In tests you can 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:
1. How to assign points per Question?
When using a test with separate questions, you can indicate the number of points per question in the test edit screenf.
Once you are in the edit screen of the test, you see the list of questions at the bottom in the Content section. Next to the ID of each question you see a field to specify the number of points. The total number of points for all the questions in 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.
How are the points of individual questions used in the final score calculation?
How are the points of individual questions used in the final score calculation?
For each answer given by the student, the triggered answer (rule) in the question will determine the number of points the student receives for that answer. The final test score is calculated based on the total number of received points over the total number of points the student could have earned during the test.
Below you see an example of a test attempt. In this attempt, the student answered
the first question correct (earning 4 out of 4 points)
the second question incorrect (earning 0 out of 5 points)
resulting in 4 out of 9 points = 44%.
2. How to assign points per Question Pool?
When using a test with question pools, you can indicate the number of points per question pool in the test edit screen.
Note: in this article you can read more about question pools and how to create them.
In the edit screen of the test, you see the list of question pools at the bottom in the Content section. 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.
How are the points of Question Pools used in the final score calculation?
How are the points of Question Pools used in the final score calculation?
For each question the student answers correctly, it will receive the assigned points of 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.
Below you see an example of a test attempt with question pools. 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
the first question from the first question pool correct (earning 4 out of 4 points)
the second question from the first question pool incorrect (earning 0 out of 4 points)
the third question from the second question pool correct (earning 5 out of 5 points)
resulting in 9 out of 13 points = 69%.
3. How to assign/distribute points over subquestions per question?
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:
1. Navigate to the edit screen of the exercise. You can do this within the repository or via the 'edit' button of the question in the bottom of your test page in the Content section.
2. In the edit screen of the exercise, you will 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 amongst the 4 different subquestions.
Note: 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.
Detailed example of changing the weight of subquestions
Detailed example of changing the weight of subquestions
In the example below you will find the following distribution:
the question has 4 points in total assigned to it for the example test
there are two subquestions
the first subquestion has a weight of 2
the second subquestion has a weight of 3
the total weight is 5
the first subquestion will be assigned 2 / 5 * 100% = 40% of the points, for this example test resulting in 0.4 * 4 = 1.6 points
the second subquestion will be assigned 3 / 5 * 100% = 60% of the points, for this example test resulting in 0.6 * 4 = 2.4 points
By adjusting the weights per subquestion you can distribute the points to your liking. For example, if you want to assign 3 points out of 4 to the second subquestion you can do the following:
In the example above, the weight of the second sub question has been set to 6, which caused the following changes:
the total weight is now 8
the first subquestion will be assigned 2 / 8 * 100% = 25% of the points, in this example resulting in 0.25 * 4 = 1 point
the second subquestion will be assigned 6 / 8 * 100% = 75% of the points, in this example resulting in 0.75 * 4 = 3 points
4. How to assign partial points to predefined answers / answer rules
For each answer given 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.
To automatically assign partial points to predefined answers, you can use answer rules. These will be used to calculate how many points the student receives for their answer and will automatically be applied in the score calculation for tests.
This article describes in detail how answer rules work and how you can apply them to assign partial points: How do I automatically give partial points to an (open) answer (rule)?
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