Respondus Quiz Instructor Guide

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Respondus Quiz is an assessment-building software for creating exams or quizzes on Windows computers。The current version is also known as Respondus 4.0. You can build assessments offline in the software, but the final quizzes and exams can either be distributed online using Canvas or printed and handed out on paper.

此软件目前无法在Mac设备上运行。

Cost Yes Free
Bandwidth Yes (Respondus Quiz does not run online.)
Canvas Integration Partial Respondus Quiz assessments can be imported into a Canvas course to be used as Canvas quizzes.
隐私 Yes Respondus Quiz is菲帕compliant.
类似的UBC支持的工具 The built-in quizzing tool inCanvas以及标记工具Crowdmarkand坡度计offer alternative ways of developing and distributing assessments.

我能用它做什么?

You can use Respondus Quiz for creating quizzes or exams using the following features:

  • Choosing from numerous question types, including questions allowing mathematical/scientific notations and other media formats such as bulleted lists, tables, images, links, and video files.
  • Working offline to design, edit, preview, and assign points to assessments, before importing them into your Canvas course.
  • Building questions orretrieving questions from your Canvas courseto export into printable formats for file-based or paper-based distribution.

This tool guide is for version 4.0 of Respondus Quiz. Information and instructions may differ slightly for other versions of Respondus Quiz.

What do I need to use Respondus Quiz?

Windows台式机或笔记本电脑

Respondus Quiz can only be used on a computer running Windows 7+. You can viewRespondus测验的最低系统要求on their support site.

具有活动许可证的Respondus测验应用程序

You will need to download the application from UBC’s Software Distribution website. If your license has expired or needs to be updated, you may need use updated license information or download the application again. Instructions for both processes are outlined below.

A UBC Canvas course (for online distribution)

You will need a Canvas course to share the assessments online with your students.

Tips

  • All UBC instructors and staff get free and unlimited access to the toolunder the UBC campus-wide license. Students cannot use Respondus Quiz, but they won’t need to, since you will share the assessments you’ve built with Respondus Quiz either in Canvas or using paper copies.
  • You can explore theRespondus Quiz User Guide有关可用特性和功能的更详细说明。

How do I use Respondus Quiz?

要使用Respondus测验,您将首先在Windows计算机上下载并安装Respondus测验应用程序。然后你可以离线创建评估,如果你选择的话,把它们导入你的画布课程。

Click any bar below for instructions and tips for using Respondus Quiz.

Download and install Respondus Quiz

This software currently worksonlyon Windows computers, so make sure you are on a Windows platform before following these steps. The process also differs depending on if you are downloading the software for the first time or have downloaded it before and are updating your version or license.

If you have never downloaded Respondus Quiz before, follow these steps:

  1. Go toUBC的软件发行网站, and sign in with your UBC CWL.
  2. 如果这是您第一次访问软件分发站点,您可能会收到一条提示,询问该站点是否可以访问您的CWL信息。点击Accept继续。
  3. Click either theFacultyorStaff选项卡(以适用者为准),然后单击Respondus Quiz
  4. ClickAdd to Cart
    • 如果您以前从UBC的软件发行版下载过此软件,您可能会看到一条弹出的错误消息。关闭错误消息,然后参阅更新选项卡了解如何继续。
  5. In the pop-up, clickCheck Out
  6. Copythe following license information: Institution Name, Local Support Contact(s), and Installation Password, then clickDownload
  7. On the new page that opens, clickDownloadagain.
  8. 下载后,打开Respondus测验安装程序, and follow the steps in the setup wizard to install the application.
  9. After it is installed, openRespondus Quiz, enter the license information you copied in Step 6, and click许可证
  10. The first time you open Respondus Quiz after installing and licensing, you will be prompted to choose a Learning Management System "Personality". SelectCanvas然后单击OK. 此选项将允许您使用import Respondus quick assessments into Canvas。

If you need to update your Respondus Quiz license and/or software, follow these steps:

  1. Go toUBC的软件发行网站, and sign in with your UBC CWL.
  2. Click yournameon the top right, then selectYour Account/Orders
  3. Find the "Respondus Quiz - Download" item in the list, and click toView Detailsfor it.
  4. Copy以下许可证信息:机构名称、本地支持联系人和安装密码。
    • If you want to re-download the software, you can do so from this page.
  5. OpenRespondus Quiz,单击Fileat the top left, and selectUpdate License
  6. 输入license information you copied in Step 4, and click许可证
  7. The first time you open Respondus Quiz after installing and licensing, you may be prompted to choose a Learning Management System "Personality". SelectCanvas然后单击OK. 此选项将允许您使用import Respondus quick assessments into Canvas。

Tips

  • Respondus测验提供了一个内置的帮助指南和索引。To access the help guide, click "Help" in the top menu of Respondus Quiz and select "Help Topics". Pick any feature you would like to learn more about to jump to its instructions.
  • All assessments you create with Respondus Quiz will automatically be saved in a "Projects" folder that Respondus Quiz creates on your computerduring installation. If you wish to store these .RSP files elsewhere (e.g., in a course folder), you can manually relocate them after they are created.

