Exam9 Software Product Features

The educator can set up an exam that:

• requires a password to be accessed
• has a set time after which the exam is automatically submitted
• exams can be grouped under class headings i.e. chemistry
• all the questions used in exams under a class heading can be used to make a 'random exam'. This is useful for Christmas or Summer exams.
• can use a penalty scheme for wrong answers. This can help prevent guessing as 0 for no answer is better than -1 for a wrong answer.
• has the option of displaying which answers are correct, incorrect or no answer given or simply giving a mark.
• has the option of an introduction that can use either images (maps etc) or a Word, Excel, PDF document etc uploaded from the educator's computer.
• that can use HTML to format questions or create links to other web pages

The educator also has the option to:

• add or edit student details (in College this will depend on the educator's access level).
• edit questions in existing exams and to add or delete questions.
• view student results in tabular and graphic format for:

  a)   individual student
  b)   class
  c)   year
  d)   archived results for individuals (students can have their year number changed at       year end, but this causes existing results to be archived)

• add class names
• view a list of the passwords for all the exams
• use the 'Year Change' button to move all students up a year and to archive existing results

If the educator has some Coldfusion programming or HTML skills they can:

• customize the exam features (in the versions with source code)
• use the stylesheet to blend the styling with an existing website

The student can:

• Login using their student number and the password and take an exam
• Login using their student number and view their results