Dashboard for backoffice users
When logging on to the assessmentQ backoffice, you will now arrive on a brand new dashboard.
On the backoffice dashboard, you will find
a getting starting tutorial
an overview of your last opened modules
quick links.
Backoffice navigation redesigned
The backoffice navigation bar has been moved from the left side of the screen to the top. It gives a clear overview of the assessmentQ flow, and makes it easier for backoffice users to understand where they are and how the e-assessment process works.
Translate sentence
The item type Translate sentence is now available in the assessmentQ item bank.
The item type contains several significant improvements in assessmentQ:
New correction options
A user-friendly way to enter the source text and pre-filled text.
An optimised visualisation of the source text to the participants
Notes:
All Translate sentence items previously created in Edumatic have been migrated to assessmentQ.
Migrated items containing features that no longer exist in assessmentQ, will have the item status Draft in the item bank (see Removed features). However, when they are already part of an assignment, they will not be changed automatically and participants can answer these items as before.
Grading with criteria and rubrics
Two new scoring mechanisms have been added for items that need manual scoring:
Manual scoring with criteria
As an author, you can choose this scoring mechanism if you want graders to use specific criteria to determine the score of an answer.
Manual scoring with a rubric
As an author, you can choose this scoring mechanism if you want graders to use criteria combined with performance levels to determine the score of an answer.
Configuration of the review template
The settings for the review template are now configurable in assessmentQ:
The administrator can set the default configuration for the review template.
This default review template will automatically be applied to all new assignments.
An author can - if needed - adjust the settings for a specific assignment.
Monitoring concurrent users
In the Monitoring module, you can now see the number of concurrent users in your assessmentQ environment. This allows you to get good insights in the usage in your environment.
Embedding external content in the Custom and Help button
In the assignment template, you can now embed external content in the Custom and / or Help button.
When the participant clicks the button, the embedded external content will opened in a popup in the assessmentQ player.
Other improvements
Highlighting text in the player
Until today, participants could only use the highlighter in instruction blocks. From now on, the highlighter can also be used in the answer block of the following item types:
multiple choice
multiple response
multiple choice matrix
fill gaps in text
conjugate verbs
dropdown in text
drag and drop in text
drag and drop in columns
Recalculate score in Select text
As an author, you can now recalculate the total score of the item when using Score per category in Select text.
Removed features
Access to Edumatic
Starting from release 2024.01, all links to Edumatic have been removed from the assessmentQ backoffice. It is no longer possible to open the Edumatic backoffice.
Translate sentence
The Edumatic item type Translate sentence cannot be used anymore in the Edumatic backoffice. All Edumatic items have been migrated to Translate sentence items in the assessmentQ item bank.
The automatic correction and feedback for errors in punctuation and capital letters is no longer available. As an author, you can now configure the correction options for your item, but no automatic feedback is provided anymore.
Text formatting is no longer supported for pre-filled text.
The input of the translation and pre-filled text is now limited to 1000 characters.
Setting for dark and high contrast mode
As an administrator, you can no longer configure the settings for dark and high contrast modes. The dark and high contrast modes are now by default enabled for all participants.