Create an assessment in Respondus Quiz

  1. OpenRespondus Quiz。Click theStart tabif it is not open already, and clickOpen Or Createfrom the left-hand navigation.
  2. ClickCreateto create a new assessment.
  3. In the pop-up, enter aname(e.g. "Reading Quiz", "History Exam"), add adescriptionfor your assessment, and clickOK
  4. Once the assessment opens, click theEdit tab如果尚未打开,请选择question type您希望从左侧导航添加的。
  5. Each question type has its own question form that will appear on the right to fill out. There are some fields that are common across all question types:
    • Title of Question——的名称问题。如果你离开这5ld blank, Respondus Quiz will automatically use the first 20 characters of the "Question Wording" as the question title.
    • Question Wording-问题本身。
    • Feedback- feedback students receive after answering. If you want to provide feedback based on how students answered, clickCorrect/Incorrect Feedback。一般反馈不管答案,点击General Feedback。Once you are done typing your feedback in either form, clickOK
    • 点值- how many points the question is worth.
  6. Once you are done setting up a question, click添加到列表末尾to add the current question to the end of the question list, which will appear at the bottom of the screen.
    • Once you have multiple questions, you can alternatively clickInsert into Listto add the current question at a specific location within the question list.
  7. Repeat Steps 4-6 as needed. Edit, delete, duplicate, or reorder questions by clicking the down arrow icon next to any question in the question list at the bottom of the screen.
  8. When you are done adding and editing questions, click thesave iconon the top left to save any unsaved changes to the assessment.

Tips

  • Canvas users of Respondus Quiz have access to nine question types:选择题、真假题、随笔题、配对题、填空题、多选题、填空题、文本题(无问题)、数字题。
  • 通过单击问题图标,可以找到有关每种问题类型的更多信息located next to the heading of the question type when you are adding or editing a question.
  • You can preview any question as you are building it通过单击“预览”按钮底部的the question form. When all your questions are ready, you can preview the assessment as a whole using the file preview option in the "Preview + Publish" tab.
  • Change the formatting, insert equations, add media files, and access more editing features for your questions in the toolbar above the "Edit" tab。For more information on how to use features in the toolbar, you can watch theformatting questions in Respondus Quiz demo
  • You can edit any assessment once you create itby opening it from the "Start" tab and then using the "Edit" tab to make and save changes.

Customize settings for a Respondus Quiz assessment

You can set options in Respondus Quiz for how your assessment will display on paper or to students in Canvas, including designating what are called question groups. Question groups enable randomization, allowing you to create a set of questions from which randomly selected questions will be drawn for each student's assessment.

  1. OpenRespondus Quiz。Click theStart tabif it is not open already, and clickOpen Or Createfrom the left-hand navigation.
  2. ClickOpento open an existing assessment. In the pop-up, select theassessment, and clickOpen
  3. Click the设置taband select设置in the left-hand navigation.
  4. Add or adjust any assessment settings on the right. The settings are nearly identical to theCanvas quiz settings
  5. To enable randomization of questions—which can be applied to online or on-paper assessments—selectQuestion Groupsin the left-hand navigation:
    • Click the正文under "Question Groups" on the right to open an editor pop-up.
    • In the pop-up, selectAdd New Set, if it is not selected already.
    • 输入范围of questions that will form the question group.
    • If you want all questions in the randomized range to be presented to students during the assessment, chooseAll。If you want a subset of questions in the range to be presented, chooseSelect Number,并指定of questions each student should see from the range.
    • 输入point value小组中的每一个问题都是值得的,点击Add New Setto save the new question group.
    • Once you are done creating question groups, clickOK关闭弹出窗口。
  6. 更新完评估设置后,单击save iconon the top left to save your changes.

Tips

  • For assessments you will use in Canvas, you can adjust the settings in Respondus Quiz or in Canvas。Whatever settings you make in Respondus Quiz before exporting to Canvas will be imported into Canvas with the questions, but you can adjust the settings again directly in your Canvas course.
  • Before creating a question group, you may need to organize your question list so that the questions in the same question group are located next to one other。For example, if you want the second question to be randomly selected from a group of four questions, these items must be positioned as 2, 3, 4, and 5 in the Respondus Quiz question list before you can create the question group.
  • You can see an overview of your question groups when creating and editing the groups. 在底部的问题列表中,您将在任何分组问题旁边的“集合”列下看到一个字母。字母相同的问题属于同一问题组。

Use a Respondus Quiz assessment online in your Canvas course

If you are using a Respondus Quiz assessment in your Canvas course for the first time, you will need to follow the steps to connect to Canvas first, then follow the steps for importing your assessment. If you have already set up the connection, you can choose the existing connection and go straight to importing your assessment.

