Best Practice Note: Short Answer Questions are automatically graded based on the answers you provide. Be aware that unless you account for them, the system cannot give credit for potential misspellings. Also, when given blank space, students may expand on the requested answer. The system cannot account for this either. It […]
True/False Questions
Step 1 – The Question First you must decide the following: To which Category does the question belong? What is the Question name? What is the Question text? I.e. the actual wording of the question? How many points is it worth? This is the Default mark. What is the Correct answer? True? False? All this information […]
Matching Questions
Step 1 – The Question First you must decide the following: To which Category (e.g. quiz) does the question belong? What is the Question name? What is the Question text? I.e. the actual wording of the question? How many points is it worth? This is the Default mark. Should VSTAR Shuffle the answers randomly? All this information […]
Multiple Choice Questions
Step 1 – The Question First you must decide the following: To which Category (e.g. quiz) does the question belong belong? What is the Question name? What is the Question text? I.e. the actual wording of the question? How many points is it worth? This is the Default mark. Is there One or multiple answers that are […]
Quiz Question Types
Once a quiz has been added to the course and the quiz settings established,the teacher can start to add quiz items (typically questions). The teacher can access the quiz to edit the questions by clicking directly on the Quiz name on the course home page and then Settings> Quiz administration > Edit quiz or directly on […]
Preview Quiz
Once a quiz has been created, it is a good idea to see what it looks like from a student’s perspective. VSTAR makes it easy to take a quiz as though you were a student without having a score appear in the gradebook. Steps for previewing a quiz are below. […]
VSTAR Portfolio 3.12.0 Release Notes
Release August 12, 2016 VP-620 – Compass Email Enhancements: Emails will include student picture Email from address will read “Student Name via VSTAR” unless a name (the course director or program name) is added to the Open Assessment Activity page. The reply to email address will function from the Open Assessment Activity […]
Updates to Learn and NBME Schedule
Learn Color Scheme Change On April 15, we will be releasing a cosmetic update to VSTAR Learn. This will shift the color change from a teal-blue to a dark blue. This only effects the color scheme of Learn, and not menus or locations of items. Current color scheme: New color […]
VSTAR Portfolio v 3.1 Release Notes
This release is centered around Collections, and items 1-3 reflect that. 1. This release focuses largely on Collections, with the development of the Collection Engine (VP-453) and the development of Portfolio Collections (VP-443). Collections allow an Administrator to group a set of Activities within a set Program. This group of […]
Portfolio v. 3.0.0 Release Notes
Cutoff Dates for Activities – This new optional feature is available when creating Activities. If selected, an Activity remains “active” until that Activity reaches its cuttoff date. The Activity will then show additional instructions that activity is past due for the student. Because of this change all “end date” references […]