AI has reduced the integrity of online assessments. And like many instructors, we are going back to the future by applying technology to an age-old solution - the paper exam. With Blended Teaching, you can create as many paper exams (or quizzes) as you want. And it only takes minutes. You can prepare the exams for as many students as you want, and still auto-grade all papers them in seconds. Here's how in the following stages:
Creating a Paper Exam
Onboarding Students
Printing & Hosting the Exam
Auto-Grading
Reviewing & Sharing Results
Syncing Grades with your LMS
1. Creating & Printing a Paper Exam
1.1. Creating a Blank Paper Exam
To create a blank Paper Exam in Blended Teaching, start in your Control Center.
Go to the Quizzes tab.
Select + Create Quiz
Write in a title for your quiz and select the number of points you want applied.
Select Paper Submission and then Save.
You have now created your blank Paper Exam. There are no questions in it, but it exists.
1.2. Writing Exam Instructions
The instructions appear on the front page of questions sheet that students need as part of their exam package. This will tell them whatever important information you need to know, such as the time limit of the exam, what they can use (or not use), and what to do with their answer sheets once they complete the exam. It's a blank text space, so you can write whatever you want.
Starting in the title page of your Paper Exam:
Select Build at the bottom.
Write in your Instructions.
Remember to Save.
1.3. Adding Questions
This is where the fun really begins - adding in the Exam questions.
Some things to keep in mind whilst adding your questions:
You can only use Multiple Choice questions, you can't use short answer questions.
All students will see the same questions in a single exam.
You can use Dynamic Multiple Choice Questions (where the numbers within a question change with each attempt), but all students will get the same numbers for each exam you print. This will allow you to automatically update the numbers each time a new exam is held, without having to manually update the questions.
You can use Question Pools, meaning that your Exam will randomly select questions from question banks you have identified. But for each exam you print, all of the questions will be the same for each of the students. This will allow you to automatically update the mix of questions from a question bank in each new exam without having to manually update the questions.
You can either add your own questions, or you can add questions from shared Blended Teaching question banks. To add them from your own banks:
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To add them from Blended Teaching question banks:
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1.4. Selecting Feedback Options for Students
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2. Onboarding Students
3. Printing & Hosting the Exam
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4. Auto-Grading
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5. Reviewing & Sharing Results
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6. Syncing Grades with your LMS
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