Respondus 101

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Respondus 101
Spring ICCOC Conference 2008

• Pam Bass Colette Scott
• Mentor Trainers

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What is Respondus?

• Respondus is a software program for creating and
  managing exams that can be printed directly to
  paper or published to eCollege

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What can Respondus do?

• Import Publishers Testbank Questions for upload
  to eCollege
• Import exam questions from word processors files
  for upload to eCollege
• "Spell check" an entire exam file
• Add tables, bulleted lists, font changes, and
  enhanced formatting (e.g. bold, italics) just
  like in a word processor
• Insert mathematical and scientific symbols using
  the Respondus Equation Editor or Math Type
• Embed graphics, audio, and video without writing
  or viewing the underlying HTML

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Getting Started

• There are 5 major tabs
• Start
• Edit
• Settings
• Preview and Publish
• Retrieval and Reports
• To start from scratch select Create a new
  Respondus file from the Start menu

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Start menu
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Creating a new file

• Enter a name for the test.
• Provide a description for the test
• Make sure Exam is selected

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Editing your Exam

• There are 7 types of questions that can be asked
• Multiple choice
• True and False
• Essay
• Matching
• Fill in the blank
• Multiple responses (multiple choice question with
  more than one correct response)
• Algorithmic

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Adding Questions

• Each question needs a title. Students do not
  need to see the question title.
• Titles should be descriptive
• Use titles for future reference
• This is only done if you are typing in a
  question.
• Question wording is the question as the students
  will see it.

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Adding questions

• There are several options available from the task
  bar to enhance your questions
• Bold, Italics, and Underline options
• There is sub and superscript
• There is an equation editor
• It is also possible to add images, web links and
  HTML
• It is possible to add lists, tables etc.

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Adding questions

• Once you have the question written, enter the
  available answers (stems)
• Once all the stems are entered, select the
  correct answer using the Correct answer drop down
  box.
• Assign a point value for the question.
• Click the Preview button to see how the question
  would appear to the student.
• Once the question is complete select Insert into
  List

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Preview and Publish Settings

• There are three Publish and Preview options
• Preview allows you to check each questions
  accuracy
• Publish to eCollege Sends the exam to your
  eCollege course
• Print Options allow you to print your exam

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Preview and Publish Settings

• Previewing is a great way to ensure all your
  questions are correct
• Select the Preview the File button
• If necessay select the Modify Item button to
  modify a question
• Print Options
• Print just the exam, the exam with the answer key
  or only the answer key

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Publish to eCollege

• From the Publish to eCollege tab complete the
  following
• Type of Publish
• Publish to a single course
• Batch publish to multiple courses
• Choose an existing server or add a new server
• eCollege server type in User ID
• Settings
• Server www.iowacconline.com
• User your log in
• Press Next

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• Choose course to Publish to
• Choose Unit /Chapter
• Choose Exam Options

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Respondus Test Bank

• The Respondus Test Bank Network provides
  instructors a central location for obtaining
  publisher test banks that are in Respondus
  format.
• Test banks for the leading textbooks in higher
  education are available, and new test banks are
  continually being added by publishers.
• Respondus users who adopt a participating
  textbook for their course can obtain the
  Respondus-formatted test bank at no charge.

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Requesting a testbank

• Instructors who adopt a participating publisher
  textbook can obtain the Respondus-formatted test
  bank by following three easy steps
• Go to www. respondus.com/testbank/search/php
• and search for the textbook that has been
  adopted.
• 2. Fill out the adoption request form and
  submit it.
• 3. Once the publisher partner has
  authenticated the request, you will receive an
  e-mail that contains the information needed to
  download the test bank using your Respondus
  software.

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Downloading the testbank

• The e-mail you receive from the publisher will
  include the file code and password needed to
  download the Respondus-formatted test bank.
• Start your Respondus software, select Open, and
  click the ?Download Test Bank? button. Then enter
  the information the publisher provided to you.
• The test bank will download directly to your
  Respondus Projects folder.

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• Do you want to see how this works? A flash demo
  movie "Downloading a Publisher Test Bank" is
  available at
• http//www.respondus.com/products/demos.shtml

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• Once the publisher test bank is downloaded, the
  easiest way to select questions for an exam is to
  use the Respondus "Exam Wizard."
• The flash demo movie shows how this works
• "The Respondus Exam Wizard" at http//www.respondu
  s.com/products/demos.shtml

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• After the exam is created, it takes just seconds
  to publish it to an eCollege course. You can even
  print the exam.

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Retrieve an exam

• Respondus will retrieve an exam from a course
  management system, which then allows the file to
  be edited, published to another online course, or
  printed using Resondus.

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• From the Retrieval and Reports menu, select the
  retrieve tab
• Choose the CMS server from the list
• Choose the course from the list
• Select the exam from the list
• Enter a name for the Respondus file that will be
  created once the exam is retrieved
• Click the Retrieve button to complete the
  download process and to create the new Respondus
  file

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• Questions????