In tests you can either indicate the number of points per question or per question pool. For both types of tests the way to indicate the points and how they influence the end score will be explained in this article.

This article is split up in the following sections:

When using a test with separate questions, you can indicate the number of points per question in the test edit screen.

Once you are in the edit screen of the test, you see the list of questions at the bottom. Next to the ID of each question you see a field to specify the number of points. The total number of points for the test are shown on the top.

Below you see an example of part of the test edit screen with the points per question fields and total number of points highlighted.

NOTE: if you limit the number of questions, please be aware that the total number of points might vary for each test. The total number of points shown in the top is the sum of all the points assigned to the questions.

When using a test with question pools, you can indicate the number of points per question pool in the test edit screen.

Once you are in the edit screen of the test, you see the list of question pools at the bottom. Next to the ID of each question pool you see a field to specify the number of points. Each question picked from the specific question pool will be assigned that number of points.

If you pick multiple questions from a pool, this will be reflected in the total number of points on the top.

Below you see an example of part of the test edit screen with the points per question pool and total number of points highlighted. In this example there are two questions picked from the first pool and one from the second pool, resulting in a total number of points in the test equal to 2*4 + 1*5 = 13 points.

NOTE: if you limit the number of questions, please be aware that the total number of points might vary for each test. The total number of points shown in the top is the sum of all the points assigned to the question pools times the number of questions picked from that pool.

The questions in your test could contain multiple subquestions. (read here how to create subquestions). You can distribute the points assigned to a question (or question pool) over the subquestions using weights for each subquestion.

To do this, follow these steps:

Go to edit screen of the question (either via the test edit screen, or via your repository).

Find the current weights (by default all weights are equal to 1). The example below shows a different distribution of weights to illustrate how you could distribute the 4 points in the example test shown above.

In this example you can find the following distribution:

By adjusting the weights per subquestion you can distribute the points to your liking. For example, if you want to assign 2.4 points out of 4 to the second subquestion you can do the following:

In the example above, the following changes have been made to the weights and thus the points per subquestion in the example test:

IMPORTANT: adjusting weights in a question alters the point distribution in ALL tests and subjects the question is used in. Weights are part of the question settings, NOT part of the test settings.
​Be careful when changing weights of questions used in multiple test and/or subjects.

NOTE: weights are also used in practice mode when they are attached to a subject. During practice the complete question can earn a student 1 point, which will be distributed over all subquestions equally by default.

In addition to specific feedback you can also assign partial points to answer and answer rules. These will be automatically applied in the score calculation for tests.

Read more about this here, in the article: "How do I automatically give partial points to an (open) answer (rule)?".

For each answer give by the student the triggered answer (rule) will determine the number of points the student receives for that answer. By default the student gets 100% of the points if they gave a correct answer (or triggered a correct answer rule) and 0% if they gave an incorrect answer. If other percentages are specified (see partial points section above), these will be used to calculate how many points the student received for their answer.

The final test score is calculated based on the number of earned points over the total number of points the student could have earned during the test.

You can see the result of a test attempt for the test with separate questions from the example earlier illustrated below.

In this attempt, the student answered

resulting in 4 out of 9 points.

For each question the student answers correctly, it will receive the assigned points to the question pool it belongs to. After the test the score is calculated based on the number of earned points over the total number of points the student could have earned during the test.

You can see the result of a test attempt for the test with question pools from the example earlier illustrated below. In this attempt, the student answered

resulting in 9 out of 13 points.

If you have any questions regarding the use of points in tests, please reach out to support via the chat icon in the bottom right.
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