
If all questions have been answered, a pop-up will appear confirming that every question has been addressed. Please see the gif below for an example.
Pens down – Exam automatically submitted when the time runs out
If a timer is applied, the exam will be automatically submitted when the timer runs out. After submission, the user will be redirected to their course page within 60 seconds, or they can click the Return to Course button to go back immediately.
Disruption to exams
Here is the list of possible disruptions that may occur during an exam, along with what the interface will display to the learner in each situation:
Internet connection is disrupted or offline when a learner launched the exam |
Only the skeleton screen will appear along with a banner that says that the internet connection has been disrupted
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Internet connection is disrupted or offline when a learner is currently doing the exam |
We locked the page – users will not be able to interact or make any updates to their exam. We also showed a banner to indicate that their internet connection has been disrupted.
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When a course creator makes changes to a random question set that is part of an exam while the learner is currently taking that exam |
Skeleton screen with a text saying that the exam is currently paused for update
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