  1. OpenRespondus Quiz。Click theStart tabif it is not open already, and clickOpen Or Createfrom the left-hand navigation.
  2. ClickOpento open an existing assessment. In the pop-up, select theassessment, and clickOpen
  3. Click thePreview + Publish tab, selectPublish在左侧导航栏中,单击Publish Wizard
  4. In the pop-up, selectPublish to single course
  5. 如果您以前使用过带画布的Respondus测验,请选择您以前设置的画布服务器。
  6. If you have not previously used Respondus Quiz with Canvas, selectadd new server:
    • In the first pop-up, select "No, I want to enter the server settings manually", and click下一个
    • In the "Canvas Server Settings" pop-up, fill in the following:
      • Type "https://canvas.ubc.ca/" into the first address field, and click提取
      • 如果收到错误消息,请登录到画布课程,并从浏览器地址栏复制课程的网站URL。回到Respondus测验,将此链接粘贴到第一个地址字段,然后单击提取again.
      • In the "Description" field, enter a name for your Canvas server (e.g., UBC Canvas Server).
      • 输入您的UBC CWL作为用户名和密码。
      • ClickOK
  7. Once a server is selected, click下一个
  8. If asked to log in to Canvas, clickOK并使用您的CWL登录。如果提示您授权Respondus Quike访问您的Canvas帐户,请单击Authorize
  9. Back in the Respondus Quiz window, clickOK如果您看到另一个弹出窗口要求登录到画布。然后选择一个assessment typeto create in Canvas.
  10. 要将评估作为画布课程中的新测验导入,请选择Createandnameyour assessment, or selectReplaceto replace an existing quiz in your Canvas course.
  11. SelectApply SettingsandApply Question Groups选项(如果相关)以包括任何已设置的Respondus测验设置和问题组,然后单击下一个
  12. You should see a list of all your Canvas courses. Select the课程you want to import the assessment to and, if relevant, theassessmentyou want it to replace, then click下一个again.
  13. 状态窗口将显示导入进度。请耐心等待导入完成。当发布成功完成时,将显示一条确认消息。点击Finish
  14. Your assessment will be available in your Canvas course as a Canvas quiz. Note that although Respondus Quiz calls this process "publishing", the quiz willnot在您手动登录到Canvas并发布它之前,将发布给学生在Canvas课程中查看。

Tips

  • Canvas称所有评估为“测验”, although you may use Canvas quizzes to administer either quizzes or exams.
  • For more help, you can watch the将Respondus测验评估导入画布的视频教程在自己尝试之前先回顾一下这个过程。
  • While you are able to create, edit, and format Respondus Quiz assessments offline, you'll need to be online to import theminto your Canvas course.
  • The assessments you import from Respondus Quiz will show up in your Canvas course as unpublished quizzes.Unpublished quizzes are not visible to students. You can manually publish these quizzes using the Canvas interface directly, when you are ready for students to see them.

Save a Respondus Quiz assessment as a printable file

You can distribute any Respondus Quiz assessment in file or paper form.

  1. OpenRespondus Quiz。Click theStart tabif it is not open already, and clickOpen Or Createfrom the left-hand navigation.
  2. ClickOpento open an existing assessment. In the pop-up, select theassessment, and clickOpen
  3. Click thePreview + Publish taband selectPrint Optionsin the left-hand navigation.
  4. 选择format您希望在中导出评估,然后单击设置next to it to adjust any format options. When you are done adjusting, clickOK
  5. 在“页首内容(页眉)”部分下,可以指定要包含在每个打印页顶部的信息。点击编辑标题to edit the headers. When you are done editing, clickOK
  6. “随机化问题”部分允许您创建多达10个不同版本的评估,具体取决于您选择的设置。如果您想设置随机化的问题组,可以根据需要进行调整,并参考上面手风琴中的步骤进行自定义设置。
  7. If you see a "Questions to be included" section, specify the range of questions to be included in the printed document. To include all the questions, leave the fields blank.
  8. When you are done, clickSave to Fileto save the assessment as a rich text (.rtf), standard text (.txt), or Microsoft Word (.doc) file that you can use for printing.

Tips

  • You can preview the print options you've set as well as print directly来自Respondus测验。打印功能的工作原理与其他Windows程序类似。
  • You can从画布课程中检索问题,如果您想使用Respondus测验将这些导出为可打印的格式,以便分发纸张。

Respondus测验在哪里可以获得更多支持?

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