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Teachers
Everything you need to know about the teacher environment
60 articles in this collection
Written by
Hidde van Bergen,
Max Cohen,
and
Andrea Sovilj
Getting started
Step-by-Step Instruction: Setting up a new class
All you need to know to get started on one page
Written by
Max Cohen
Updated over a week ago
How to report issues with content
Learn how to report issues directly to our editors
Written by
Andrea Sovilj
Updated over a week ago
Managing your class
Prerequisites
Everything you need to know about the prerequisites feature
Written by
Andrea Sovilj
Updated over a week ago
Manage forum notifications
Learn how to manage your forum notifications
Written by
Andrea Sovilj
Updated over a week ago
How to archive a class
Learn how to archive the class, see the archive, and bring back a class from the archive
Written by
Andrea Sovilj
Updated over a week ago
Adding your colleagues/teachers to your class
Learn how to add other teachers to your class
Written by
Andrea Sovilj
Updated over a week ago
Create a new class
Learn how to create a new class.
Written by
Hidde van Bergen
Updated over a week ago
Create a new class and copy the content/tests/students from the old class
Learn how to copy an existing class
Written by
Hidde van Bergen
Updated over a week ago
Manage students in a class
Learn how to add and remove students in your class
Written by
Hidde van Bergen
Updated over a week ago
Manage groups
Learn how to create and manage groups in your class
Written by
Hidde van Bergen
Updated over a week ago
Manage content in a class
Learn how to manage the content of your class
Written by
Hidde van Bergen
Updated over a week ago
Rename content in a class
Learn how to rename content in a class
Written by
Hidde van Bergen
Updated over a week ago
Using the forum
Everything you need to know about how to use the forum
Written by
Hidde van Bergen
Updated over a week ago
Hide or lock content in a class
Learn how to hide or lock content in a class
Written by
Hidde van Bergen
Updated over a week ago
Practice modes and Adaptivity
Learn how to change the presentation of exercises in your class (Adaptivity and Diagnostic tests)
Written by
Hidde van Bergen
Updated over a week ago
Gamification/Achievements
Learn how gamification works and how to enable/disable it.
Written by
Hidde van Bergen
Updated over a week ago
Send messages to students
Learn how to send messages to students
Written by
Hidde van Bergen
Updated over a week ago
Notifications
Learn how notifications work
Written by
Hidde van Bergen
Updated over a week ago
Assignments
Difference between a test and an assignment
Learn about the differences between a test and an assignment
Written by
Max Cohen
Updated over a week ago
Create & manage assignments
Assignments lets you schedule homework based on course materials.
Written by
Hidde van Bergen
Updated over a week ago
How are assignment scores calculated?
Learn how assignments scores are calculated
Written by
Hidde van Bergen
Updated over a week ago
Tests
Create a test for a group of students/one student
Learn how to schedule a test for only a group of students
Written by
Andrea Sovilj
Updated over a week ago
Copy a test
Learn how you can copy a test (3 ways)
Written by
Andrea Sovilj
Updated over a week ago
Can students download an Excel document from the exercise and then fill it in during the exam?
Learn how you can let your students download an Excel document, fill it in, and upload it with notes or as an answer to the question
Written by
Andrea Sovilj
Updated over a week ago
Send students a message during a test
Learn how you can notify your students during a test
Written by
Andrea Sovilj
Updated over a week ago
Safe Exam Browser (SEB)
Learn about SEB and how to use it for your tests
Written by
Andrea Sovilj
Updated over a week ago
Can I create a test that can be paused?
