Assessment Profile properties depend on the type of profile selected. Select the type of profile you are viewing and then choose the appropriate properties.
Delete Record Button
Click this button to delete this record. Note that you will not be able to delete an assessment once it has been assigned to a training unit.
Archive Button
Clicking this button will remove the assessment from the "Active" list and add it to the "Archived" list.
Create Version Button
Once an assessment profile is marked as "approved", it can no longer be edited. This is to prevent an assessment from being changed while or after it is in use. Because it will need to be changed occasionally, you will be able to make a new version of an assessment instead of editing the old one. This will have all the information that the old assessment had, including any customized messages, but it will be editable and it will not be marked as "approved". After you have made changes and marked it as "approved", it will replace the old version of the assessment profile in any training unit that is not in an active course event. The assessment profiles being used in active course events will not be updated so that all learners in the course event will get the same assessment or exam.
Edit Button
Click the Edit button to change the profile's properties. A profile cannot be edited if it is marked as "approved", but you can create a new version.
Some of these properties are common to all assessments, but some are only available for specific ones.
In addition to editing assessment properties, you will also be able to edit Email Text and Exam Instructions.
Profile Approved
When the profile is marked as Approved you will be able to assign it to training units, but you will no longer be able to edit it. You will, however, be able to create a new version of it if you need to correct a mistake or make a change.
Profile Name
This is the assessment profile name users will see in the VISION Developer module as well as VISION Learning Station.
Profile Sample Type
This field is not editable once the profile has been created. This is the limit that was selected for a graded exam.
Profile Sample Value
(Total Number of Questions, Minimum Total Number of Questions, Target Exam Points, Target Exam Time)
This is the amount of questions, time, or points that will be on the exam, depending on the type of Assessment. For points and time, VISION will select questions to get as close to the "target" number as possible, but may not be able to achieve the exact number for every exam.
This option is not available on Static Exam and Number of Question per Objective assessment profiles.
Exam Scoring
This field is not editable once the profile has been created.
Standard: The system will create a percentage score based on the points each question is worth.
Angoff: Questions are given a different percentage or decimal value depending on how difficult they are. This can be done in the "Num Field 2" on the General Info page of a question in VISION Developer. A lower value means that the question is harder to answer. If the field is left blank, VISION Learning Station will assume a 70% difficulty. This scoring method calculates the test's passing score based on the average value of all the questions, so a test with easy questions rated at 80 or 90 might set a high passing score of 85%.
Exam Passing Score
The score that learners must reach in order to pass the assessment. If you are using Angoff Scoring, enter TBD.
Proctor Student
A valid proctor session key will be required to be entered into the exam screen in order for the student to take the exam.
Remediation
The system's remediation policy is set in Configuration -> Remediation. Profiles may either use the system default, or be permitted to use an alternate setting, set below.
If profiles are forced to use the system default, this setting will be disabled, and the profile will use those settings configured by an administrator.
Remediation for Failed Exams
•None
•All Questions Optional
•All Questions, Incorrect Forced
•Incorrect Only Optional
•Incorrect Only Forced
Remediation for Passed Exams
•None
•All Questions Optional
•All Questions, Incorrect Forced
•Incorrect Only Optional
•Incorrect Only Forced
Days Student May Retest
The number of days students must wait before they can attempt to take the exam again. Enter "0" if students can retest immediately.
Buffer Size/ Minimum Number of Questions
The amount of time, points, or number of questions the exam can be off by and still be considered "valid" and given to learners.
This option is not available for Static Exam profiles.
Always Select from Question Pool Property
In the VISION Developer module, questions have an optional property “Always select,” which can be set on the question’s General Info page. This option permits the instructional designer to designate questions which will always be selected and delivered on tests that are generated from a question pool.
•“Yes” forces questions marked “Always select” to be delivered on a dynamically generated VLS test. This can result in a test with more questions being delivered on it than are specified by the profile.
•“No” disregards the “Always select” property and will randomly select questions from an objective when generating the test.
This option is not available for Static Exam profiles.
Primary Email Notification
This is the email address that is displayed as the "Notification" email. Additionally, you will be able to have exam results sent to this email address.
Alternate Email Notification 1 & 2
Additional email addresses to which you want exam results sent.
Email Complete Exam to Primary
Sends completed exams to the "Primary" email address.
Enable Digital Signature
Requires learners to agree to a digital signature statement when they have completed the exam. The digital signature statement is editable in the Exam Instructions area of the profile's properties. If a learner completes the exam but refuses the digital signature, an email will be sent to the course's instructor.
Email Results to Learner
Automatically send learner's results to themselves.
Email Results to Instructor
Automatically send a learner's results to the instructor of the course event and the person who proctored them.
Email Results to Site Admin
Automatically send a learner's results to users with the security level of Site Administrator for the organization that the course event is associated with.
Email Results to Primary Profile
Automatically send a learner's results to the email address entered in the "Primary Email Notification" field.
Email Failure Results to Alt 1 or Alt 2
Automatically send a learner's results to the email listed in "Alternate Email Notification 1" or "Alternate Email Notification 2" fields.
Email Failure Results to Supervisor
Automatically send a learner's failed results to the learner's Supervisor (entered in the user's properties) in the event that the learner fails the exam.
Exam Instructions/Messages
These will only become available to edit after the profile is created, but before it is marked as "approved". Additionally, if a new version of a profile is created, the messages will carry over, so they do not have to be entered again.
These instructions and messages have default text which is listed here in italic.
Online Exam Instructions
These are the instructions that learners will see upon starting a test in VISION Learning Station. They must agree to the instructions before they start. Click the Preview button to see the text.
Passing Score Online Exam Message
Unsatisfactory Online Exam Message
