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  • Create a collaborative MCQ

Only a teacher can create a collaborative MCQ. This is a MCQ on which teachers work together. The changes are visible to everyone. On this display, a teacher:
  • can find the MCQ on which the other teachers have given him permission to modify;
  • can create a MCQ.

Step No. 1: Create a MCQ.

  1. Go to the display MCQ > Collaborative MCQ > Collaborative MCQ.
  2. Click on the button New collaborative MCQ: a window appears.
  3. Enter a designation, a subject, a level and possibly a theme (visible to the students) and a category (visible only to you), then validate.



    If you tick the box Share with other teachers via the institution's library, the MCQ will be posted online as soon as the first question is created.
  4. On the list of the newly created MCQ, double-click in the column Contributors. In the pop-up window, select by name the teachers who will be invited to modify it, then validate.

If you have already started creating the MCQ from the display MCQ > My MCQ > Entry (and not MCQ collaboratives), you can copy it: right-click on it and choose Copy in "Collaborative MCQ".

Step No. 2: Add the questions

  1. Select the MCQ in the list on the left: its content appears on the right of the screen.
  2. in the tab Entry of questions, click on the line Add a question.
  3. Select thee type of question.
  4. In the pop-up window, specify:
    • the title and wording of the question,
    • the number of points the question is worth in the field Scale,
    • the mandatory/optional nature of the question and its level of difficulty (scale from 1 to 3).

      The mandatory/optional nature of a question and its level of difficulty are not visible to students; this information is used to limit randomness in the drawing of questions when configuring the execution methods.
  5. Enter the proposed answers; according to the selected type of question, the entry method can vary (below, question of the type "Unique choice").
  6. Click on the button Validate to save the question.

Step No. 3: Define the default execution methods

  1. Select the MCQ in the list on the left: its content appears on the right of the screen.
  2. In the tab Execution modalities, specify:
    • the instructions for the MCQ: click on the button to add written instructions,
    • the distribution mode of the answers (for the mode Corrected copy available from a given date, the distribution date of the answer key is configurable during the MCQ distribution),
    • the way the questions are presented (how many questions should be asked and in what order),
    • the execution conditions: limited time, execution of the same MCQ several times (option available only with the option Distribution of corrected copies > Without corrected copy),
    • the customization of execution methods (for example, as part of a accompaniment project): fewer questions and/or more time,
    • the correction rules: taking into account partially correct or incorrect answers, with or without a percentage points system,
    • if you give the student the opportunity to give their feedback on the difficulty of the MCQ.

Note
The execution methods defined in this tab correspond to a default setting: they can be modified each time the MCQ is distributed. However, be careful: once the students have started replying, you will not be able to change them.
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