Learn how you can make a test that students can pause
Written by
Andrea Sovilj
Updated over a week ago
See answer frequency in test results
Learn how you can find out about answer frequency in tests
Written by
Andrea Sovilj
Updated over a week ago
Print a test from the platform
Learn how to make the paper version of a test
Written by
Andrea Sovilj
Updated over a week ago
Sort test results by group
Learn how to sort test results by group
Written by
Andrea Sovilj
Updated over a week ago
Use a QR code to upload files into a test- Teacher
Learn how to set up and let your students use QR codes to upload files into a test
Written by
Andrea Sovilj
Updated over a week ago
How to do your test/exam before your students
Learn how you can give yourself access to your test before the actual test start date
Written by
Andrea Sovilj
Updated over a week ago
How to delete an individual test result
Learn how to delete one or more test results
Written by
Andrea Sovilj
Updated over a week ago
Things to check before starting a test
Here is a list of things that you should check before starting your test
Written by
Andrea Sovilj
Updated over a week ago
How will a student see the test?
Written by
Max Cohen
Updated over a week ago
How to allow students to upload a photo of their hand-written work instead of typing their answer
Learn about uploading files during a test
Written by
Max Cohen
Updated over a week ago
Prepare for running a test
Running a digital test can be quite stressful. Here are some pointers that can help you get prepared.
Written by
Max Cohen
Updated over a week ago
Create a test
Learn how to create and schedule a test
Written by
Hidde van Bergen
Updated over a week ago
Test settings for individual students
Learn how to adjust test settings for individual students
Written by
Hidde van Bergen
Updated over a week ago
Edit a test
Learn how to edit an existing test
Written by
Max Cohen
Updated over a week ago
Check and grade a test
Learn how to check and grade tests
Written by
Hidde van Bergen
Updated over a week ago
Regrading a test
How to regrade a question in a test
Written by
Max Cohen
Updated over a week ago
Advanced test analytics
Learn how to view psychometric data of your test
Written by
Max Cohen
Updated over a week ago
Create a class for only taking tests
Learn how to create a class for only taking tests
Written by
Hidde van Bergen
Updated over a week ago
Differences between a test and exam
Learn about the differences between a test and exam
Written by
Hidde van Bergen
Updated over a week ago
Releasing Test Results
Learn how to release test results
Written by
Hidde van Bergen
Updated over a week ago
How does the waiting room for tests works?
Written by
Max Cohen
Updated over a week ago
Full screen testing
Full screen (or fullscreen) testing is a setting you can enable. However, it does come with some disclaimers that we elaborate on here.
Written by
Max Cohen
Updated over a week ago
Reporting and Learning Analytics
How can I get an Excel with student results?
Learn where you can get the Excel sheet with all student results.
Written by
Andrea Sovilj
Updated over a week ago
See the overview of your student's progress
Learn how to see an overview of your students progress
Written by
Hidde van Bergen
Updated over a week ago
Buttons in the reporting environment
All the buttons in the reporting environment explained
Written by
Hidde van Bergen
Updated over a week ago
See individual student progress
Learn how to see individual student progress
Written by
Hidde van Bergen
Updated over a week ago
Score and progress calculation
Everything you need to know about how scores and progress are calculated
Written by
Hidde van Bergen
Updated over a week ago
Integration with LMS
LTI integration
Everything you need to know about integration via LTI
Written by
Hidde van Bergen
Updated over a week ago
Can my reports on the platform be connected to my reports on my LTI?
Connecting reports to Moodle, Blackboard, Canvas, etc.
Written by
Max Cohen
Updated over a week ago
Common student questions
"This class has ended" message on my home page
Written by
Andrea Sovilj
Updated over a week ago
My student made a Teacher Demo account, what should I do?
Here is what you should do if your student made a Teacher Demo account
Written by
Andrea Sovilj
Updated over a week ago
Can I reset the progress of my students?
Learn what progress can be reset, and how to do it
Written by
Andrea Sovilj
Updated over a week ago
Why is there an asterisk/warrning triangle by the Chapter name?
Learn why some chapters have an asterisk next to the title
Written by
Andrea Sovilj
Updated over a week ago
Student can not see the virtual keyboard
Sometimes students mention that they cannot use or see the virtual keyboard. Here are some cases of when this happens and how to fix it.
Written by
Max Cohen
Updated over a week ago